Buddhas donot emerge from self-tortue or what Buddha himself called it self-mortification.I find that notion prematurely un-buddhist. Buddhism is science as much as it is a religion.A 15-year old would have been dead without food for more than a month.Six months,heck with it? All the tapasvis/rishimunis would have died with an inadequate supplement in their system while meditating.Pardon my bluntnessIt's a myth.Let's be pragmatic. As far as the supernatural possession is concerned we cannot jump into coclusion before Bamzan endows sight to a blind. I