Discovery Channel – My Shocking Story: The Boy With Divine Powers
Looks like Discovery Channel is going to put a stop to our curiosity on whether the Buddha Boy was eating or not during his meditation. They’ll be airing My Shocking Story: The Boy With Divine Powers on Thursday 29 June, 10pm. But this is only for viewers in UK at this moment. If there are any readers from UK interested in Buddha Boy please leave a comment after watching the story.
For the first time ever, cameras have been allowed beyond the 50 metre fence that guards Ram. Filming him 24/7, we will be able to see if he leaves the tree or is somehow getting food and water. Doctors will also view the footage and give their views on what is happening to his body and how he might be enduring what is deemed physically impossible.
Thanks to Wayne for the link.
Update: You can watch the full documentary in Dailymotion
This post has 51 comments
June 30th, 2006
the documentry was brilliant but were did he go?
June 30th, 2006
Tony, can you please share with us what did they show/discover in the documentary.
June 30th, 2006
it was a good documentry, 15 year old boy named Ram, meditated under a tree in Nepal for over 10 months. during this in 1 event when the cameras where not rolling and the crew were out of town, the people around ram said that his chest burst into flames and he called his brother 2 put a red robe around him. at the end he was still meditating but it had rumors that he dissapered he was no longer under the tree some say that he went deeper in2 the jungle to continue his meditation others say and believe he was kid-napped. and dats how the documentry ended.
July 1st, 2006
I saw new footage of the buddha boy alive and well on bbc page.
July 3rd, 2006
what happened to him, this is what i’m guessing everyone wants to know. how come the crew wasnt allowed to film at night. did they find the tiger? nothing outstanding was captured on cam, poepls say he was on fire. the whole thing seems fishy.
September 4th, 2006
Grace here from the Philippines. i saw the documentary made by Discovery Channel. It was interesting to see the superb skill of the Ram in medidating. But so disappointed to learned that the boy disappeared and nobody knows where he could be right now.
September 4th, 2006
…hmmmm, where did the buddha boy go? i just hope that he is fine and healhty and (still meditating!).
September 4th, 2006
I watched “the Boy with divine powers” on Discovery Channel last night from UBC Channel, Thailand. It was fascinating with all the comments from medical, religion, psychology, and scienctific point of view. As a buddhist myself, I would to believe that the boy really has divine powers. No normal human being can survive without food or water for 10 months unless he is an arahat.
But I was disappointed that they cannot tell us what happened to the boy after they shot the footage. How did he escape when there were lots of people guarding him day and night? What about his eldest broher who was in charge of his welfare and his family? How come nobody knew where he went or what happened to him and how he disappeared? I had a feeling the boy died of starvation and the brother or the committee tried to cover it up by saying he disappeared. I would very much like to know what really happened to him.
September 4th, 2006
I saw it too, i was really amazed by wat he had done.How can a person sits for such a long period of time n still live?He’s a miracle.But i really wanna know where is he right now?My dad told me tat he might be eaten up by the wild animals in the forest.Cos his red robe is on the tree n his bones were not even there.Mayb a snake has got him.but wat’s the truth?
September 4th, 2006
what is the name of the boy?
September 6th, 2006
Unbelievable, this is something youll never see in your lifetime, something beyond reality. i got dissappointed to know that ram dissappeared.
September 6th, 2006
it’s great to have powers..but it can be dangerous..but wad it the boi’z full name?? ( interested to know more about him ) did he realli disappear or what?? it’s a great loss for his family members..( concerned ) juz hope tt he is fine n well..hope i can meet the boi..( waiting for the chance to come )
September 6th, 2006
sori..made a mistake..*but wad IS the boi’z full name??
September 7th, 2006
His name is Ram Bahadur Bomjon. There’s an entry in Wikipedia about him, which covers pretty much everything known about him.
September 28th, 2006
What is the name of the old Indian man who appears on the documentary claiming that he has not eating or drank water since he was 12?
October 28th, 2006
Amazing … but as Marcus
where is the Old Age GURU from Ahemdabad, India
The doctors also did 24hr surveillance on him!
Prateek, NewDelhi
October 30th, 2006
Surely, the program was wonderful. When is it being recast on Discovery Channel. Surely wants to see once again. Hope Discovery retelecasts once again. & how come the boy has disappeared? And what does his brother has to say? Why didn`t the nepali authorities search for the boy? A dog squad could have been put into service to track the boy? Anyway, its an Amazing program.
November 8th, 2006
This is not happening first time in the history of meditation .the spirtually activated people of india or china , nepal can undergo for these kind of meditations after getting the gurudakshna from their spirtual masters.
RAM is not an ordinary boy.HE is a DIVINE soul.n im sure he will get the enlightment n he will become the great saint in the history of saints.
December 4th, 2006
Just saw the retelecast of Ram’s meditation on Discovery Channel and it was unbelievable, really, to find that a young man could have survived that long without the essential physiolgical needs being met. This probably goes to prove that the child’s divinity had surpassed his mortal state, thus he was able to attain such prolonged meditation without food and fluid intake.
I hope Discovery Channel posts another documentary on the whereabouts of the child or if there had been investigations done to find him.
December 4th, 2006
i thot the whole documentary was absolutely fascinating!it wonders me how they(the one who meditates without food or water) can survive for such a long period of time.Ram looks cute too.
April 3rd, 2011
i thing something is seriosly fishy !!!!!!!! u cant survive without food and water 4 over 10 months or can u – science doesn’t back it , maybe something really bad happened to the buddha boy ? who knows but i hope he is a live and still meditating !
x
December 7th, 2006
i really wonder where is he right now?? i just hope he is fine. i watch in discovery channel about he says to his mom the day before he start the meditation, he will be meditating in 6 years under the tree. and now i think maybe for 10 months later he founds that world have been so curious bout his meditating. and so he went to other place. now lets we all just hope that maybe later he finished in seeking the truth in this life just like Buddha Sidharta did n will tell us about the dharma he found. no doubt he is a saint. good luck ram.
December 9th, 2006
Ram is in a spiritual realm and will return no doubt. He is a devine being in a physical body which explains why he can survive without food and water. This human and his experience is a truly beautiful thing I feel honoured to witness in this lifetime. What a way to renew faith in our disturbed times. God Bless Ram.
December 9th, 2006
he is cute!!!!
his brother is bad!!!!
hope he can get back on telly..
u go boy!! ganbatte!! hidup malaysia..hehe :p
daa~
December 18th, 2006
when the mind is enlightened the soul is set free the body matters not
January 3rd, 2007
Check this site out. it is a recent article that purports that the boy has reappeared. it says that he decided to come back earlier.
http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullstory.asp?filename=6a8Wa8ta.9amal&folder=aHaoamW&Name=Home&dtSiteDate=20061225
January 10th, 2007
damn i missed it. does anyone know the replay schedule?
March 3rd, 2007
Notice that you never see the full speed up 96 hours of him meditating end to end and you never see it at night.
This is because the film crew were not allowed to film him at night and he had a curtain placed around him (there are many sources on the net covering this fact).
plenty of opportunity to eat and drink then. Amazing such a youg boy can spend so much time in deep meditation but i dont buy the no food and drink thing for a second.
more disccusion here:
http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=59217
April 14th, 2007
wat happened? how old is he? its amazing seriously.At such a young age…wow…I REALLY HOPE THEY WOULD TELL ABOUT THE WHEREABOUTS OF RAM
April 18th, 2007
I just saw this documentary a few days back. I missed the ending though. It was quiet frustrating!
I’m happy that there’s site’s like this where people can share their views/comments. Now I know how it ended. =P
However, like everyone here, I wonder what really happened to the boy? Will we ever find out?
Stephanie (Manila, Philippines)
April 18th, 2007
Quoting from Wikipedia:
Ram Bahadur Bomjon (born May 9, 1989, sometimes Bomjan or Banjan), also known as Palden Dorje (his official Buddhist name), is a young Buddhist monk from Ratanapuri village, Bara district, Nepal who drew thousands of visitors and media attention for spending months in meditation, allegedly without food or water, although this claim is widely contested. Nicknamed the Buddha Boy, he began his meditation on May 16, 2005, disappeared from his hometown on March 11, 2006, and reappeared elsewhere in Nepal on December 26, 2006 only to leave again on March 8, 2007. On March 26, 2007, inspectors from the Area Police Post Nijgadh in Ratanpuri found Bomjon meditating inside a bunker-like square ditch of seven feet.
June 26th, 2007
I JUST WATCHED RAM ,,, YEA IT MAKES U WONDER,, OK MONEY WAS MADE,, BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO BELIVE
July 7th, 2007
Hi, I did a review of that show once, you can find it here: http://www.helium.com/tm/426080/article-written-september-buddhist
July 7th, 2007
Hi Ajani,
Thanks for the link and detailed review.
September 26th, 2007
I caught the show only last night. It’s quite intruiging actually.
As a skeptic, here are my thoughts:
1 – I don’t believe the crew recorded long enough during each visit.
2 – It’s very commendable that Ram was able to hold on beyond the limits of normal people, but this is something so many others have done before (holding their breaths, being buried alive etc).
3 – Assuming it was indeed a talent that could be one by only the best Yogi, he should have had breakdown limits (high as they were of course). What would have happened if the crew filmed on for 2 ~ 3 weeks?
4 – The robe change, was pretty convenient enough to occur when the media was not around. Burn marks on the tree? none.
5 – Ram’s (and his brother’s) dissapearance.
These are the signs of a scam gone bad. So he did have talent, but held on as best he could when the media was there. The second attempt at capturing him was all the more difficult for the con team. So when the wall start to tighten, *poof* they’re gone.
My opion is, this was a scam that was banking on a boy’s incredible skill. They should have just kept the cameras rolling longer. That would have doused any remaining flames of doubt.
September 26th, 2007
I just saw it last night on discovery channel, I think his appareance in the world gives hope and happiness amongst many bad things that happen in the world. Someone actually blossom like a lotus in a muddy pond.
October 4th, 2007
RAM is very amazing. SUPERB! Science can’t even explain how he survive without food and water. Where is he now? Am just curious… Well, LIFE is really unpredictable.
April 11th, 2008
“He’s not the son of god hes a very naughty boy!” ha ha i crack myself up.
May 1st, 2008
something very profound is happening and i do not think it should be turned into a circus sideshow
May 20th, 2008
I believe RAM is truly gifted with divine powers. he is doing what he believes in. I would love to see this boy and ask him millions of questions
They said he tends to meditate for 6 years…lets see what happens.
May 25th, 2008
There are so many things taht we can naver explain and much more that we will never understand. I hope that Ram wherever he is succeeds in his endeavor!
July 23rd, 2008
Hi, as of yesterday, somebody deleted the youtube videos. Could somebody please re-upload them? I only got to see part 1 of 5.
After you upload them, please send me a quick email, adeptus[AT]telus[DOT]net
Many Thanks!
August 9th, 2008
I’ve updated the post with the full video link at Dailymotion.
May 19th, 2009
Why did the camera crew just slip in some infrared cameras and then they could see what happened at night. food, water…..
If you want something proven, let the crew and scientists set the rules not the perpetrator of the hoax.
Believing is seeing. If you believe in divinity you will see miracles at every corner.
August 16th, 2009
It is so wonderful for people to be able to see a Holy Being practising the stages of the path to enlightenment in such a public way. Anyone who watches this documentary with an open mind can’t help but see that Ram Bomjon has accomplished an exalted state of meditative concentration and is genuinely a great yogi.
For anyone who wants to understand more about the sort of meditative practices that Ram is engaged in, or for anyone who has developed an interest in the teachings of the Buddha as a result of seeing this there is a tradition of Buddhism that exists throughout the world called the New Kadampa Tradition (see Kadampa.org). This tradition was founded by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso who has written 21 books (see Tharpa Publcations.com) which provide a full transmission of the teachings of Vajrayana Buddhism (similar to that being practiced by Ram and originating from Tibetan Buddhism) into English (as well as many other major languages).
I write this as I have great faith in the teachings of the Buddha and through having received many teachings from Venerable Geshe Kelang Gyatso and having studied his books over many years it is very clear to me exactly what Ram is practicing.
May all beings have the opportunity to find the true meaning of human life and experience the supreme peace and bliss of enlightenment.
July 28th, 2011
hi i am manu from india.Today morning i watch this program and i very angry because the comment made by the expert on the divion power of a boy who really communicate with god and you people disturbing him by researching on him. i just want to say if you really want to know how he doing this than try urself than you come to know how he is living without food,water etc. we are the budhish and hindu’s who has th e real power to know the god from our childhood. tell me i their any child or youngster in the west who try to know the power…..at last i want to say that let him concentrate
July 28th, 2011
HI, I AM HARSHATH FROM INDIA.I WATCHED THIS PROGRAM TODAY.I AM STUNNED.I SAW AN ARTICLE THAT HE CAME BACK 2 YEARS LATER.HE STARTED MEDITATING UNDER THAT TREE.AND ALSO HE SLAPPED TWO OF HE VILLAGERS WHO DISTURBED HIS MEDITATION.HE IS CALLED AS THE BUDDHA’S SECOND LIFE.WILL BUDDHA DO LIKE THIS?????
July 28th, 2011
Reappearance in Ratanpuri jungle
On 10 November 2008, Bomjon reappeared and gave blessings to approximately 400,000 pilgrims over a 12-day period in the remote jungle of Ratanpuri, 150 km (95 miles) southeast of Kathmandu, near Nijgadh. His hair was shoulder-length and his body was wrapped in a white cloth. He made two speeches in which he urged people to recognize the compassion in their hearts, and their connection to one another through the all-encompassing soul.[21] His devotees believe he attained enlightenment at Bodh Gaya in Bihar, India, which borders Nepal – the place where Siddartha Gautama attained enlightenment.[22][23]
[edit] Non-appearance in 2009 at the Gadhi Mai Mela
Palden Dorje planned to give blessings on 18–23 November 2009 at the site of the Gadhi Mai Mela, a Hindu vedic religious festival where hundreds of thousands of animals are sacrificed, something he has condemned. However, alleging ‘security reasons’, priests were unwilling to allot a space for him. On 30 October 2009 he spoke out in public against the approaching Gadhi Mai killings.
[edit] Physical assault investigation
A Western media outlet quoted a local Nepali newspaper claiming that Bomjon “had admitted” to slapping some local villagers after being physically assaulted by them on July 22, 2010. According to such claims, the incident took place in the Bara district and police have been involved in the investigation after 17 complaints. Bomjon was quoted to say that the locals were interrupting his meditation by climbing onto his platform, mimicking him, and attempting to manhandle him, and he was “therefore forced to beat them”. According to the newspaper, he slapped them “two or three times”, while the attackers allege that they were assaulted more seriously.[24]
July 28th, 2011
Ram Bomjon the Buddha Boy Is Just Another Huckster!
Ram Bomjon Is A Fake
They call him the Buddha Boy, or the Boy With Divine Powers. They claimed that Ram Bomjon could go for eight months without eating or drinking or even moving, while he was in a meditation like that of the Siddhartha Guatama himself. What they don’t tell you is that Ram Bomjon was not allowed to be examined by medical doctors, and that no one was ever allowed to see what Ram Bomjon did at night – eating, drinking, dancing, and behaving like the teenage boy he was. Ram Bomjon is a fake!
More recently, Ram Bomjon did a most unBuddhalike thing, attacking a group of villagers, beating them with sticks along with his servants. Bomjon says he was “forced to beat them”, but the Buddha taught that violence is never necessary, and sat calm in his own meditation even when Mara sent an entire army against him. A Buddha Boy Ram Bomjon is not.
November 18th, 2011
Buddha boy never said he was Buddha. It was other people who said such a thing. He never called anyone to him, people saught him out. I say even if he is eating, drinking and physically protecting his body with sticks I still recognize and bow to him. Not just because of his determination, willpower and conviction but also because of his devotion to the message of peace and light.
Whatever comes with this in money and power may he use it wisely and stay on the rightious path of Dharma, which he promotes so.
To sceptics, it is good to think and ok to doubt. But an open heart and trained mind can make the seemingly impossible possible. What is a hoax in a world where even our bodies are illusions. Also, if someone is planning ill and focus on the money, they can not live the lie all their life. Ram has been living for spirituality all his life. Where other boys of 15 (now 21) think of girls and cars he went to meditate under trees and chose to speak of world peace and compassion. Talking about being born for and into something greater. It exists we better believe it.
January 18th, 2012
Hold it. Wasn’t this the kid who was going to “meditate” for six years in that tree? Yeah I think it was.
Now he is blessing people??? What give him the right?
Him and his brother need to quit preying on the hopes and aspirations of the truly faithful.
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