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Bread for the wild beasts

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I was reminded of the Tibetan practice of sky burial when I read this quotation by St. Ignatius of Antioch. First some background. Igniatius was the third bishop of Antioch in Syria (St. Peter was the first). He was martyred in Rome around the year 108 in the Colosseum, where he became lion food. Knowing his fate, he wrote this:

Allow me to be bread for the wild beasts; through them I am able to attain to God. I am the wheat of God and am ground by the teeth of the wild beasts, that I may be found to be the pure bread of Christ. Rather, coax the wild beast, that they may become a tomb for me and leave no part of my body behind, that I may burden no one once I have died.

Full post as published by Minor Wisdom on February 09, 2009 (boomark / email).

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