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It is a shame that this instance of thugdam cannot be studied, as H.H.S. Dalai Lama has specifically requested:pemachophel wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 8:53 pm It is very common in my experience for a Lama's close disciples to try to keep the news of His or Her entering thug dam secret until the thugdam is completed. I think that is what H.H.'s disciples were trying to do, but somehow the news slipped out and then it was too late.
"Whatever is going on inside thukdam meditators, His Holiness would dearly like to know. He’s been asking scientists to study the mysterious state for nearly 20 years, with little apparent success"
https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/thukdam-project/