Luang Phor KOB / Wat Khao Salika

Luang Phor Kob is ranked as one of the most famous Thai guru monk by Thai people. No one knew exactly where he came from and when he was born. However, most people believed that he came from China's Yunnan Province and he was a Hokkien by dialect.

The lift story of him is filled with mysteries and miracles. Luang Phor Kob stayed in Wat Khao Salika, Lopburi which is about 180 km from Bangkok.

On one occasion, the weather was bad stormy and heavy downpour flooded the village. Being an old temple, the people were worried if it could withstand the bad weather. Noticing that his disciples were worried, Luang Phor Kob told them not to worry as the rain was was going to stop and indeed, the rain did stop. Soon after his disciples became hungry. At that time, they heard frogs croaking outside, which made them hungry. No one dared to ask permission from Luang Phro Kob to catah frogs. Luang Phor Kob, as if reading their minds,told them to catch some frogs to eat. They were happy and went to catch the frogs, but after an hour they still didn't manage to catch the frogs. They had no choice but to the temple disappointed and hungry. On seeing that, Luang Phr Kob took a basket and returned with it fifteen minutes later, with the basket full of frogs! He instructed them to eat the frogs only within the temple and not to bring them home. But one disciple took a few home secretly. When he reached home, to his surprise, the frogs are no longer there and in their place were leaves with magical yants written on them! He immediately went back to find Luang Phor Kob to seek forgiveness. This incident earned Luang Phor Kob the name " Kob" which means frog in Thai language.

Luang Phor Kob was well-respected monk who had saved many from drought and epidemic. Thousands of people visited him to pay respect as he is well know for his magical powers. Some who visited him brought gold as gifts but e was never interested. Luang Phor Kob never talked much and when disciples asked him about his origins, he would reply to say that all these were not important but practising the Buddha's teachings is.

It was delieved that Luang Phor Kob passed away in 1947. In the morning on the day which he pass away, it was that he asked the people to donate rice and some other foodstuff to the temple for a ceremony. When he received the donations, he set fire to the stuff and that was the last time that people saw Luang Phor Kob disappeared with the flame. Some have reported seeing Luang Phor Kob when they were in crisis and needed help.

Luang Phor Sodh / Buddhist Sunantha Amulets

Luang Phor Sodh Wat Paknam Phasi Charoen born in 1884, also more commonly known as Luang Phor Wat Paknam is known as one of the top ten greatest monk in Thailand. He is well known all over Asia-pacific and even Europe for his knowledge of Dhamagaya. He mastered it in 1916. Ever since then, he has been trying to reach other Dhamagaya. (Dhamagaya is a form of
meditation but it is so advanced that not many can master it. It is so advanced that it is said to enable one to heal illness, change the weather, finding lost odjects and also see he future etc).

In 1950 Luang Phor Wat Paknam wanted to build a school to reach Dhamagaya. His disciples were worried that this task was impossible as they had no funds to start. But Luang Phor Wat Paknan told them not to worry. He just said that everything would be fine. And before his disciples knew it, people were making tons of donations to the building of the school. In appreciation Luang Phor Wat Paknan made amulets for each donor. He never gave more than one amulet to any donor no matter what the amount the donor donated. He could have donated one Thai baht or a million Thai baht; they would still have received just one amulet. He was very strict about it.There was this one example when a donor gave his amulet to his son and requested for another amulet for himself; he never got another amulet. Curious, his disciples asked him why he only gave one amulet no matter what the amount donated. Luang Phor Wat Paknan just told them that the amulet was not worth any amount and that it was a gift and so no matter what the amount he only gave one. He also told them that every single one his amulets were blessedby all of the Buddhas

over a period of three months.

Luang Phor Wat Paknan made three batches of amulets,The first were made in 1950. The first batch was different from the other because they had only lacquer at little areas of the amulets, whereas the second batch with exactly the same degsin, released a year later, has its surface fully lacquered. The third batch was

released five years later and they had the same designs but they introduced new designs too. The first and second batches were hard to differentiate as the lacquer is to see. So they assumed that all lacquer brushed amulets were the first batch.