Hindu holy man who has buried himself neck down in the ground

[ElsewheresDaughter]

Devotees offer flowers to Tapawsiary Bapu, 37, an Indian Hindu holy man who has buried himself neck down in the ground for meditation for 10 days at Pathapur

okay :shrug:

[Skittles]

1. religion

it's so . . . what's the word?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

2. idiot

cheap trick!

[Blue-Jay]

3. I hope a dog pees on him.

:P

[La Lioness Priyanka]

5. lol!

while i think thats a little overly spiteful,,,,would be funny

[BurtWorm]

4. He's gonna be holey, all right.

"The worms crawl in
The worms crawl out..."

[NewHampster]

6. I saw this a few days ago and wondered if he's sitting on a

Porta Potti.

Hey! Watch the sand in my ass. :hurts:

[mrfrapp]

7. I'm not religious

at all but I'm dissapointed that the responses up to now do nothing but ridicule him. Okay, it's a little wierd but he's not doing anyone any harm, is he?

[BurtWorm]

8. What is the proper response?

Out of curiosity? Should we be in awe? I'm genuinely asking.

[mrfrapp]

9. Not awe

Why would you ask that?


on edit: to clarify, my response is indifference. He does what he does for whatever reason. I see no reason to comment unless he's doing something that harms other people in some way.

[BurtWorm]

10. I'm just curious if there is a response other than shock, horror

or ridicule for a stunt like this. Is it supposed to make us have a different reaction? I'd like to say that he's not doing it for "us," but then what's his picture doing on the Internet? It's a paradoxically public way of following one's personal spiritual path.

[mrfrapp]

12. I wouldn't call it a stunt.

I don't suppose the man in question chose to put the picture on the Internet so I can't defend it from that perspective.

I don't know. If that's how he's choosing to express his religion than that's up to him. It's not doing anyone else any harm. I've no objection to having a bit of fun with the image but I'm uneasy with opinions that he's an idiot, etc.

[BurtWorm]

13. I basically agree with you. There's not enough information to judge

the guy one way or the other. People who are uncomfortable with the strange--myself included, of course--often just react to it with humor. I don't see anything wrong with that. But I don't really judge the guy for doing what he's doing. If he wants to sit in the ground like a jackass for ten days to worship his gods, that's his business. (I'm kidding!)

[Pert_UK]

11. Devotees offer flowers.....

"Yeah, thanks guys, flowers.....Just what I needed! Just stick them on my head.....Now that I can't wave away bees or anything!?!!?!?!"

Honestly, it's enough to make a Sadhu curse...

P.