![]() ![]() ![]() Tibetan Buddists believe that such monks are not dead yet but in a deep, final meditative state called thukdam during which consciousness is gradually transformed into a clear awareness (“clear light”), after which the body begins to decay. Daniel Burke, “ The Thukdam Project” at Tricycle (July 28, 2021) It was really quite remarkable,” he said. ![]() Five days later, and two days after Davidson’s initial visit, the neuroscientist returned to Deer Park and observed his friend’s body a second time. He looked like he was meditating …īy conventional Western standards, Sopa died on August 28, 2014. Three days after his heart stopped, Geshe Lhundub Sopa was leaned upright against a wall, his odorless body perfectly poised, his skin fresh as baked bread. Davidson.Īccording to Daniel Burke, former religion editor for CNN, Davidson recalls the scene as follows: There he co-founded the Deer Park Buddhist Center and taught South Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin, becoming a friend of prominent American neuroscientist Richard J. Sopa, who had been tutor to the Dalai Lama in Tibet, moved to Wisconsin in 1967. ![]()
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