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Buddha Boy Vanishes
From Nepal comes the disturbing
news that Ram Bahadur Bomjam, AKA 'Buddha Boy', has vanished from
beneath the Peepal tree where he had been meditating for the past 299 days.
(Believers, and there are many, claim that ram has taken no food or water
during this time; unverifiable, as he is screened from view twelve hours a
day). Ram disappeared real good, it seems, since thousands flock to his
meditation space daily, and only Tanka Bahadur Thing, claims to have seen
him go, and we're pretty sure that Tanka is only in it for the publicity.
After all, he claims to have seen Ram trucking through the jungle dressed as
a monk, when everybody knows that he vanished so thoroughly that even his
clothes were left behind. (Here is a
Nepal blog with photographs of the Ramless Peepal tree, the Ram mom, and
the empty Bomjam garments).
Police gave up searching after one day, as
they believe no foul play was involved. Besides what's the use? As Ram's
uncle (and president of the Bomjam pilgrimage site committee) puts it, "I
realized that we are human beings and the meditator is a god, and human
beings cannot find him". Makes sense to me. |
