Oli
5th July 2006, 01:42 AM
I saw a documentary on this the other day. It was of a 15 year old boy who has been supposedly sat perfectly still meditating under a tree for over 10 months. The film crew, obviously sceptical, filmed him continuously when they reached him. For 100 hours that the film crew were aloud to film for, he did not move a muscle. He sat there perfectly still, without food nor water, meditating.
He was born and lives in the same place that the Buddha was, Nepal. And also both their mothers share the same name. Many call him the Buddha reincarnate. He has many followers who stay by him and watch him day and night in awe. His elder brother makes sure he is safe at all times when meditating; he created a fence surrounding him so that no one could get too close to distract him.
Bewildered by this, scientists could not understand how he is able to withstand without food and water. The average human body cannot normally survive without water for 3-4 days, yet he proved he could do it for a lot more. Scientists came across another man in the same region who was like the 'Buddha Boy', in that he could also withstand days on end without food and water. He was not busy nor meditating and allowed for scientists to test on him. They put him in a room and filmed him continously for 10 days. This man was very old, 82. He claimed he has not eaten nor drank since the age of 12. For these 10 days he was filmed, he did indeed withstand from food and water and his body remained perfectly intact. For a man of 82, he is extremely healthy and well able. Some say he was able to draw energy from the sun in order to stay alive.
The Buddha Boy started his meditation in May 2005 and said he set out to stay meditating under that tree without movement for 6 years, just as the Buddha did, in order to reach enlightenment or Buddhahood. However, at the end of the documentary it mentioned that a few months ago this year, the boy went missing. Some say he has travelled further into the forrest to continue his meditation (you could imagine the media frenzy that emerged where he was originally), and some people also have the theory that he has been kidnapped. Nobody knows.
He was born and lives in the same place that the Buddha was, Nepal. And also both their mothers share the same name. Many call him the Buddha reincarnate. He has many followers who stay by him and watch him day and night in awe. His elder brother makes sure he is safe at all times when meditating; he created a fence surrounding him so that no one could get too close to distract him.
Bewildered by this, scientists could not understand how he is able to withstand without food and water. The average human body cannot normally survive without water for 3-4 days, yet he proved he could do it for a lot more. Scientists came across another man in the same region who was like the 'Buddha Boy', in that he could also withstand days on end without food and water. He was not busy nor meditating and allowed for scientists to test on him. They put him in a room and filmed him continously for 10 days. This man was very old, 82. He claimed he has not eaten nor drank since the age of 12. For these 10 days he was filmed, he did indeed withstand from food and water and his body remained perfectly intact. For a man of 82, he is extremely healthy and well able. Some say he was able to draw energy from the sun in order to stay alive.
The Buddha Boy started his meditation in May 2005 and said he set out to stay meditating under that tree without movement for 6 years, just as the Buddha did, in order to reach enlightenment or Buddhahood. However, at the end of the documentary it mentioned that a few months ago this year, the boy went missing. Some say he has travelled further into the forrest to continue his meditation (you could imagine the media frenzy that emerged where he was originally), and some people also have the theory that he has been kidnapped. Nobody knows.