ram bahadur bamjan : latest news
Ram Bahadur Bamjan is an 18 year old Nepalese boy but he is not any normal boy. Ram Bahadur Bamjan is considered to be the Buddha reincarnated and he is a big celebrity in Nepal. Bamjan spends most of his time in the forest and suddenly reappears and when he does, hundreds and thousands of devotees flock to see him and the jungle starts to look like a festival ground.
This time, Ram Bahadur Bamjan came out of the jungles of Ratanpur, 100 miles south of Katmandu, on November 12, 2008. Hundreds and thousands of people traveled long distance to see him. The jungles of Ratanpur are filled with colorful flags and devotees silently approached him. Bamjan sat on a podium covered in yellow cloth under a huge tree. He was still and silent. He was wearing a white robe and blessed his devotees with a slight tap on the head. Few Buddhist monks were surrounding the young man. He was looking healthy and showed no signs of sickness.
Ram Bahadur Bamjan was first spotted in 2005. He then disappeared into the forest on March 11, 2006. After nine months, he was spotted again by villagers in a forest in Bara district, situated 150 km east of Kathmandu. At that time, Nepalese journalist, Raju Shreshtha had the opportunity to talk with him. Bamjan told Raju that he has been wandering in the forest and his meditation will continue for the next six years.
According to his followers, Bamjan has been meditating for a long time without and food and water. He neither moves nor talks. Many people consider him as god. Bishnu Maya Khadka, a Nepalese house wife, said:
“I got a chance to see God today,” Bishnu Maya Khadka, a housewife, said after receiving Bamjan’s blessing Wednesday. “They say he is Buddha, but for me he is just God.”
According to Kamal Tamang, a Buddhist priest, on November 18, 2008, Bamjan is expected to address his followers and then retreat into the forest.
However, there are many who do not consider Bamjan as the reincarnated Lord Buddha. Min Bahadur Shakya from the Nagarjuna Institute of Exact Methods, a Buddhist research center in Katmandu, said that meditating without food and water does not prove that Bamjan is the reincarnation of Buddha. He believes that people should do more study on him. Even some Buddhist priests in Nepal are not ready to accept Bamjan as the reincarnated Lord Buddha. A French journalist filmed him eating a fruit and another correspondent found him asleep.
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