Talk:Ram Bahadur Bomjon

Possible additional sources

(Moved from article page.)

• The Palden Dorje Community Website
• Google Group for sharing information about Ram Bomjon
• News and Information site on Palden Dorje
• Buddha Boy news and video compilation with explanation - Circus of Life
• Palden Dorje Bio
• Boy in Nepal draws crowds; some say he's Buddha reincarnate (USA Today)
• Pilgrims flock to see 'Buddha boy' said to have fasted six months (Telegraph)
• Buddhist Teachings
• Nepalese blog linking to video (in Nepali, with some English comments)
• Tamang website with details (in Nepali, with some English comments)
• BBC News video segment - 1:02 long - better view of tree top and fenced area for pilgrims
• Description of medical team in November 2005 and other details
• Buddha Boy has nation guessing - (Article published on February 11, 2006) Australian news site (TheAge.com.au), claiming "fire erupted from his chest" on January 19, 2006.
• Buddha Boy of Nepal (Blog with 25 min. video and summarized translation in English)
• Ram Bahadur Bomjon Poem
• Good compilation of previous info Late picture, with hair down to nostrils
• Blog account of a visit to the site
• Lonely Planet's Thorn Tree Forum discussion Ram Bahadur Bomjan
• An Unofficial Summary of Discovery's Channel "The Boy With Divine Powers"
• Chinese Translation of Palden Dorje's Speeches

Articles on his disappearance:

• Missing 'Teen Buddha' Comes Back Armed - (The Himalayan Times) Monday, December 25, 2006
• Buddha Boy disappears
• Jungle search for teenage 'Buddha' (CNN/Associated Press) Saturday, March 11, 2006; Posted: 11:31 p.m. EST (04:31 GMT)
• Nepal's pilgrims pray for return of 'Buddha boy' report of 'sighting'; 'Guru Mother's prediction
• Prayers for Nepal's missing 'Buddha Boy' Nothing new but well-written
• [1] Boy returns
• Same as previous story but with new picture of troops in the compound
• Devotees claim Nepal's missing Buddha Boy found
• A few more details of his rediscovery
• NPR interview with GQ writer The writer went to observe Bomjon and was deeply affected

Recent developments

Is this [2] a reliable source? Simonm223 (talk) 15:31, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

Journalists arrived before and not after the Slovak woman's release

As I was that victim Zsuzsanna Takacs, I not only had been not rescued by any police, but the fact is that my release had been initiated by the heroic investigation by the 5 journalists who arrived before my release and not after, as the article claims. The main reason for their investigation was actually to find my whereabouts in Bomjon's jungle, as they had been mobilized by Lama Tcheku, in whose monastery I was staying (thus again, the article is incorrect claiming that I was in a hotel and kidnapped from that hotel). The journalists arrived on Wednesday, 21 March 2012, as the media informed that time, for example The Himalayan Times. So please, correct it, as not only the chronology, but also the sense of their arrival is altered by this mistake. Also incorrect:

1, I was not kidnapped from a hotel, but from the East-West Highway at the Halkhoriya Jungle, by the motorbike of Darshan Limbu. I did not stay in a hotel that time, but in Simara's Buddhist monastery 2, I was not rescued by the police but released by Bomjon himself after the 5 journalists incident (21th March), and other pressure from media and foreign friends, on the 24th of March. 3, I did not have "one arm broken".this mistaken wire information is based surely on the bad translation of Nepalis. I had both of my wrists broken in reality and I provided x-rays on my websites.

ZsuzsannaTakacs (talk) 16:44, 10 January 2019 (UTC)Zsuzsanna Takacs, Bomjon's victimZsuzsannaTakacs (talk) 16:44, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

We are now discussing this in 4 separate forums, see wp:forumshopping, note I think this is due to inexperience, but this needs to be discussed in one place.Slatersteven (talk) 16:48, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

OK, you can shift it to the other place or delete. ZsuzsannaTakacs (talk) 17:13, 10 January 2019 (UTC)Zsuzsanna TakacsZsuzsannaTakacs (talk) 17:13, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

NPOV - II

It has been five years since a substantive comment has been made on this talk page. In January 2024 editor Isi96 tagged the article with This article's "criticism" or "controversy" section may compromise the article's neutrality. without comment here indicating the problems. In reading the article I find that the "controversies", excepting his arrest and conviction, are covered in a relatively balanced manner, i.e. X says this and "Y" says that. I have removed the tag, pending a discussion of current POV problems. --Bejnar (talk) 12:14, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi, I added the tag here as it's recommended to not have a separate section for criticism or controversies per WP:CSECTION. It seems that whoever removed the section didn't remove that template as well. Isi96 (talk) 13:44, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Controversy sections are a bad idea, and the material should be instead by in prose, but no now of it should be removed, we shouldn't white wash this person. Slatersteven (talk) 13:54, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

@Slatersteven The material is now under the biography section. Isi96 (talk) 22:32, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Significant updates may be warranted

Significant updates to this article may be warranted. Apparently, he is now known as Mahasambodhi Dharmasangha Guru and he now has a passionate but not enormous following. I was struck to see a sticker promoting his group in an American city. I'm not a follower whatsoever, but it might be an indication that there is more interest in this subject than this article can currently provide.

Here's an article about him from his followers' point of view:

https://us.bsds.org/maha-sambodhi-dharma-sangha-guru/

And here's a broader website about him and his group, from their point of view:

https://bsds.org/en/ LibreLearner (talk) 16:55, 18 May 2025 (UTC)