Ram Bahadur Banjan

Nepal Buddha Boy

“I need six years of deep meditation.”

Thousands flock to see meditating boy 'Buddha'

Buddha Boy & the Celtic Nagas

A teenage boy who has been meditating under a tree in the verdant forests of southern Nepal is attracting thousands of pilgrims who are convinced the youth is another Buddha.

Devotees flock daily to catch sight of Ram Bahadur Banjan, who sits cross-legged and silent with his eyes shut beneath a tree in the jungle of Bara, 100 miles south of the capital, Kathmandu.

It is claimed that the 15-year-old has not eaten or drunk anything since he sat down at his chosen spot on May 17. He also has not relieved himself in six months, claim devotees. Some say they have seen light emanating from the teenager's forehead.

Ram Bahadur's fame grew after he appeared to shake off the effects of being bitten by a poisonous snake. He is said to have told onlookers that "a snake bit me but I do not need treatment. I need six years of deep meditation."

The boy also told crowds that he was not a Buddha but a lesser divine spirit known as a rinpoche. "I don't have the Buddha's energy."

Buddhism teaches that correct thinking and self-control can enable people to reach peace and release themselves from worldly distractions and desires.

The Buddha was born 160 miles from Bara in 540BC and found enlightenment under a pipal tree. Ram Bahadur is sitting under a pipal tree.

A reporter for the Kantipur newspaper, Sujit Mahat, told Associated Press that he had spent two days at the site, and that about 10,000 people are believed to visit every day.

He said pilgrims can catch a glimpse of Ram Bahadur from a roped-off area about 25 metres away between dawn and dusk. But the boy is screened from observers at night.

"We could not say what happens after dark," Mr Mahat said. "People only saw what went on in the day, and many believed he was some kind of god."

A thriving market has developed in the once-pristine forest, supplying pilgrims with everything from tobacco and bicycle repairs to incense and sacred amulets.

Police are seeking to verify the claims about the boy's fast.

"We have a team ... investigating the claim on how anyone can survive for so long without food and water," police inspector Chitra Bahadur Gurung said. Officers have not directly questioned the boy, who appears to be meditating deeply.

Buddhism has about 325 million followers, mostly in Asia.

Guardian Unlimited

Nepal Boy Called Reincarnation of Buddha

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - A teenage boy has been meditating in a Nepalese jungle for six months, and thousands have flocked to see him, with some believing he is the reincarnation of Buddha, police and media said Wednesday.

Ram Bahadur Banjan, 15, sits cross-legged and motionless with eyes closed among the roots of a tree in the jungle of Bara, about 100 miles south of the capital, Katmandu.

He's supposedly been that way since May 17 - but his followers have been keeping him from public view at night.

A reporter for the Kantipur newspaper, Sujit Mahat, said he spent two days at the site, and that about 10,000 people are believed to visit daily.

Soldiers have been posted in the area for crowd control, officials said.

A makeshift parking lot and cluster of food stalls have sprung up near Banjan's retreat, an area not previously frequented by visitors.

Many visitors believe Banjan is a reincarnation of Gautama Siddhartha, who was born not far away in southwestern Nepal around 500 B.C. and later became revered as the Buddha, which means Enlightened One.

Buddhism teaches that right thinking and self-control can enable people to achieve nirvana - a divine state of peace and release from desire. Buddhism has about 325 million followers, mostly in Asia.

Beneath The Pipal Tree

The popularity of the phenomenon is partly because it resembles an episode in the life of the historical Buddha, who was born 160 miles away around 543 BC. The Buddha achieved enlightenment when he meditated beneath a sacred pipal tree for 49 days.

Ram Bomjon is also sitting beneath a pipal tree, in the same posture as the Buddha is depicted, but his vigil has already taken longer.

Ram's mother, who is called Maya Devi, like the Buddha's mother, admits to anxiety, particularly at meal times. But she tells herself: "God took him to the forest and I have faith that God will feed him."

She said: "He's definitely got thinner. Early in the morning he looks sunken, like there's no blood in him, but as the sun rises he seems to get brighter and brighter."

The fervour increased last week when a snake is said to have bitten Ram, and a curtain was drawn around him.

After five days it was opened and he spoke. "Tell the people not to call me a Buddha. I don't have the Buddha's energy. I am at the level of rinpoche [lesser divinity].

"A snake bit me but I do not need treatment. I need six years of deep meditation."

News Telegraph

Update January 2006

It is now very cold in the forests of Nepal, cold enough to freeze anyone sitting without shelter. The Buddha Boy - as he is now being called - is still meditating under the pipal tree.

The most recent report comes from Nepal

The chilling cold waves have taken dozens of lives in the Terai region of Nepal in last several days. But Ram Bahadur Bomjan hasn’t been affected at all. Even in this season of chill, he is continuously meditating wearing just a single piece of dhoti. It’s been eight months since Ram Bahadur Bomjan started meditating in Jestha 3 and there is still confusion over an issue: he is fasting or eating at night. It has been claimed that 16-year-old Bomjan hasn’t eaten anything since he started meditating. “He is not feeling the cold even in this winter time,” says priest Prem Lama. “He has certainly lost weight.” Prem is the son of Ram Bahadur’s maternal uncle. And he is the only one who has direct access to the meditating boy who has become world famous with different names and titles: little buddha or the buddha boy or the new buddha or the meditating buddha.

The test of the Meditator

On the recommendation of the District Administration Office on Kartik 28 an eight member team led by the Medical Superintendent of the District Hospital Dr Ramlakhan Sah went to observe the meditator. The team after observing Bomjan for half an hour from a distance of 5 meters said that there was no doubt that the meditator was a living being but suggested that for a complete investigation they would require at least seven days.

“In a time period of half an hour the meditator inhaled three times, swallowed saliva once and moved his eyelashes” said Dr Sah. He further added that even if he eats during the night he is an extraordinary person for being able to sit in a single posture for 12 hours in a row. He thinks that Bomjan has been able to do the impossible because of the practice of Yoga. Shah says,” Investigation is necessary for this challenge to the medical world.” Another team member Dr. Rajdev says,” We can determine if the meditator has taken any food or not through blood test. Only by measuring the amount of glucose in the blood we can verify that.” But the Committee is against any investigation that requires touching the meditator. Chairperson Thing says,” When investigation is carried out by touching the meditator his concentration will be diverted so we will not let that happen in any case.”

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St.Clair’s Zen of Stars

St.Clair - 'The Great Change'

“At some point  probably around 2009 with Capricorn Pluto  when the world will change, there are going to be very strange yet highly talented children appearing, kids with tremendous knowledge minus beliefs. They will have been born with Pluto in Sagittarius, the ultimate reflection of truth in the Obsidian mirror, and they will not tolerate the kind of stuff you dealt with.

These kids will be so advanced to make your head spin. I might as well say they will be ‘ET’ –like. They will be like I was in the Eighties. They will be extremely developed with skills reminiscent of Atlantis technology, but they will point to the future and seem yet to come from ancient times with knowledge beyond what the adults will be able to cope with, for they will terminally shatter all belief system managements. They will be rude and righteous. Most importantly, they will speak the truth. If you are one of these kids, go right ahead, and smash what we had in the past!

I mean - and you know this anyway I assume - they are not going to be anything their 'parents' can handle. If you are a parent, observe  and learn from  your child. First of all it might not even be clear that they are truly their parents’ kids. Secondly, these kids come in with visions, armed with fore-knowledge and very long memories, like a remembrance which has lasted over thousands of years, elephants’ memories to be sure. Unlike their parents, they will use and protect their imagination so as to survive.

These ghost children are beyond any and all of the insane 'beliefs' that people accept today at face value on a day to day basis. These kids are going to look at their parents and other adults, teachers and authorities  and they are going to say straight to their faces: “Are you demented?” They are going to face down the so-called ‘adults'  the really mentally retarded children of this planet  with a straight mirror of all their illusions and ‘never-never’ world beliefs and religions and other cumulative nonsense of millennia ago. These kids will have been born when Neptune and Uranus were in Capricorn, which is not for the faint hearted. Spirituality will be useful or it will die.

I will talk about myself  born in 1959 with Saturn in Capricorn like the ones born in 1989, but I know you understand it. I have come ahead of the 'crowd' not only to keep windows of alignments open, but also to maintain a consciousness free of fear, and a time to see freedom...”

Transition of Beings:

“Many Indigo children – by 2007 in their late teens and guided by truly enlightened beings and ancient souls – will create their own real life miracles, to reverse some of the effects of the great dying, ascending and causing the truth in our true spiritual heritage and inheritance from the stars to be fully realized.”

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