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ELI5:How was that Buddhist Monk able to self immolate without showing/feeling pain?

Im sure you have heard of the famous event where a Buddhist monk burnt himself to death. There are several vids on youtube of Monks self immolating. Apparently their meditation allows them to detach themselves to an extent from the pain.

But I still dont understand how it is possible to be so calm during such extreme pain.
gpt
I believe the nerves are very quickly destroyed. When your body goes into pain overload  it goes into protective mode and can no longer process anymore. People who have suffered full body burns of explosions recount that after the initial shock they feel nothing but heat, but only feel pain later during recovery. 

The brain processes the feeling of pain, if you give it too much pain info it gets back logged. So you only have to endure a certain amount.