Nepal Boy Called Reincarnation of Buddha

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA, Associated Press Writer
Wed Nov 23,10:52 AM ET

KATMANDU, Nepal - 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.
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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.

Others aren't so sure.

Police inspector Chitra Bahadur Gurung said officers have interviewed the boy's associates about their claim that Banjan has gone six months without food or drink.

Officers have not directly questioned the boy, who appears deep in meditation and doesn't speak.

"We have a team ... investigating the claim on how anyone can survive for so long without food and water," Gurung said.

Local officials have also asked the Royal Nepal Academy of Science and Technology in Katmandu to send scientists to examine Banjan.

Mahat said visitors can catch a glimpse of Banjan from a roped-off area about 80 feet away from him between dawn and dusk.

Followers then place a screen in front of him, blocking the view and making it impossible to know what he is doing at night, Mahat said.

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

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.

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Nepal će istražiti tajnu dječaka budhe

Nepalske vlasti zatražile su u nedjelju pomoć vjerskih organizacija i znanstvenika kako bi rješile misterij dječaka za kojeg mnogi vjeruju da je inkarnacija Budhe.

Najmanje 100.000 vjernika iz Nepala i susjedne Indije slilo se posljednjih nekoliko tjedana u gustu šumu na jugoistoku Nepala kako bi vidjeli 15-godišnjeg Rama Bahadura Bamjona koji, tvrde ljudi u njegovom okruženju, već šest mjeseci meditira bez vode i hrane.

Shanta Raj Subedi, upravitelj okruga Bara udaljenog oko 150 kilometara od glavnog grada Kathmandua gdje dječak živi, zatražio je pomoć Zaklade Lumbini i Kraljevske akademije znanosti da istraže koliko u svemu ima istine.

Bamjon sjedi ispod svetog drveta, meditira zatvorenih očiju i prekriženih nogu, upravo na način na koji se tradicionalno prikazuje Budha. Dječak uopće ne govori, a štovatelji ga smiju pogledati s udaljenosti od najmanje 50 metara.

Mladi mistik skriven je od pogleda javnosti platnom kojeg su oslikali hodočasnici. Liječnici koji su ga promatrali iz daljine kažu da diše normalno, no slabašno.

Njegova majka Maya Devi, koja nosi ime Budhine majke, kaže da je Bamjom, treće od njezino sedmoro djece, povučen dečko koji se ne druži s vršnjacima.

"U početku sam bila zabrinuta, ali sad sam jako sretna, jer je potpuno posvećen Budhi", izjavila je Maya Devi listu Nepal Daily.

Budha, utemeljitelj budizma, rođen je kao princ prije 2.600 godina u selu Lumbini u dijelu Nepala poznatom po nasadima riže, udaljenom oko 380 kilometara od glavnog grada Kathmandua. Prosvjetljenje je doživio u Bodh Gayi u indijskoj državi Bihar koja graniči s Nepalom.

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