The Da Vinci Code's bloody depictions of mortification are grotesque exaggerations that have nothing to do with reality. Obviously the movie makers were looking for shock value, and the real use of the cilice and discipline would have been too tame. In reality, they cause a fairly low level of discomfort comparable to fasting. There is no blood, no injury, nothing to harm a person's health, nothing traumatic. If it caused any harm, the Church would not allow it.
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You've never heard anything like this! Listen and watch a Mongolian pastor sing Psalm 23 in his native language while playing a horse head harp, as well as his own voice for an instrument! [2:01]
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Perhaps the most impressive Monastery in Bodhgaya is the Dalai Lama's. Tibetans are the most dominent group in this Holy city of Buddhism
Prophetic words, he was assassinated the next day.