Apparently, there's a new Buddha on the block. (Fedora Tip: Say What Now?)
"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."
"'It looks a bit like when you shine a torch through your hand,'…."
Well, I can't say whether he's another Buddha or not, but I can point out that humans do indeed emit light from their foreheads.
Funky Dung
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Over on The Christian Prophet blog the Holy Spirit speaks highly of this boy. The message guides against visiting the boy, but says it only takes one to overcome a million terrorists.
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Posted 22 Nov 2005 at 5:26 pm ¶One thing that always confuses me with reincarnations of the buddha. My understanding was that if you reached enlightenment in buddhism you would achieve moksha and be reunited with the divine oneness of the univers, and thus be out of the reincarnation cycle.
I don't know that there are many people reading this who will know the answer to this dilemna, but there's the one that always gets me.
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Posted 22 Nov 2005 at 11:16 pm ¶John, Buddhism also talks of bodhisattvas, compassionate souls who voluntarily chose not to leave the cycle of existence, and be reincarnated to guide other souls to nirvana. I believe the Dalai Lama is held to be one of these.
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Posted 28 Nov 2005 at 2:27 am ¶So that's what the name to that Steely Dan song means.
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Posted 28 Nov 2005 at 9:11 am ¶Did you know that Steely Dan is a slang term for dildo (in England, I think)?
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Posted 28 Nov 2005 at 2:29 pm ¶Well, I'll never think of Steely Dan the same way again.
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Posted 29 Nov 2005 at 12:47 am ¶Ever hear of the band 10cc? That name has a sexual meaning as well.
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