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trip1

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« on: November 22, 2005, 01:54:33 AM »
Greetings,

I came across this article today and thought you guys might find interest in it as well.  [:)]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/11/21/wbuddha21.xml
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Nicole

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« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2006, 05:11:16 PM »
Interesting... heard any updates on him?
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david_obsidian

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« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2006, 02:33:40 AM »
Nicole,

The age-old Fame-for-Miracles trade:  big claims,  small proofs....

A telling detail:

Why did they need to draw a big curtain around him 'because a snake had bitten him'?

Like a snake (timid animals that stay well away from people) slipped through all those crowds of people watching him,  to get a special tasty-bite out of our buddha-boy ....

They drew a big curtain around him because there was something going on which people must not be allowed to see.

What was there that people must not be allowed to see?

Burgers,   fries and a milk-shake?   [:D]

-David
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snake

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« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2006, 04:05:20 AM »
But surely they must have been veggie burgers? lol
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Nicole

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« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2006, 04:59:40 AM »
:)  ...some books, an ipod.
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Shanti

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« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2006, 05:27:26 AM »
Hopefully not another religion....
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Etherfish

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« Reply #6 on: July 02, 2006, 03:22:37 AM »
a porta-potty. . .
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vishnu

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« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2006, 06:00:35 AM »
The latest i heard about Ram Boujon, he has been kidnap or been taking away in the forest.
Vishnu.
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« Reply #8 on: July 02, 2006, 06:15:51 AM »
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram_Bomjon
Disappearance
Bomjon, after about ten months of meditation, went missing on March 11, 2006. It is unclear whether or not he voluntarily left for the local jungles or was abducted. Some believe he ventured farther into the jungle to seek a more serene place for intensive meditation. There is an ongoing investigation. Police abandoned the search after the possibility of foul play was eliminated. Interestingly, the authorities froze the bank account of the local committee managing the crowds, which had now gathered more than Rs. 600,000.

On March 19, the Chairman of the Om Namo Buddha Tapaswi Sewa Samiti (ONBTSS), Bed Bahadur Lama, and his colleagues allegedly met with Bomjan about 2 miles (3 kilometers) south-west of his meditation site. They say they spoke to him for thirty-minutes, during which Bomjan told them there is no peace here and he would return in six years. He left a message for his parents telling them not to worry. He has not been seen nor heard from since.

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david_obsidian

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« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2006, 02:48:29 AM »

More from Wiki:
An average human being who stops drinking will die of dehydration in three to four days. According to the Guinness Book of Records the longest time a human has survived without water is 18 days. The boy's followers claim the boy went for several months without drinking any water.[3]

Bomjon has been observed not to leave the tree at least during the daytime, but nobody is allowed to approach him too closely. Between 5:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. nobody is allowed to see him, and a screen is erected for that purpose. Many people speculate that he eats and drinks during this time.

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trip1

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« Reply #10 on: July 19, 2006, 10:31:01 AM »
Glass half empty, eh David?  Even if the skepticism in your post holds completely true, doesn't it impress you in the least that a child meditated at least twelve hours daily for ten months straight?  [:p]
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david_obsidian

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« Reply #11 on: July 19, 2006, 11:53:25 AM »
It has been said, 'Know the truth, and the truth will set you free'.  Is it true that Ram Bon Jon wasn't drinking or eating anything?  Were people set free by believing it?

Did I do a disservice?  In the light of the claims that this is a miracle-boy who is defying the laws of nature by eating and drinking nothing for months on end,  the question,  'What did those who covered him with a curtain at night wish to hide from us?' has such an obvious answer that it is pretty clear that this myth was carried in large part by those who wanted to believe more than wanted to know the truth.  So, what did the disservice?  That which set the illusion up and carried it,  or that which dissolved it?

We can ask more questions.  Why did his minders wish us to believe he was eating and drinking nothing?  Why did the boy participate?  Have people really been helped by the likes of this?  Are they hurt by the likes of me?

P.T Barnum has his place.  Buddha has another.  If P.T. Barnum attempts to seize Buddha's place, he must be stopped by those who know enough to serve in this way.

doesn't it impress you in the least that a child meditated at least twelve hours daily for ten months straight?

A little,  but not hugely.  Probably because I could have done it myself at that age.  It's an uncommon talent,  but not the mark of a Buddha.

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trip1

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« Reply #12 on: July 19, 2006, 12:12:28 PM »
I see.  Thank you for taking the time to reply.
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david_obsidian

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« Reply #13 on: July 19, 2006, 01:31:31 PM »
Thanks for putting up the post.  [:)]  And above all,  enjoy AYP!
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LittleDragon

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« Reply #14 on: July 19, 2006, 02:46:04 PM »
quote:
Originally posted by david_obsidian

It has been said, 'Know the truth, and the truth will set you free'.  Is it true that Ram Bon Jon wasn't drinking or eating anything?  Were people set free by believing it?

Did I do a disservice?  In the light of the claims that this is a miracle-boy who is defying the laws of nature by eating and drinking nothing for months on end,  the question,  'What did those who covered him with a curtain at night wish to hide from us?' has such an obvious answer that it is pretty clear that this myth was carried in large part by those who wanted to believe more than wanted to know the truth.  So, what did the disservice?  That which set the illusion up and carried it,  or that which dissolved it?

We can ask more questions.  Why did his minders wish us to believe he was eating and drinking nothing?  Why did the boy participate?  Have people really been helped by the likes of this?  Are they hurt by the likes of me?

P.T Barnum has his place.  Buddha has another.  If P.T. Barnum attempts to seize Buddha's place, he must be stopped by those who know enough to serve in this way.





Very well said. I applaud this post and your efforts. This was done with logic, common sense, and without anything that could be called malicious humor. Keep it up David.
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