http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram_Bahadur_Bomjon
There was a Video I found from Wikipedia that showed an awkward young man addressing a huge crowd, many of whom came to listen just to him.
It was sad to see that so many people, so willing to be overwhelmed, were obviously bored. People were fidgeting, getting up to leave, chatting with one another.
And our Young Buddha was obviously uncomfortable with Public Speaking.
I was embarrassed for him.
I am sure the translators of his speech did their best to punch it up, but it becomes obvious that the ‘translated’ speech is a mere fraction of the ramble fest that our Young Buddha must have delivered. Apparently, instead of planning what he was to say and rehearsing his speech, he decided that he would be Divinely Inspired at the last moment.
Saints have never been particularly smart unless they applied themselves to the Intellectual Disciplines the same as everybody else.
Now it would have made so much more sense for, lets say, an 8 year old to apply himself to six years of Meditation. He’d be done with it by 14 and still have some time for his Higher Education. But apparently Ram Bomjon quit school at 16 to do his Meditation, before he attained even the necessary skills to plan a speech.
The sad thing is that while this Young Buddha may attain to the Highest Spiritual Knowledge, if he remains tongue-tied and awkward in regards to the worldly matters of Language, then all of his mission will be to naught.
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I think that as Ram grows in spirit, it will be impossible for him to not become good at public speaking. I do not believe he will be able to stop himself from sharing. Likewise, I do not think the curiousity of the people will subside. So, we have a perpetual motion machine... for the people and Ram will forever grow in spirit.
Joe
yes, Joe, ofcourse that is certainly the case... the same as with any young man -- really just a teenage boy. Being inarticulate is almost the definition of a seventeen or eighteen yearold boy.
But still, expressing one's ideas in language does require some attention, while the Buddhist Philosophy places so much store in avoidance and the eradication of all that makes Communication intelligable. By chasing away THOUGHT, and indeed all conceptualization... well, what we have are people who stand up to speak who have NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT ANYTHING before.
It is no wonder that his head is held down and he mumbles.
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