Thursday, April 12, 2012

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.