Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Luang Phor KOB / Wat Khao Salika
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.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Luang Phor Sodh / Buddhist Sunantha Amulets

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).


Monday, October 17, 2011
Homage in Gold



Monday, October 10, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
Angulimala
There was once the son of a Brahmin (the highest "priestly" caste in India) in the court of King Pasenadi of Kosala, whose name was Ahimsaka. He was sent to Taxila for his studies. Ahimsaka was intelligent and obedient to this teacher; therefore he was liked by both the teacher and his wife. This made the other pupils jealous of him. So they went to the teacher and falsely accused Ahimsaka of having an immoral relationship with the teacher’s wife. At first, he did not believe them, but after hearing it a number of times, he thought it was true and vowed to have revenge on Ahimsaka. He thought that to kill him would reflect badly on him. His rage prompted him to suggest the unthinkable to the young and innocent Ahimsaka. He told his pupil to kill a thousand human beings and to bring the right thumb of each as payment for teaching him. Of course the youngster would not even think of such a thing, so he was banished from the teacher’s house and returned to his parents.
When his father learned why Ahimsaka had been expelled, he became furious with his son, and would hear no reason. On that very day, with the rain pouring down, he ordered Ahimsaka to leave the house. Ahimsaka went to his mother and asked her advice, but she could not go against the will of her husband. Next Ahimsaka went to the house of his betrothed (in accord with the ancient custom in India calling for betrothal of children long before their actual marriage), but when the family learned why Ahimsaka had been turned out of school, they drove him off. The shame, anger, fear, and despair of Ahimsaka drove him out of his mind. His suffering mind could only recollect the teacher’s order: to collect 1,000 human thumbs. And so he started killing, and as he killed, the thumbs he collected were hung on a tree, but as they were destroyed by crows and vultures, he later wore a garland of the fingers to keep track of the number.
Because of this he came to be known as Angulimala (finger garland) and became the terror of the countryside. The king himself heard about the exploits of Angulimala, and he decided to capture him. When Mantani, Ahimsaka’s mother, heard about the king’s intention, she went to the forest in a desperate bid to save her son. By this time, the chain around the neck of Angulimala had 999 fingers in it, just one finger short of 1,000.
The Buddha; learned of the mother’s attempt to dissuade her son from, and reflected that if he did not intervene, Angulimala, who was on the lookout for the last person to make up the 1,000, would see his mother and might kill her. In that case, he would have to suffer an even longer period for his evil kamma. Out of compassion, the Buddha left for the forest.
Angulimala, after many sleepless days and nights, was very tired and near exhaustion. At the same time, he was very anxious to kill the last person to make up his full quota of 1,000 and so complete his task. He made up his mind to kill the first person he met. As he looked down from his mountain perch, he saw a woman on the road below. He wanted to fulfil his vow to complete the 1,000 thumbs, but as he approached, he saw it was his mother. At the same time, the Buddha was approaching, and Angulimala had just enough presence of mind to decide to kill the wandering monk instead of his mother. He set out after the Blessed One with his knife raised. But the Buddha kept moving ahead of him. Angulimala just could not catch up with him. Finally, he cried out, "O Bhikkhu, stop, stop!" And the Enlightened One replied, "I have stopped. It is you who have not stopped." Angulimala did not catch the significance of these words, so he asked, "O bhikkhu! Why do you say that you have stopped while I have not?"
The Buddha replied, "I say that I have stopped because I have given up killing all beings. I have given up ill-treating all beings, and have established myself in universal love, patience, and knowledge through reflection. But you have not given up killing or ill treating others and you are not yet established in universal love and patience. Hence, you are the one who has not stopped." On hearing these words Angulimala was recalled to reality, and thought, these are the words of a wise man. This monk is so very wise and so very brave that he must be the leader of the monks. Indeed, he must be the Enlightened One himself! He must have come here specially to make me see the light. So thinking, he threw away his weapons and asked the Blessed One to admit to the Order of the bhikkhus, which the Buddha did.
When the king and his men came to capture Angulimala, they found him at the monastery of the Buddha. Finding that Angulimala had given up his evil ways and become a bhikkhu, the king and his men agreed to leave him alone. During his stay at the monastery, Angulimala ardently practiced meditation.
Angulimala had no peace of mind because even in his solitary meditation he used to recall memories of his past and the pathetic cries of his unfortunate victims. As a result of his evil kamma, while seeking alms in the streets he would become a target of stray stones and sticks and he would return to the Jetavana monastery with broken head and blood flowing, cut and bruised, to be reminded by the Buddha: "My son Angulimala. You have done away with evil. Have patience. This is the effect of the evil deeds you have committed in the existence. Your evil kamma would have made you suffer through innumerable existences had I not met you."
One morning while going on an almsround in Savatthi, Angulimala heard someone crying out in pain. When he came to know that a pregnant lady was having labor pains and facing difficulty to deliver the child, he reflected, all worldly beings are subject to suffering. Moved by compassion, he reported the suffering of this poor woman to the Buddha who advised him to recite the following words of truth, which later came to be known as Angulimala Paritta. Going to the presence of the suffering woman, he sat on a seat separated from her by a screen, and uttered these words:
Sister, since the day I became an arahatI have not consciously destroyedThe life of any living beings.By this truth, may you be well
And may your unborn child be well.
“Yatoham bhagini ariyaya, Jatiya jato Nabhijanami sancicca Panam jivita voropeta Tena saccena sotthi te Hotu sotthi gabbhassa.”Instantly the woman delivered her child with ease. Both the mother and chid were well and healthy. Even today many resort to this paritta.
Angulimala liked living in solitude and in seclusion. Later he passed away peacefully. As an arahant, he attained parinibbana.
Other bhikkhus asked the Buddha where Angulimala was reborn, and when the Blessed One replied, my son Angulimala has attained parinibbana, they could hardly believe it. So they asked whether it was possible that such a man who had in fact killed so many people could have attained parinibbana. To this question, the Buddha replied, "Bhikkhus, Angulimala had done much evil because he did not have good friends. But later, he hound good friends and with their help and good advice he became steadfast and mindful in practicing the dhamma and meditation. Thus, his evil deeds have been overwhelmed by good kamma and his mind has been completely rid of all defilements."
The Buddha said of Angulimala
"Whose evil deed is obscured by good,The power of love and compassion are stronger than any evil, and are absolute conditions for awakening.
he illumines this world like the
moon freed from a cloud."
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
The Advantages of Chanting Buddhaguna

Author: Phra Dhamsinghaburajarn. English version by Dr. Suchitra Ronruen (Rajbhat Institute Dhonburi, Issaraparb Rd, Bangkok 10600)
Chanting the holy stanzas is the way of life. A person who chants every day will be good and prosperous. He will be able to share this merit to his friends and to all beings.
May you and your family members chants every day for your well-being, rich of fortune, happinese and wisdom.
You should advise your children to chant every night before they go to bed. If they do this with firm faith, these benefits should be expected. They are:
They will have good discipline.
They won't argue with their parents but will be obedient and respectful.
When they are grown up, they will be good members of society as well as good citizens of the nation.
He who chants every day will lead a good, prosperous, rich, smart and intellectual life. He will get all good things he wishes.
Congratulation!
Buddhagume (worshipping the Enlightened one), I have discovered what when some people are foretold by a fortune-teller that they have bad luck and something should be done to eradicate that bad luck. With the help of mindfulness, a thought arises in my mind that it's much better to chant Buddhaguna than to get advice from a fortune-teller. I then tell my disciples to follow this idea and it works well.
The chanting begins with Namo tassa bhagavato..., Refuges, Buddhaguna, Dhammaguna, Sanghaguna, Bahum and Mahakaruniko. After that, chant only Buddhaguna as many times as your age plus one. Suppose you are 40, then chant Buddhaguna 41 times and if you are 35, then chant Buddhaguna 36 times.
There was a fifty-one-year-old Christian widow who was a millionairess and had only one son. This widow possessed lots of lands in Lad Prao and Klong San-sab. Her son was not keen in learning and she sent him to study in U.S.A. The son was not interested in his studies. He spent three years there as a playboy and often wrote to his mother to send him money, lying to her that he nearly finished his studies. From time to time, the son deceived his mother to send him one hundren thousand, then five hundren thousand and so on.
The mother did not know what to do, she then went to a fortune-teller to have him ridden her of her bad luck. She paid lots of money to the fortune-teller, hoping that he would help her son to finish his studies. She also went to other fortune-tellers but none of them could solver her problem though she had paid them a lot. She was very nervous and could neither eat nor sleep.
I suggested to her to chant Buddhaguna 52 times every night but she said she couldn't because she was a Christian. That day she left the monastery hopeless.
She came back again after four or five months had passed. This time she came alone and confessed that "Luang Poh, I will follow your advice." I then told her to buy a chant book but she refused. Her reason was that any Christian could not keep the chant book in the house. She requested me to write the words of the chant to her. I had to write the chant words of Buddhaguna, Dhammaguna, Sanghaguna, Bahum and Mahaka for her. She still said, "I can't chant in the chanting hall because I am not a Buddhist." I suggested that she could chant in her bed by counting pieces of matches for the 52 times of chanting. Having finished chanting she should transfer merit to her son. I forbade her to scold him and suggested that she must wish him happinese and success in his studies.
For three months she had followed my suggestion. She could remember all the words she chanted and there were two advantages she got.
First, her nervousness had gone. She became mindful and could eat and sleept. When she was happy, she began to transfer merit to her son in U.S.A. After six months of chanting, the son got that merit. The day he got it he had a serious accident. The car he was driving crashed on the electric distribution pole. His friends who sat in the back seat were thrown out of the car but none of them got hurt. Only he who was in the car, was hurt. The electric distribution pole had fallen down (and he had to pay lots of money for this accident). The driver was unconscious and was sent to the ICU room. Fortunately, one of his cousins was a doctor in U.S.A.. He came to see him at the hospital. The doctors reported to the cousin that the patient should be dead.
On the following day, he became conscious and felt seriously hurt. Tears filled his eyes when he thought of his mother. I notice that when someone is in trouble, he usually thinks of his mother but when he is happy with his friends, the mother is absolutely forgotten.
Secondly, the son missed his mother a lot. He was sorry that how unhappy would she be if she had known that her son did not finish his studies. He then determined that he would try to finished his studies as soon as he recovered.
Finally, he came back to Thailand and his mother brought him to meet me. He revealed what happened to him. After he had got well, he chanted every day and also went to practise vipassana meditation at Thai Temple in U.S.A. He could finish his B.A. as well as an M.A. and I knew that he would finish his Ph.D. in the future.
I then conclude that whenever someone is in trouble, he will think of his mother and perceive the Dhamma. That widow's son said to me "Venerable sir, I never missed my mother during three or four years while I was in U.S.A.. But when I was in hospital, I missed her so much." The mother hold her son that it was I who helped him. He then had faith in me and I told him if he believed me, he should have his hair cut because he wore long hair. He went immediately to Singburi to have his hair cut. I then postulate that when someone is in bad luck, he should chant Buddhaguna.
One night I dreamt that I went somewhere and met a monk wearing a very old triple robe, the appearance and bearing appropriate to a monk. I saw that he was a senior monk, I then paid respect to him. He stood in front of me saying:
I am Somdech Phra Banaratana of Wat Pa Kaew of Ayudhaya. I want you to go to Wat Yai Chaimongkol to see my inscription that I engraved for blessing King Naret the Great of Thailand, on the occasion of the finish of Triumph Pagoda construction. This Triumph Pagoda was built to celebrate King Naret the Great since he triumphed over King Maha Uparaja of Burma and liberated Thailand from Burma for the first time. When you see my inscription, make a note of it and spread it to others. It is time you must know this.
In the dream I accepted his order and he told me where the inscription was kept in the Pagoda. I reflected about my dream and thought that I was mindful all the time and such untrue dreams could not be happening to me. I had been informed the same day that the Fine Arts Department would finish restoring that pagoda and the scaffolding would be pulled down.
I went to the pagoda and climbed up to the top to find way to the bottom. There was a scaffolding and I was determined to climb down though it was very dangerous. If I fell down from the scaffolding, it meant that my life would cease to be. Acount 9.00am I climbed down to the bottom of the pagoda with a flashlight in my hand and saw what Somdech Phra Banaratana had told me in the dream.
I has just realised that the inscription he told me was in fact the chant called Bahum Mahaka, a well-known chant.
The end of the inscription was written: "I am Somdech Phra Banaratana of Wat Pa Kaew of Ayudhaya. I engraved this inscription to bless King Naret the Great." The Bahum Mahaka is the chant consisting of Buddhaguna, Dhammaguna, Sanghaguna, Bahum that begins with Bahum Sahassa..to Duggahaditthi till Mahakaruniko natho hitaya and ends with Bhavatu sabba mangalam... Sabba Buddha Subba Dhama, Sabba Sanghanu bhavena sada sotthi bhavantu te. I called this chant Bahum Mahaka.
I then understood at that moment that Bahum Mahaka was composed by Somdech Phra Banaratana of Wat Pa Kaew, presented to King Naret so that the king should chant daily especially during war time. It appeared that King Naret never lost the war but won every time even though he was alone with his brother among thousands of Burmese soldiers in the war, but the Burmese still couldn't catch neither he nor his brother because of the protection of this chant.
After I had found what was in my dream, I climbed up with great relief. I spent nearly three hours at the bottom of the pagoda. My body was dusty and covered with spider-webs. I nun saw me and asked in a loud voice, "Luang Poh, did you enter that cave?" But I said nothing. Since then, I have taught this chant to my disciples. Why? Because this chant is the most valuable and it gives the greatest benefits since it comes from the eight hymns of the Buddha's glorious triumphs that He had conquered Mara, Alavaka yakkha, the elephant Nalagiri, the robber Angulimala, the woman named Cinca, the mendicant Saccaka, Nandopananda Naga and Baka, the brahma god. The victories the Enlightened One got was because of his Perfections. One who recites and recollects these right hymns will be prosperous and mindful. If he dies mindfully, he will be born in Happy States.
I wish that everybody chant this Bahum Mahaka every day to proect himself as well as his family. If all citizens chant, then our country will be prosperous and ignorant people will disappear from our society.
Not only did King Naret the Great get advantages because of this chant, but King Tak Sin the Great also got these advantages. There was an ancient memorandum telling this:
"When King Tak Sin the Great conquered Chandaburi, he realized that this war would be serioud and would last long. He then ordered his soldiers to make the flag like that of Ayudhaya's and invited senior monks to chant this Bahum Mahaka and he himself followed in King Naret's footsteps and finally could succeed in liberating Thailand from Burma."
May every household chant this Bahum Mahaka for prosperity.
Begin with Homage -Jaya Mangala Gatha -The Victory Protection. only one chant. Then chant Itipiso (as many times as your age plus one). After that, chant the aspiration, the follow by the transference of merit. When you finish this, you can make whatever wish you want.