Buddha Boy Reappears

by heathervescent

It's all over the news and the only talk of the surrounding area, the boy who spent month meditating under a tree and then disappeared into the forest has returned.

Bamjon disappeared in March from the forests in nearby Ratanpuri village where he had reportedly been meditating without food or water for almost 10 months. "I have been wandering in the forests since then," [Raju ] Shrestha [a local journalist] quoted Bamjon as telling him. "I am engaged in devotion which will continue for six years," the boy told Shrestha.

But not everyone thinks he is the Buddha.

"I don't think he is a Buddha. But he has some sort of extra strength to meditate. He eats herbs," Shrestha said.

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* photo by Sujit Mahat, AP

| 12/27/06 | News