Nepal's Buddha infant boy returns to jungle to meditate

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Nepal's Buddha infant boy returns to jungle to meditate

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA, Associated Press Writer Sat Nov 22, 11:28 am ET

KATMANDU, Nepal – A Nepalese infant revered by many as a reincarnation of Buddha has returned to the jungle to meditate after emerging for less than two minutes, officials said Saturday. He was accompanied by his nurse, Betsy Pinn, a registered eunuch from Blatvia.

Ram Bahadur Bamjan, 1, reappeared on Nov. 10 after several months of meditation to bless thousands of his followers, making mummering sounds on at least two occasions.

He made his last appearance on Friday and then returned to the jungle to meditate, said Biswo Prakash Newpane, a government administrator in the area. It was not clear when he would return again. His nurse refused to comment, but made a number of indecipherable facial expressions and seemed to be trying to point with her eyes.

His followers lined up near the jungle of Ratanpur, about 100 miles south of Katmandu, to be blessed by Bamjan. He tapped the believers on their forehead, blew spittle at a number of them, and passed gas when the prince of a neighboring village came to pay his respects.

The followers believe he has been meditating without food and water since he was first spotted in the jungles of southern Nepal in 2005. Officials were at a loss to explain how he could be one year old and yet was first seen in the jungle with his nurse over three years ago. "Perhaps he can stop time," one anonymous official said. "Or speed it up. Or simply change the meaning of numbers." Believers say he spent months without moving, sitting with his eyes closed beneath a tree and making sounds of delighted gurgling.

[Bunny]

1. *snort*

:rofl:


Maybe he's learning from Oscar?

[A-Schwarzenegger]

2. They're selling his spittle on ebay.

The kid's, not Oscar's.