Nepalese Boy Meditates For 6 Years To Reach Enlightenment

RATANAPURI, NEPAL - MARCH 8: Pilgrims of Ram Bahadur Bamjan, also known as the "Buddha boy" light candles in the village of Ratanapuri on March 8, 2006 in Bara district, Nepal. Pilgrims and followers have been visiting the boy after word spread that he has been meditating without drinking water for nine months and that he will carry on for another six years until he gains enlightenment. Pilgrims from as far as Korea and Japan worship him as the reincarnation of the Buddha. Relatives and neighbours said Bamjan undertook meditation when he returned from a tour of Lumbini, where Buddha was born, and monasteries in Pokhara in Nepal and Dehradun in India. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)