This kid pwns all of us.




KATMANDU, Nepal - A teenage boy has been meditating in a Nepalese jungle for six months, and thousands have flocked to see him, with some believing he is the reincarnation of Buddha, police and media said Wednesday.

Ram Bahadur Banjan, 15, sits cross-legged and motionless with eyes closed among the roots of a tree in the jungle of Bara, about 100 miles south of the capital, Katmandu.

He's supposedly been that way since May 17 — but his followers have been keeping him from public view at night.

A reporter for the Kantipur newspaper, Sujit Mahat, said he spent two days at the site, and that about 10,000 people are believed to visit daily.

Soldiers have been posted in the area for crowd control, officials said.

A makeshift parking lot and cluster of food stalls have sprung up near Banjan's retreat, an area not previously frequented by visitors.

Many visitors believe Banjan is a reincarnation of Gautama Siddhartha, who was born not far away in southwestern Nepal around 500 B.C. and later became revered as the Buddha, which means Enlightened One.

Others aren't so sure.

Police inspector Chitra Bahadur Gurung said officers have interviewed the boy's associates about their claim that Banjan has gone six months without food or drink.

Officers have not directly questioned the boy, who appears deep in meditation and doesn't speak.

"We have a team ... investigating the claim on how anyone can survive for so long without food and water," Gurung said.

Local officials have also asked the Royal Nepal Academy of Science and Technology in Katmandu to send scientists to examine Banjan.

Mahat said visitors can catch a glimpse of Banjan from a roped-off area about 80 feet away from him between dawn and dusk.

Followers then place a screen in front of him, blocking the view and making it impossible to know what he is doing at night, Mahat said.

"We could not say what happens after dark," Mahat said. "People only saw what went on in the day, and many believed he was some kind of god."

Buddhism teaches that right thinking and self-control can enable people to achieve nirvana — a divine state of peace and release from desire. Buddhism has about 325 million followers, mostly in Asia.

So meditating under a tree for 6 months makes somebody the Buddha reincarnate? Somehow I think the orginal Buddha would be disappointed by this.

Don't forget going 6 months without food or water.

I personally don't believe in a Buddha... but this is amazing to me anyway.

Impossible.

LOL yeah right, like the boy doesn't eat when he's hidden from view at night. Even Siddhartha Gautama (aka Buddha) never claimed to go that long without food.

And by the way, how can you not believe in Buddha? He was a real man who never claimed to be divine or god-like. He also didn't believe in reincarnation, at least not in the way the followers of this boy are claiming.

Maybe he's just a really smart kid who's thinking ahead. Think of how popular he's gonna be after all this. Every dude is gonna want to be his friend, and every chick is gonna want to be his gf. He's set for life.

Personally, I think he's a genius.

I agree completely.

if he's 15 his balls must be huge!!! theres no way i could go 24 hours when i was 15 without emptying the recycle bin