For some people, it is. So the Horse brings you two videos so that you can see for yourself. (Of course, watching a video doesn’t actually replicate seeing….) First: a recent report from AP News:

Next: A bit from the Discovery Channel, focusing on Buddha Boy’s “secret Sakya techniques”:

“NEW DELHI, India (CNN) — Tibetan exile leaders, meeting in northern India to debate a potential new approach to Tibet’s decades-long struggle for autonomy, have voted to stay with the Dalai Lama’s current “middle way approach,” according to a spokesman for the spiritual leader.” (More, here.)

Oh, and Ram Bamjan, the “Buddha Boy” has newly retreated into the jungle.

Via Huffington Post: “A teenage boy who many believe is the reincarnation of Buddha has re-emerged from the jungle in southern Nepal, attracting thousands of devotees, officials said Tuesday.

“After retreating into the jungle for more than a year, Ram Bahadur Bamjan, 18, re-emerged Monday near Nijgadh town, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of the capital, Katmandu.”

Read the rest here.