Dear Chris
I cannot answer your question, but perhaps better to ask at the H-Buddhism list. However, I can say that to my (of course incomplete) knowledge, sokushin jōbutsu does not mean/have anything to do with self-starvation or mummification, but means becoming a buddha in this very body (rather than after death). Perhaps it is held that some practices lead to this, but I would be surprised if the term were used for the practices themselves.

Jonathan Silk

On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 2:56 AM CHRISTOPHER GIBBONS via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
Dear List Members,

I have a student doing research for an essay on the practice of self-starvation in Buddhism, specifically the Shingon concept of self-starvation and mummification called sokushin jōbutsu in Japanese.

It is not my area of expertise and would be very grateful for any recommendations of scholarship on this topic to pass on to the student.

Many thanks,

Chris Gibbons
UQ, Brisbane, Australia.
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