mostrodellanotte:

is a 16-year-old boy born and living in the village of Ratnapur who allegedly is in the process of transforming into the next incarnation of the Buddha. It has been claimed that the so-called “Buddha Boy” has been sitting under a pipal tree in uninterrupted meditation since May of 2005. According to the set of people who surround and control access to Ram Bomjon, he asserted just before sitting down that he was entering into a six-year meditative state in order to attain enlightenment, a la the original Buddha Siddhartha Gautama. According to the same set of people who surround and control access to Bomjon, he:

• has not stirred from his meditation since May 2005,
• has had nothing to eat since May 2005,
• has continued meditating even after being bitten by a snake,
• and has caused two mute people in proximity to him to begin to speak.

This is a bit extreme, no? I admit I don’t much about his situation. I plan on researching this but It seems to me that meditating for years without eating isn’t a good use of time. Why not see the world, even if just the world around you? It would help you understand more about the people and the suffering around you which will help you gain a better understanding of suffering. Siddhartha did meditate to reach enlightenment but not for years consecutively! He never would have gone for that after all the time he spent with the ascetics that he went to for training. Furthermore, No he isn’t the reincarnation of Buddha. To say that implies that Buddha did not reach enlightenment. (People who reach enlightenment do not get reincarnated they go to nirvana.)