Hello,
I thought this documentary could be of interest to some. I found it very educational. It's also good for disentchantment from the body (for this, see also *) and getting aware of how quickly it can stop functioning. It maybe also can give us some greater intention to live a healthy life.
It shows with the help of real organs and autopsy (WARNING: Graphic pictures) what is happening inside the human body, for example in cases of arteriosclerosis, cancer, poisoning and ageing.
Blood circulation, arteriosclerosis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D2LbBB2row" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Cancer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlPGuq5V4q4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Poisoning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riHVZsT6Rok" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Ageing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K-OWGWULvU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
* Another autopsy video posted by Bhikkhu Samahita
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGdcaB690Yc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Autopsy documentary about the human body & diseases
Re: Autopsy documentary about the human body & diseases
4 more:
Movement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uflPNJnTXKc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Circulation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPkM3YltTwE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Digestion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhOIPGVx_EQ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Reproduction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhhF2x6YDwU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Movement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uflPNJnTXKc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Circulation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPkM3YltTwE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Digestion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhOIPGVx_EQ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Reproduction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhhF2x6YDwU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
- reflection
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Re: Autopsy documentary about the human body & diseases
Hey!
Yes, these are great. Very interesting indeed. I really enjoyed watching them (my mom didn't, though haha) and it's great seeing somebody else posting them.
If you get a chance to see the Bodyworks expositions by G. von Hagens (the one doing the autopsy in those videos), I'd really recommend it.
I've also found these three just a minute ago. I have not watched these before.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?annotat ... 4ibBypxIRI" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Metta!
Yes, these are great. Very interesting indeed. I really enjoyed watching them (my mom didn't, though haha) and it's great seeing somebody else posting them.
If you get a chance to see the Bodyworks expositions by G. von Hagens (the one doing the autopsy in those videos), I'd really recommend it.
I've also found these three just a minute ago. I have not watched these before.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?annotat ... 4ibBypxIRI" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Metta!
Re: Autopsy documentary about the human body & diseases
Thank you for posting those other 3 videos.
Yeah, perhaps I will visit these expositions one day. I think I once heard about them (through newspaper or something like that), but forgot about them over the years.If you get a chance to see the Bodyworks expositions by G. von Hagens (the one doing the autopsy in those videos), I'd really recommend it.
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Re: Autopsy documentary about the human body & diseases
Having attended an autopsy, watching a film of it is a bit sterile. The one thing that is missing is the smell.
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
Re: Autopsy documentary about the human body & diseases
True, but unfortunately most people haven't got the chance to attend an autopsy, have they?tiltbillings wrote:The one thing that is missing is the smell.
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Re: Autopsy documentary about the human body & diseases
Is the person doing the autopsy have knowldege in the same way someone doing contemplation of the body ?
Did this guy reach nirvana ? - i think he probobly didnt (or he would say so) but what exactly is the difference between him and a meditator doing lot of body contemplation ?
after years and years of autopsys im sure he had contemplated quite a lot about this subject
Did this guy reach nirvana ? - i think he probobly didnt (or he would say so) but what exactly is the difference between him and a meditator doing lot of body contemplation ?
after years and years of autopsys im sure he had contemplated quite a lot about this subject
Re: Autopsy documentary about the human body & diseases
purple planet wrote:Is the person doing the autopsy have knowldege in the same way someone doing contemplation of the body ?
Did this guy reach nirvana ? - i think he probobly didnt (or he would say so) but what exactly is the difference between him and a meditator doing lot of body contemplation ?
after years and years of autopsys im sure he had contemplated quite a lot about this subject
Contemplation of the body is a tool to be used to remove craving. Most ordinary people are NOT interested in lowering sexual desire or craving for life. That is why for them, observation of the bodies doesn't suffice for Nibbana. Lust and craving to exist is so deeply ingrained in our genes that to over ride millions of years of evolution is very hard.
Re: Autopsy documentary about the human body & diseases
Very interesting thread.
I was searching for stuff like mesentery, sinews etc recently, because I was reading the suttas about contemplating the body and I didn't know what these things really looked like.
I nearly heaved when I saw some of the pics!
I also attended the very good 'Death' exhibition currently showing at the Wellcome Collection in London (which I recommend to anyone in the UK). It has a model of a rotting corpse and you can see all the gory bits. Jaundiced skin, intestines bleeding, bone marrow etc.
I realised however that I was actually experiencing full-on aversion to the body, which I hope will eventually fade and I can develop equanimity.
I was searching for stuff like mesentery, sinews etc recently, because I was reading the suttas about contemplating the body and I didn't know what these things really looked like.
I nearly heaved when I saw some of the pics!
I also attended the very good 'Death' exhibition currently showing at the Wellcome Collection in London (which I recommend to anyone in the UK). It has a model of a rotting corpse and you can see all the gory bits. Jaundiced skin, intestines bleeding, bone marrow etc.
I realised however that I was actually experiencing full-on aversion to the body, which I hope will eventually fade and I can develop equanimity.
Death sweeps away those who spend their lives gathering flowers
- Dhammapada 47
The only true freedom is freedom from the heart's desires;
And the only true happiness this way lies...
- Matt Johnson, The The
- Dhammapada 47
The only true freedom is freedom from the heart's desires;
And the only true happiness this way lies...
- Matt Johnson, The The
Re: Autopsy documentary about the human body & diseases
Hello Tilt, that sounds interesting, mind if I asked how you managed to gain access to an autopsy? I'd like to do that one day too.tiltbillings wrote:Having attended an autopsy, watching a film of it is a bit sterile. The one thing that is missing is the smell.
Death sweeps away those who spend their lives gathering flowers
- Dhammapada 47
The only true freedom is freedom from the heart's desires;
And the only true happiness this way lies...
- Matt Johnson, The The
- Dhammapada 47
The only true freedom is freedom from the heart's desires;
And the only true happiness this way lies...
- Matt Johnson, The The