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Buddha Boy
Takuan
Veteran
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram_Bahadur_Bomjon
I read about this guy in the past, but I figured I'd get some opinions on him from the community here.
I've read the stories about his "ability" to survive without eating for extended periods of time... I gotta say I'm skeptical about him to say the least. What do you all think?
I read about this guy in the past, but I figured I'd get some opinions on him from the community here.
I've read the stories about his "ability" to survive without eating for extended periods of time... I gotta say I'm skeptical about him to say the least. What do you all think?
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Yeah, I read about that in the wiki article and I agree that it isn't very buddha like. lol Then again, he claims that he is not a buddha, but has called himself a rinpoche.
Only he knows who he is.
Let's watch and observe and see what happens.
anyway his Eight moralities or rules are:
1. Not to discriminate against human beings according to their cast, religion, gender or color etc.
2. Not to humiliate religions by comparing them as superior or inferior.
3. Not to accept discriminative doctrinal principles.
4. Not to think of nations as separate or treat countries as friends and enemies.
5. To avoid debates and arguments as to whether something is true or false as one view will likely be undervalued and another exaggerated.
6. Not to practice 10 negative actions (3 of the body: killing, stealing, sexual misconduct; 4 of the speech: lie, words that divide, bad words and twaddle; 3 of the mind: desire (to have something what belongs to an other), malevolence and mistaken visions).
7. To practice three training techniques: discipline, concentration and wisdom and the dedication of your life to social and national services.
8. To attain perfect enlightenment or dedicate yourself to get liberation for oneself or others.
i personally think he is going to be equivalent to buddha, but not another buddha as such.. in his own words he has a "different energy to buddha" , stated when requesting people not to refer to him as buddhaboy.. but he has said he is receiving direct teachings from the buddhas...
Jhyangling shide jhyampei mwenlam tsenmo thyinley shidub yishin norbui tertsen
shejyawa shyugso.
Here is the great wish-fulfilling gem: the treasure accomplishing four actions,
called the World Peace Great Loving Prayers.
1) Jyigten jyigten ledhe pei
Dyisum khyenpei lamei tsog
Yidam khando tsyokyong dang
Jogsang genam ghongsu sol
Favor us with grace, assembly of Gurus of the world and beyond the world
knowing the three times, personal deities, sky walker goddesses, Dharma
protectors and perfectly enlightened ones.
2) Tserab nejhung dadi bar
Shangngen ghedig lamtwen pei
Dhintsen lamar dhemoi tsei
Tagtu gosum gwipe dwi
I bow with faith and devotion to the graceful gurus, demonstrators of the path
to both the noble and the bad, the virtuous and the sinful from ages past to the
present.
3) Migme thugje dangi la
Butar cheshing khorwa yi
Dongtug yeshe cholje pa
Yidam lhalahang dagchhyag chhel
I salute my tutelary deities who with emptiness show compassion as a mother
does to her son and who provide the wisdom of liberation from the depths of
cyclical existence.
4) Tagtu dibshin dogje lha
Denda mepei nwithwi chen
Dwennam chharchwe lungten pei
Pawo khandor dagtsyag tsel
I salute those brave, powerful and incomparable sky-walker goddesses who
defeating Mara and predicting future events have always accompanied me like a
shadow.
5) Tsyogshi jinge dersheg nam
Khenchei nwipei dagngi tsei
Gangla gangdwil jepa yi
Denpar jelahang dagtsyag tsel
I also bow to those enlightened ones of the four directions who have world
knowing wisdom compassion and the power to liberate sentient beings from
the cycle of existence; those great ones who release beings from their respective
dramas.
6) Tsyogdwi kwinkhyab jyangsem kyi
Dowai dwenngi jeghong ney
Tagtu phartsyin churchye pa
Jyangtsyub sempar dagtsyag tsel
I salute those bodhisattvas with the enlightened minds pervading throughout all
directions and times who thought only to benefit the sentient beings and always
practice the ten perfections.
7) Damtsye ngenshing dogje ney
Tsyogkwin shidang dwilwa yi
Tenpa dharshing gyeje pei
Ngenrang ghedwin latsyag tsel
I salute those Shravaka (heeders) and Pratik (self enlightened) Buddhas who
listening to the real Dharma tell others the righteous path and spread the rules of
peace and humility throughout all directions.
8) Shenyang tsyagjyar hwepa la
Dhaggi goshum gwitwi ney
Jhyamling shider yonggwe chhir
Mwenlam namdag dhijye do
Bowing to all respectable gurus, gods and goddesses with the three doors of body,
speech and mind, I pray these pure World Peace Loving Great Prayers make the
universe peaceful.
***
1) Maha gurui jyinlab dhang
Dagchyag lhagsam namdag pei
Tseme jhyampei mwenlam gyie
Jigten shishing deleg syog
May our pure, vast and immeasurable Loving Great Prayers make this universe
peaceful and happy with the blessing of great gurus.
2) Dagchyag chyomden tsyoying kur
Thimshing erme rabtu ney
Machyoe lame dhetsen gyi
Yingsu rolwar jyingyie lob
Bless us that we may enjoy the natural and highest great joy of being inseparable
in the state of emptiness in the Dharmakaya of the perfectly enlightened.
3) Nelug dwendam matog shing
Yijyung kwintag rabthwil ney
Ngijin marig togpei daar
Rangchhwei rangdwel thongwar shyog
May all sentient beings having seen the self imprisonment of being entrapped in
the two misconceptions of me and my, ignorance, and imagination; which without
knowing the condition of ultimate truth revolve to the self produced conceptual
forms of imputation, see the path to self liberation.
4) Marig ngijin lasog pey
Nachhog lengen shagpa ley
Dhebur wangme ngerchyoe pa
Lugjyung lugdog toypar shyog
May sentient beings know the rules of ascending and descending Samsara, people
who without self independence (exception) consume various fruit of bad karma
through the ignorance of the two misconceptions of me and my and so forth.
5) Malwie yonten kwingyi shyi
Jhyampei tsulthim gyeden ney
Kyewoe chhogshag deepjyang shing
Lamar jalwel soenam thob
May all sentient beings receive the opportunity to see the enlightened gurus by
maintaining virtuous karma and purifying their veil of sins after taking the eight
loving vows which are the source of infinite quality.
6) Jyamgwen dolma chenre shig
Daagpo baitri lasog pei
Jyingyi labshing lungten te
Tsedi dwendang denpar shyog
May this human life be fruitful receiving blessing and future prediction of being
enlightened by the Arya Maitri Nath, Arya Tara, Arya Lokesvara, Daagpho and
Baitri and so forth.
7) Khorwa jyisi khyamgyur kyang
Tagtu lama dangthe ney
Langdor nekwin shejye chying
Phagpei lamle midog shyog
Even though we are moving through the cycle of existence, after having met the
spiritual guru may all sentient beings never stray from the noble path knowing
the entire side of taking and discarding karma.
8) Lamar yimi chhepa dang
Lungten payang nangme kyi
Yelwar midor midog pei
Depe lamdu jyugpar shyog
May we not disbelieve the spiritual guru and may we not be uninterested even
though they have predicted our enlightenment, but may all beings follow the path
of enlightenment with irreversible faith.
9) Dedwi chherab ngama nam
Dhenshing togpa phelgyur ney
Ngondwi madub lamshyug shing
Dubpa tagchye thobpar shyog
After having followed their spiritual path, recalling their past lives and spreading
knowledge, may sentient beings receive accomplishments (siddhi) with the signs
and accomplish the path which was not accomplished in the past life,.
10) Gangdwe jyishin twiljye pei
Gyuma tabui tingjin gyie
Namtwil nelwi shela sog
Chechying yunring negyur chyig
May sentient beings live long consuming the places, body and foods which are
produced by Maya-sadrishya Samadhi (illusion-like meditative concentration)
through which meditation produces everything as wished.
11) Jyungshi namshe semdang chey
Wangdu dwipei tingnge jin
Thaye ngene dowai dwen
Jechyir twilshyug chyegyur chig
May all sentient beings do penance to benefit all sentient beings receiving
complete meditative concentration which controls the four elements and the
senses and mind.
12) Dagchyag lamdu jyugpei tse
Dugngal pucham mingyong shing
Dhechen dhedang chhungpa yi
Shalam farol tsinpar shyog
While we follow the path without experiencing the slightest suffering, may all
sentient beings cross over to the grounds and path of advancement to the state of
liberation and omniscience with the same happiness of the Pureland (Sukhavati).
13) Lamdu lobpei kabnam su
Tsyoekyong barchhe rabsel ney
Yidam ngwedub chalwa kwim
Thamche ghegme thobpar shyog
While we are practicing the path of enlightenment may the Dharma protector
remove all obstacles and may we attain accomplishments (siddhi) without
interruption granted by personal deities.
14) Tsengai ngejyung jyangsem dang
Chhetsung tagom chyopei thwie
Dhirni gheshe mepar yang
Lamgom debu jogpar shyog
May we attain the perfect results of meditating on the path of enlightenment even
without Dharma teachers by the power of past lives’ renunciation, enlightened
mind (compassion), great and small vision, meditation and practices.
15) Jyangtsyub semkyie rangshen gyi
Dhitsihi dwennam dubpa la
Chonpei kabsu kurdeb dang
Ngethab lasog mebar shyog
May the followers of the path not be humiliated and devaluated while with
enlightened mind they are attempting to benefit self and others for this and the
next life.
Shingdung shegpei gyalwa dang
Jyangtsyub sempei lamdag la
Thamche depe jyugpar shyog
May all sentient beings follow the path of victorious and enlightened beings (Jin
and Bodhi Sattvas) who have reached under the Bodhi Tree with the all direction
and time pervading enlightened mind (bodhicitta).
17) Gomdang kache ngyamshib te
Jyangtsyub lamsum jedang shing
Shome dugngal nagsog su
Ngyongwai debu ngyurmin shyog
May all sentient beings achieve quickly the fruit of experiencing unbearable
suffering for the sake of others in the jungles following the three enlightened
paths of meditation, penance and research.
18) Lama yidam khando yie
Dibshin dogsying jyigme syog
Gyundu jyinlav ngodub dang
Lungten panam thobpar shyog
May all gurus’ personal deities and sky-walker goddesses accompany sentient
beings like a shadow so that they become fearless.
May sentient beings
always receive blessings, accomplishments (siddhi) and a future prediction of
enlightenment.
19) Syine cholme gomgyur chying
Tsulngi lhagpar thonggyur ney
Chhinang jyungwa semdang chey
Deyie rangwang jepar shyog
May those sentient beings control the outer elements of water, earth, fire and air
as well as mind, meditating effortlessly in calm abiding meditation and analyzing
two types of ascending and descending orders of creation and destruction of
Samsara.
20) Daggi semkye twulshyug dang
Jyampei mwenlam diyi thwie
Dugngal ledang bagtsyag chey
Shyishying dewe chhimpar shyog
May sentient beings through the power of an enlightened mind, penance and
loving prayers be freed from suffering, bad karma and karmic imprints as well as
be contented with the happiness.
21) Nagtug thwedu busin dang
Dwido dangni kheme chying
Chhadang tekom gwenme par
Nechhon dawoi nweshoe de
Bearing the harm from enemies, illness, weapons, heat, cold, thirst and hunger
in a place without refuge being no different from wild animals and insects in the
dense jungle -
22) Dogme jyigsar shatung gyi
Yojye dangdel sogjyig chey
Kwinle ringshying shoeme kyi
Rigdug dungal malwie pa
With the fear of losing one’s life, being separated from resources of eating and
drinking without friends in a frightful place, furthermore being separated from
loved ones and accepting unbearable suffering in each of the six realms without
exception -
23) Dangdu langshing nagthwe du
Daggi tsogngi jinge pa
Sagpei thuyee rigdug gi
Dugngel thamchey delwar syog
In the middle of the jungle by dual accumulation of virtuous action and pure
wisdom - all that exists having been accumulated through this power - may all the
sentient beings of the six realms be freed from all their sufferings.
24) Fama dodug semchen gyi
Ngyongwa ngyonggyur dungal nam
Gelte lwipar gyurpa n
Dheyang dagla jyewar shyo
If there remains any sufferin endured or to be endured by sentient beings of the
six realms which are as compasionate as our mother and father, may also those
sufferings be transferred to me
25) Chirni lechihi kyenngen dang
Lhagpar shyedang wanggie ni
Ngyalwar kyepai fama nam
Mwenlan dithwie dolwar shyog
Through this power of these Loving Great Prayers, may those beings which are as
compassionate as our mother and father who are born in the hell realms because
of general karmic bad causes, and especially those influenced by anger, receive
liberation from hell.
26) Jyamgwen dolma chenre shig
Daagpo sogkyi kyabhog tu
Chhuchying ngyalwei dowa kwin
Dewai silwa thobpar shyog
May all hellish realms receive the coolness of joy being under the refuge of Arya
Maitreya Nath, Arya Tara, Arya Lokeshwara, Daagpo and so forth.
27) Jyampei gyumai tingjin ley
Shagme ngima thongtwil ney
Kwintag dangngyal dorthob chying
Tendei yuldu gyurwar shyong
Through the power of loving illusion-like meditative concentration, may
thousands of suns without downfall be produced. May the imaginative cold hell
realms receive warmth and the fields of the cold realms be changed into ever
joyful purelands.
28) Mishoe chhawe ngyamthag pei
Dowar chheme jyangsem kyi
Tingjin tinchhen lejyung wei
Chhyarpei tendu silwar shyog
May those sentient beings anguishing from unbearable heat always be cooled with
the rain produced from the big clouds of infinite-enlightened-mind-meditative
concentration.
29) Dugngel keyngyur ngyalwa yi
Nagtug dongpo lasog pa
Dhechen shyinggi ghachhal tar
Dhejyam dwenden shyingdu gyur
May those dense jungle trees of the hell realms which are the causes of suffering
be changed into wish-fulfilling fields of joy and softness as the groves of Pureland.
30) Ngyalwei dungel gyurgyur pei
Ledang ngyongmong bagtsyag kwin
Gyalwei khemchei nwipa yi
Segtue torshying dagpar shyog
Through the wisdom, compassion and power of the enlightened ones, may all bad
karma, ignorance and karmic imprints which are the causes of suffering of the hell
realms be burned, cleaned, blown away and purified.
31) Chirni lechee kyenngen dang
Lhagpar sernai wanggyur pei
Yidwag jyigten lhungpa nam
Mewnlam dithwie dolwar shyog
Through this power of these Loving Great Prayers, may those beings which are as
compassionate as our mother and father who have fallen into the hungry ghost
realms because of general karmic bad causes, and especially those influenced by
meanness, receive liberation from the hungry ghost realms.
32) Dhane shungte jhyamting le
Jungwei dwichee jingbu la
Pagsan shingdang rinchhen gyi
Shyalye khangdu ghawar shyog
From now may all sentient beings be happy in inconceivable mansions full of
wish-fulfilling trees and great gems and so forth in the pond of elixir produced by
loving-meditative concentration.
33) Shagme royee chhimgyur ney
Yidwag komme gyurwar shyog
Gangdwe longsu chyonge ney
Lhadang ngyampar nepar shyog
May all hungry ghosts be without thirst being content with the taste of elixir
preventing downfall. May they also be equal to gods receiving whatever they
desire to consume.
Longkui shyingdu chwepar shyog
Gangdwe tingjin letul ney
Tekom dungel mepar shyog
May all hungry ghosts achieve a body consisting of light consume in the Pureland
of complete enjoyment body of enlightened ones. May all hungry ghosts be free
from the suffering of hunger and thirst manifesting things as they desire through
meditative concentration.
35) Chirni lechee kyenngen dang
Lhagpar timug wangsong wey
Dwidor kyepa nelug kyi
Yeshe shyarwe dolwar shyog
May those animals which are as compassionate as our mother and father which
have been born into the animal realms because of general karmic bad causes,
and especially those influenced by ignorance, receive liberation from the animal
realms by the rising wisdom of true samsaric condition.
36) Jhyampa tsenpoi tingjin gyi
Gyunne babpei shagme kyi
Dwichi dwido chhimgyur ney
Chhewai digshe pangwar shyog
May animals eradicate their harmful food being satisfied with the elixir
preventing downfall raining down from great loving meditative-concentration.
37) Ghangdag lwinmong kwelchyoe dang
Chigla chiggee shawa dang
Fama delshying gwenme pa
Dungel thaye shepar shyog
May all animals exhaust their infinite suffering which suffer from ignorance,
servitude, eating one another, and separating from parents as well as being
without protection.
38) Fen chhun doggyur thwinpar shyog
Namyang chhewar mijyug chying
Shoggi jyigtak rabshyi ney
Jyigme dohong jyepar shyog
May animals traverse fearlessly being peaceful by never going to harm others and
being free from losing one’s life. May animals live in harmony being friends with
each other.
39) Chirne lechee kyenngen dang
Lhagpar tsyagpei wanggyur pei
Miyi jyigten kyegyur pa
Sepa mepar chyopar shyog
May those human beings which are as compassionate as our mother and father
who are born in the human realms because of general karmic bad causes and
especially those influenced by attachment, conduct good morals without craving
especially those influenced by attachment, conduct good morals without craving
anuna ra vichitra
bhayi nakshatrako samuhlejhhey loka sada
sunder paarun
May gods and humans who are established in the Vehicle of the Dharma
protecting the bright Dharma so that it flourishes, make this world ever beautiful,
just as the earth is illuminated by the wonderful clusters of the constellations.
sleep time
namaste
I guess the Noble Eight-fold path was somehow lacking. If he wants to teach the Dhamma, then why not just teach the Dhamma.
If you look to the ancients, for example, you can find many others (It's quite amazing as a journey through a quotes website to see how dharmic the great quotes are.)
We should not be precious.
how many of us will doubt him.
not saying ram bahadur is the buddha.
also he says..
..taken from the prayers above~
Lungten payang nangme kyi
Yelwar midor midog pei
Depe lamdu jyugpar shyog
May we not disbelieve the spiritual guru and may we not be uninterested even
though they have predicted our enlightenment, but may all beings follow the path
of enlightenment with irreversible faith.
on may 18th 6 years after he started his meditation, we will find out what a perfectly enlightened being is like.
If he is an actor, he is a damn good one.
Most boys his age cant sit still for 15 minutes.
What do you expect in a poor, illiterate country?
"got hooked on meditation"?
R U actually joking?
hi, its an interesting question.. we will just have to wait and see.. did you read through his prayers? They give you some indication of what he is all about... he wants to unify all religions, because he believes they are essentially the same.,, he is meditating for the liberation of all sentient beings... one of his first mantras - Om Namo Guru Buddha Gyani
actually I know for a fact he didnt.
do you have any factual evidence you can show us ? or tell us where this fact went from suspicion to fact exactly?
If he helps bring peace to the world, then I surely support him, but let's not make him out to be a God... Rather, just let him inspire our practice.
No offense, but from your posts it seems you've put this guy on a pedestal and are expecting great things from him. What will happen if these things don't come to pass?
Just an observation. Not trying to pick a fight. I'm going to stop posting on this topic now.
The Himalayan Times Report: Buddha Boy Turns Violent ~ Thrashes His Siblings
http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Buddha+Boy+turns+violent‚+thrashes+siblings&NewsID=326582