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What is the budget? Thai people normally choose the monk then the image that he created seldom chose from the image type first. Somdej for starter is probably the somdej bangkunpong 09.
i always buy from Thailand in pantip ngam wong wan 2nd or 3rd floor but more recently from Thai collectors themselves. Do you believe me that I seen more fakes in Singapore than in pantip?
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The most trust worthy and best in quality is tengpok9. Quality considered best in Thailand. https://www.instagram.com/tengpokk9_official?igsh=OW1zanFtem5hYjlh
Next ps bung or pongpara @ pantip Ngam Wang Wan.
Inbox me if you need direction to the shop. Thanks
Next ps bung or pongpara @ pantip Ngam Wang Wan.
Inbox me if you need direction to the shop. Thanks
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This Carousell seller has many things... not listed. Showed me 老虎皮、箭猪枣、三眼天珠
Q1 Is this tiger tooth real? Damn smelly tooth. 闻了要吐
Q2 How much do you guys think it is worth.
If anyone is selling, kindly send me private message.
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Are there any shops in sg that buy string bead amulet?
I looking to sell.
I looking to sell.
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I see fu lu shou there many amulet shop..all cannot be trusted ah?
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I don’t know.. but personally I do not go there to buy amulet.
“Relics” A Dharma Teaching Given By Luang Pu Ha Subharo to the Bhikkhu Sangha
Whenever Luang Pu Ha Subharo shaved his head, his disciples would often roll the stands of hair into circular shapes. Miraculously, after a period of time, these small, spherical shaped pieces of hair would transform to become transparent and reflective. Amongst these, some of the balls of hair would gradually crystallise. I myself, (the author) had previously obtained some of the scraps of toe nails that Luang Pu had snipped off. I placed them into a stupa and made offerings to it. After some time, some of these scraps of toe nails started to form spherical shares, while others combined into a linear form. Within these scraps, observations of crystallised objects could be seen. Even more miraculous was when Luang Pu went for a blood test in a hospital in Bangkok when he fell sick. After the test, Luang Pu’s kapiya (close student / assistant) instructed the doctor to preserve the remaining left over blood. Even after two years, the blood remained as perfect as it was before, uncontaminated and free from impurities. As such, many individuals often came to request Luang Pu for his shaved hair or toe nails that had been snipped off. In this story, a monk brought a large relic container when he paid his respects to Luang Pu, intending to request for some of these relics.
Monk: May I request Luang Pu to give me some of your hair to bring home, so that I can make offerings to it ? I was wondering if there are any additional leftover after you shaved your hair yesterday?
Luang Pu: Why do you need my hair?
Bhante：I wish to bring it back to use as a sacred object for remembering Luan Pu and the Ariya Sangha.
Luang Pu: Aren’t you a Sangha yourself? Why do you need to go around searching for the Sangha ? Why are you venerating my hair ? Why are you venerating things that others throw away ? Do not steer off from the path that has been illuminated and taught by the Buddha. Do not be preoccupied with things that the Buddha himself never taught. The Buddha taught us to seek refuge within ourselves, to rely on ourselves.
You have hands and legs, why don’t you achieve it yourself ? Why are you relying on others ? Many say that my hair transforms into relics. I have never asked them to bring these relics to me to let me take a look. I have only heard of such chatter. Even if my hair really transformed into relics, there’s nothing extraordinary about it. I am a human, so are you. If you wish to obtain it, you must practice yourself. That is far greater, and superior than begging for these relics from others. Why are you begging for it ? Begging for these things merely enhances the potency of your Three Poisons, Greed, Anger and Ignorance. By being obsessed with these relics, in the end you will lose touch and forget the Buddha’s teachings!
Relics can engender faith in others. However, Dharma can inspire wisdom in us, and bring us happiness and benefits in this life, as well as the many lives to come. The relics you have kept, when you take them out to take a look, you will be elated, and overwhelmed by pride. This is whose relic, that is whose’s relic… Unknowingly, the Three Poisons are growing as you do so. By perceiving hair, fingernails, toe nails, bones as sacred objects and collecting as many of them as possible. In the end, even urine and the remains of Areca Palm also turn into Relics. Don’t you have yourself ? Bones, hair, fingernails, toenails… Don’t you think that it’s heavy enough to be carrying one’s own 5 khandha (1. Form · 2. Feeling · 3. Perception · 4. Mental formations · 5. Consciousness.), why do you need to carry the khandha of others?
Luang Pu myself has already carried these 5 khandha for so long, and it has been extremely exhausting. Monk ! Our bones are already heavy enough, do not seek the bones of others to carry! All these weights are merely the encapsulations of Samsaric Suffering! Please remember my words of advice and utilise your time well and exert yourself diligently in practice ! That is much more superior than seeking the hair, bones, fingernails and toe nails of others to venerate, pay respects and make prostrations too. If you wish to accomplish these ( your own relics ), then you must make an effort yourself, rather than rely on others. Do you understand ?
Advice from Luang Pu Ha,a renowned well practice forest monk.
The below are the photo of luang Pu Boonsong and Luang Pu Ha,the two great master.
CR: Santi Forest Monastery
Translated from Chinese version: Ted
事关舍利子，隆哺虾 素帕罗 （Luang pu SUBHARO）
给比丘们的佛法开示
事关隆哺虾 素帕罗 （Luang pu HA) SUBHARO）每次剃头时，弟子们通常会把他剃下来的头发作成小球状；过了一段时间，有些发团的发丝逐渐变成透明而反光，有些发团里面却逐渐凝结成为结晶体。笔者也曾获得隆哺剪下来的脚趾甲，然后放在舍利器皿中供奉，过了一段时间，有些脚趾的碎片逐渐凝结成团，有些却粘成排状，夹在其中也可以发现一些结晶体，至于其余的脚趾碎片（随着日子的过去）也变得越来越透明。
还有一件更奇异的事情是，有一次隆哺生病去曼谷医院抽血检验，检验后，剩下的部分血液，隆哺的净人KUN KHAWAN REAN 吩咐医生把它保存起来；事经两年后竟然发现那些血液完美如初，没有变质。也由于这个缘故，所以经常有人来向隆补乞请剃下来的头发及脚指甲碎片；就如今天就有一位比丘带着一个大舍利器皿来向隆补顶礼（打算跟隆哺乞讨舍利）。
比丘：恳请隆哺，弟子想请隆哺的发丝回去供奉，不知那天隆哺剃下来的头发还有剩余吗?
隆哺：呵，拿那些头发去做什么？
比丘：拿回去作为忆念隆哺，忆念僧。
隆哺：嘿，你自己不是僧吗？ 为什么还要到处去寻找僧伽呢。拿我的头发去供奉？？？拿那些人家丢弃的东西去供奉？不要离开佛陀教导的范围，去抓取那些佛陀没有教导的东西，佛陀教导我们以自己为皈依，以自己为依靠。
你也有手有脚，为什么不要自己做呢？要依靠他人？人家说我的头发变成舍利子，我也不曾向他们要求拿来看，只是听人说而已。即使是真的变成舍利，那也不奇怪。我是人，你也是人，如果你想获得，你就必须自己去做，去实践，好过你到处去向人乞讨。乞讨来做什么？乞讨来增长自己的贪嗔痴，陶醉在舍利子中，到头来却忘记了佛陀的教法!
舍利只能让人生起信心，法却能够让人生起智慧，也可以为我们今生及来世带来利益与安乐。你所珍藏的舍利，当你拿出来看时，啊，这是这个人那个人的舍利，于是内心感到很高兴，很自豪，其实贪嗔痴在增长自己还不自觉。认为头发，指甲，脚甲，骨头是神圣之物，尽量地收藏，获得越多越好，到头来连尿液，咀嚼出来槟榔液都变成了舍利子。难道你自己没有吗，你身上的骨头啦，头发啦，指甲啦，脚甲啦；背着自身的五蕴还不够重吗，还要背别人的五蕴吗？
隆哺自己已经背够了，背久了，背累了，比丘啊，我们自己的骨头已经够重啦，别再到处去寻找别人的骨头来背吧！背着这些重担是世间的苦啊！请牢牢记住，好好的拿你的时间去用功，去修行吧！好过到处去寻找别人的头发、骨头、指甲、脚甲来供奉，来礼拜；自己想要（自身的舍利）就要自己去努力，别去依靠他人哪，明白吗？
泰国 胶拉信府 沙哈沙刊县 棍靠山
萨甲菀寺
隆哺虾 素帕罗 （Luang pu HA）的教诫
Whenever Luang Pu Ha Subharo shaved his head, his disciples would often roll the stands of hair into circular shapes. Miraculously, after a period of time, these small, spherical shaped pieces of hair would transform to become transparent and reflective. Amongst these, some of the balls of hair would gradually crystallise. I myself, (the author) had previously obtained some of the scraps of toe nails that Luang Pu had snipped off. I placed them into a stupa and made offerings to it. After some time, some of these scraps of toe nails started to form spherical shares, while others combined into a linear form. Within these scraps, observations of crystallised objects could be seen. Even more miraculous was when Luang Pu went for a blood test in a hospital in Bangkok when he fell sick. After the test, Luang Pu’s kapiya (close student / assistant) instructed the doctor to preserve the remaining left over blood. Even after two years, the blood remained as perfect as it was before, uncontaminated and free from impurities. As such, many individuals often came to request Luang Pu for his shaved hair or toe nails that had been snipped off. In this story, a monk brought a large relic container when he paid his respects to Luang Pu, intending to request for some of these relics.
Monk: May I request Luang Pu to give me some of your hair to bring home, so that I can make offerings to it ? I was wondering if there are any additional leftover after you shaved your hair yesterday?
Luang Pu: Why do you need my hair?
Bhante：I wish to bring it back to use as a sacred object for remembering Luan Pu and the Ariya Sangha.
Luang Pu: Aren’t you a Sangha yourself? Why do you need to go around searching for the Sangha ? Why are you venerating my hair ? Why are you venerating things that others throw away ? Do not steer off from the path that has been illuminated and taught by the Buddha. Do not be preoccupied with things that the Buddha himself never taught. The Buddha taught us to seek refuge within ourselves, to rely on ourselves.
You have hands and legs, why don’t you achieve it yourself ? Why are you relying on others ? Many say that my hair transforms into relics. I have never asked them to bring these relics to me to let me take a look. I have only heard of such chatter. Even if my hair really transformed into relics, there’s nothing extraordinary about it. I am a human, so are you. If you wish to obtain it, you must practice yourself. That is far greater, and superior than begging for these relics from others. Why are you begging for it ? Begging for these things merely enhances the potency of your Three Poisons, Greed, Anger and Ignorance. By being obsessed with these relics, in the end you will lose touch and forget the Buddha’s teachings!
Relics can engender faith in others. However, Dharma can inspire wisdom in us, and bring us happiness and benefits in this life, as well as the many lives to come. The relics you have kept, when you take them out to take a look, you will be elated, and overwhelmed by pride. This is whose relic, that is whose’s relic… Unknowingly, the Three Poisons are growing as you do so. By perceiving hair, fingernails, toe nails, bones as sacred objects and collecting as many of them as possible. In the end, even urine and the remains of Areca Palm also turn into Relics. Don’t you have yourself ? Bones, hair, fingernails, toenails… Don’t you think that it’s heavy enough to be carrying one’s own 5 khandha (1. Form · 2. Feeling · 3. Perception · 4. Mental formations · 5. Consciousness.), why do you need to carry the khandha of others?
Luang Pu myself has already carried these 5 khandha for so long, and it has been extremely exhausting. Monk ! Our bones are already heavy enough, do not seek the bones of others to carry! All these weights are merely the encapsulations of Samsaric Suffering! Please remember my words of advice and utilise your time well and exert yourself diligently in practice ! That is much more superior than seeking the hair, bones, fingernails and toe nails of others to venerate, pay respects and make prostrations too. If you wish to accomplish these ( your own relics ), then you must make an effort yourself, rather than rely on others. Do you understand ?
Advice from Luang Pu Ha,a renowned well practice forest monk.
The below are the photo of luang Pu Boonsong and Luang Pu Ha,the two great master.
CR: Santi Forest Monastery
Translated from Chinese version: Ted
事关舍利子，隆哺虾 素帕罗 （Luang pu SUBHARO）
给比丘们的佛法开示
事关隆哺虾 素帕罗 （Luang pu HA) SUBHARO）每次剃头时，弟子们通常会把他剃下来的头发作成小球状；过了一段时间，有些发团的发丝逐渐变成透明而反光，有些发团里面却逐渐凝结成为结晶体。笔者也曾获得隆哺剪下来的脚趾甲，然后放在舍利器皿中供奉，过了一段时间，有些脚趾的碎片逐渐凝结成团，有些却粘成排状，夹在其中也可以发现一些结晶体，至于其余的脚趾碎片（随着日子的过去）也变得越来越透明。
还有一件更奇异的事情是，有一次隆哺生病去曼谷医院抽血检验，检验后，剩下的部分血液，隆哺的净人KUN KHAWAN REAN 吩咐医生把它保存起来；事经两年后竟然发现那些血液完美如初，没有变质。也由于这个缘故，所以经常有人来向隆补乞请剃下来的头发及脚指甲碎片；就如今天就有一位比丘带着一个大舍利器皿来向隆补顶礼（打算跟隆哺乞讨舍利）。
比丘：恳请隆哺，弟子想请隆哺的发丝回去供奉，不知那天隆哺剃下来的头发还有剩余吗?
隆哺：呵，拿那些头发去做什么？
比丘：拿回去作为忆念隆哺，忆念僧。
隆哺：嘿，你自己不是僧吗？ 为什么还要到处去寻找僧伽呢。拿我的头发去供奉？？？拿那些人家丢弃的东西去供奉？不要离开佛陀教导的范围，去抓取那些佛陀没有教导的东西，佛陀教导我们以自己为皈依，以自己为依靠。
你也有手有脚，为什么不要自己做呢？要依靠他人？人家说我的头发变成舍利子，我也不曾向他们要求拿来看，只是听人说而已。即使是真的变成舍利，那也不奇怪。我是人，你也是人，如果你想获得，你就必须自己去做，去实践，好过你到处去向人乞讨。乞讨来做什么？乞讨来增长自己的贪嗔痴，陶醉在舍利子中，到头来却忘记了佛陀的教法!
舍利只能让人生起信心，法却能够让人生起智慧，也可以为我们今生及来世带来利益与安乐。你所珍藏的舍利，当你拿出来看时，啊，这是这个人那个人的舍利，于是内心感到很高兴，很自豪，其实贪嗔痴在增长自己还不自觉。认为头发，指甲，脚甲，骨头是神圣之物，尽量地收藏，获得越多越好，到头来连尿液，咀嚼出来槟榔液都变成了舍利子。难道你自己没有吗，你身上的骨头啦，头发啦，指甲啦，脚甲啦；背着自身的五蕴还不够重吗，还要背别人的五蕴吗？
隆哺自己已经背够了，背久了，背累了，比丘啊，我们自己的骨头已经够重啦，别再到处去寻找别人的骨头来背吧！背着这些重担是世间的苦啊！请牢牢记住，好好的拿你的时间去用功，去修行吧！好过到处去寻找别人的头发、骨头、指甲、脚甲来供奉，来礼拜；自己想要（自身的舍利）就要自己去努力，别去依靠他人哪，明白吗？
泰国 胶拉信府 沙哈沙刊县 棍靠山
萨甲菀寺
隆哺虾 素帕罗 （Luang pu HA）的教诫
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Tengpokk9 got whatsapp? They sell the amulet casing oversea?
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no whatapp.. online lineid. they dont sell overseas. need to bring to them to make, take maybe about 1month, then you go back to collect
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Boss you know of any shop in chinatown do express gold wrapping?
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I know there is one at the end of yaowarat road but I really forget the exact location as it had been many many years since I last went. After knowing the better quality one, I did not use them again
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Which one are your currently using?
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if your amulet is not the expensive type, i suggest you that you do the normal gold casing at mbk/thaprachan, etc is sufficent. gg to pornpara, teng pok9 and pung bs, the cost of the gold casing or box is going to be quite high, normally thai people go to them only if they are making gold box for their very expensive amulets.
The workmanship is very different from the one you bought at mbk/thaprachan market. you can notice the difference once you hold them in real life. example, the gold used is at least 90%, the gold box can close fully unlike the normal type you seen which leaves a very little gap, the intrinsic detail of the gold box, etc
very little foreigners are willing to pay for expensive amulet thus it is not popular overseas. but certainly they are the big name in the thai amulet circle in for gold casing and gold box.
hope it helps.
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Interesting that there are more fakes in Singapore. About 7 years ago, there used to be a shop in VivoCity that sold 2nd hand stuff including Thai amulets with price tags. Noticed that those had a temple certificate of some sort, wonder if those could be also fake. A few years ago, I visited big temple in Chiang Mai and bought a Pidtah, ivory smooth unlike those expensive old models with rough texture but bought it any way as it is better than risked getting a fake one in shops.
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Just received notification from my subscribed channel, another Wat Paknam collection video by amulet legend. Actually I prefer powder amulets but share the video here for those who prefer metal one.
Always been curious about barang. Some people talk until the barang give them so much help in career, love life etc
Any notable ajarns that makes barang?
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