Boy chosen by Dalai Lama turns back on Buddhism

They should learn from the Catholic Church. Pick their leaders when they're 90 years old.

He CHOOSES who is the reincarnate? Ehhh....

The irony here is it's roughly the very same exact situation what lead Siddhartha to flee his kingdom to seek a different path in life. The corruption and ignorance faith preaches can never contain the human drive of curiosity and pursuit of knowledge. Not even buddhism is immune from this.

lol! this story or report re-appears to be full of sh!t, like the one splashed on the net nov '08 (posted here) claiming a 'Buddha Boy' Reappears in Southern Nepal with no confirmation/back-up by Tenzin Gyatso (14th Dalai Lama)? Wheres Gyatso coming out himself announcing it to the world, i mean you think something this big would have a major announcement by the highe-rarchy realm (Budda leader/s...i see zip quoted by them? Only good part i read was the kid likes listening to Hendrix and doesn't give a flying rats about his status.

Good for him. There was a show about this where a child was taken to some faraway place away from his guardian because he was the reincarnation of someone. It was quite sad. I think that the parents should not have taken him to that cermony that time.

Didn't Krishnamurti do something very similar back circa 1930? Deny the "godhood" for which he had been carefully groomed?

On a serious note... I personally believe that there is a significantly large chance that once he experiences the sorrow and anguish of what you people call "normal" and "fun" life and sees how pitiful and despicable many humans can be, he will decide to return to the Buddhist order. And if the news EVer does occur, then I bet all of you will be saying "oh what an idiot, he should have just stayed there in the first place and suck it up." If he does live an enjoyable life with little to no trouble or trauma, then he will have no regret of course. I do think it's good that he experiences what l... [More]

On a serious note... I personally believe that there is a significantly large chance that once he experiences the sorrow and anguish of what you people call "normal" and "fun" life and sees how pitiful and despicable many humans can be, he will decide to return to the Buddhist order. And if the news EVer does occur, then I bet all of you will be saying "oh what an idiot, he should have just stayed there in the first place and suck it up." If he does live an enjoyable life with little to no trouble or trauma, then he will have no regret of course. I do think it's good that he experiences what l... [More]

I have a very deep understanding of Buddhism. I've studied it for a long time. I have a lot of knowledge of the start and all of the different forums of Buddhism. Some don't know this but there are two main types of Buddhism. Theravada(which is the closest , also called the small raft) and Mahayana(FAR from the Budda's teachings). You also can not understand Buddhism without understanding Hinduism first. For the record, I am not a Buddhist. However, if Buddhism is "true" in the form that the Budda originally "intended" it to be when he was enlightened. We will see more of these "Lama's" turn t... [More]

Child celebrities, they never last do they.