[Buddha-l] Pilgrims flock to see 'Buddha boy' said to have fasted six months

[Chan Fu]

On 11/21/05, Wong Weng Fai <wongwf at comp.nus.edu.sg> wrote:
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> On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, Chan Fu wrote:
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> > I found this part of that article particularily appropriate:
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> > "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."
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> What about security concerns? More so than terrorists, one has to watch
> out for Zen masters who have vowed to kill every Buddha they meet on the
> road.
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> W.F. Wong


No worries - they'd have to find The Path through all that rubbish, first.
I'm hoping he gets his own TV channel, so we can watch him when
he starts to glow in the dark and levitate - mebbe in year 3...