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> "In fact, it is not uncommon for a Tibetan monk to live to 120 years of age"

Just one of many sources its very well documented that monks live very long lives. Not sure why hes being downvoted.

blog.peterbaksa.com/post/9719815756/tibetan-monks-my-lama-temple-interviews

It's totally true.. links to Law of Attraction blog

Come on now.

He's being downvoted because it's not true. The oldest person on record was 122. If there were a bunch of Tibetan monks walking around at 120+ we'd know about it.

Many eastern tibetan monks claim to be 120+ years old. Due to the nature of their lives its very hard to document birth to death. Of course people deny it because its not "on record." likely due to longevity bias that humans naturally have.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longevity_myths

There's true, false, not proven. It (claim to be 120+ years old) is not proven. Necessarily, it's not true. If it becomes true in the future, the studies would be interesting. That's obvious. Basing any sort of continued argument or worse, research, on wishful thinking is something left up to you.

Just like everyone knows about the drastically different disease rate in orthodox monks?

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a-foolproof-anti-cancer-d...

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