What value is there in literally doing nothing? Why should that be deserving of worship?
I do not agree with worshiping anything. But, if I did, I would choose to worship something that reflected the values I believe in. For example: honest work, courage, innovation
I just cannot understand how literally doing nothing can be considered a virtue or be deserving of admiration.
Buddha’s message is - Beside’s breathing my carbon footprint is zero ... I don’t eat, move, or speak ...
He was meditating, basically the Buddhist equivalent of prayer. I don't buy the whole "since 2005" thing without food or water, but Buddhist monks have literally meditated themselves to death, dying in their medidative pose. Think of how people respect a martyr dying for his Christian faith or a monk taking a vow poverty (giving up all worldly things to devote himself to his faith) and you may get an idea of how people can revere someone who has taken his beliefs that far, or at least for this guy medidating for several years.