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# Rinpoche Boy
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/3095/
- Published: 2005-11-21T13:26:21.000Z
- Updated: 2005-11-21T13:26:21.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: TWE, #wpChunk

Have the Vegas odd-makers established a line yet on whether the boy is a fraud?

> Thousands of pilgrims are pouring into the dense jungle of southern Nepal to worship a 15-year-old boy who has been hailed as a new Buddha.

> Devotees claim that Ram Bomjon, who is silently meditating beneath a tree, has not eaten or drunk anything since he sat down at his chosen spot six months ago.

> Witnesses say they have seen light emanating from the teenager's forehead. . .

> The fervour increased last week when a snake is said to have bitten Ram, and a curtain was drawn around him.

> After five days it was opened and he spoke. "Tell the people not to call me a Buddha. I don't have the Buddha's energy. I am at the level of rinpoche \[lesser divinity\].

> "A snake bit me but I do not need treatment. I need six years of deep meditation."

> Despite his protestations, "Buddha boy" is famous.

> A thriving market has grown in the once pristine forest, supplying pilgrims with everything from chewing tobacco and bicycle repairs to incense and sacred amulets. The ground is covered in litter.

> A fence was built around Ram's tree to prevent pilgrims prodding him, then a second, and now a third is planned, as well as a bus park, leaving Ram at the centre of an ever growing circle of rubbish.

[*Telegraph* Link](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/11/21/wbuddha21.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/11/21/ixportal.html&ref=thedailyeudemon.com).