For more WORLD NEWS SUBSCRIBE US<br>SIBERIA: Mongolian scientists are examining a 200-year-old mummified Buddhist monk found in the lotus position who some believe is still alive as he is in a heightened meditative trance called tukdam.<br>The mummy of the monk was found in Songino Khairkhan district of Ulan Bator, in the lotus position with his legs crossed and his arms folded, covered in cattle skin.<br>The 200-year-old mummy has been sent to the National Centre of Forensic Expertise in Ulan Bator for further study. <br>According to an expert on Buddhism, the lotus position in which the body was found indicates the mummy is still in a heightened spiritual meditation called tukdam.<br>That is very close to Nirvana, which according to Buddhist beliefs, is the highest possible state achievable when the physical body dissolves.<br>Profesor Ganhugiyn Purevbata, the founder of the Mongolian Institute of Buddhist Art at Ulan Bator Buddhist University in Mongolia, has advanced the incredible theory the mummified monk is still alive - despite it looking very dead after two centuries spent wrapped in an animal hide.
