Phrakhru Panya Sutthaporn, Wat Kerwan Sutthawat

Phrakhru Panya Sutthaporn, chief abbot of Wat Kerwan Sutthawat, Maha Sarakham, Thailand

Born in north eastern Thailand, Buriram. Name given by parents was RuangSak. Entered monkhood on 27 Apr B.E 2527 (1984) at Wat Suttpasopoon, Buriram under chief abbot Phrakru Vituntamatorn.

In B.E 2531, Phrahkru took 3 months walking to Myanmar, met Archan Hoongtun in mountain and learnt fortune reading for 3 months.
Phrakhru continued his meditation through walking, this time he travelled via Yangon, Muang Soong, Chiang Dong and Chiang Loong to reach Laos, Pa Bang. He settled down in a cave at Buffulo mountain, which few of the Thailand top ten monks used to meditate there ie. LP Fan, LP Kao, LP Mun, LP Wean and also LP Phromma.

After Phrakhru came out from the cave, he travelled back to Thailand and learnt Tudong (meditation in jungle) and Lersi Tafai under LP Phromma of Wat SuangHin PanNangKway for 2 years.

On 23 May B.E 2534, Phrakhru reached and resided in Wat Kerwan Sutthawat, Maha Sarakham. At the sametime, he followed LP Walaput to learn wicha.

In B.E 2535, Phrakhru went for tudong in Laos for 3 months before he take over the post as chief abbot of Wat Kerwan Sutthawat in B.E 2536.

After he took over the post, Phrakhru made his first trip to Singapore with his master LP Walaput for 1 week. From then onwards, he visits Singapore once or twice a year and was invited to Malaysia by some devotees.

Due to his great contribution to the temples and Thai Buddhism, his effort was recognised by the royal temple. In 5 Dec B.E 2541, PhraKhru was awarded as PhraKhru Chan Toh and his name was changed to Phrakhru Panya Sutthaporn by the current King Rama IV. At the age of 35, he was the youngest Phrakhru Chan Toh awarded by the King.

In 5 Dec B.E 2547, PhraKhru was awarded another higher post of PhraKhru Chan Yid. It only took him 6 years to promote from PhraKhru Chan Toh to Chan Yid. This made him the fastest monk who promoted in such a short period of time.

Phrakhru had mastered the skill of Lersi Tafai from LP Phromma. He was told that wicha Lersi Taifai is a very powerful skill that he should use to help more people. Phrakhru is very well verse in fortune reading, metta (kind loving), Kongkrapan (protect from sharp object), Klewklad Puatpai (general protection), Kankong (prevent black magic), improving one's luck and removing black magic.

Phrakhru Panya now has a huge group of devotees in Singapore and Malaysia, and visits these two countries twice a year to see them.

Kumantong Blessing Ceremony

Devotees in Singapore bringing all their Kumantong from home to a local cemetery where Archan Nick conducted a mass blessing ceremony in the middle of the night to help power up these kids with the aid of spiritual energy that exists within a cemetery.

Archan Nick had learnt a set of wicha with regards to Kumantong during his younger days and along with his level of meditation, he is able to communicate with Kumantong and feel their presence.

He has also mastered the art of consecrating Kumantong and is able to properly invite child spirits into empty statues, this requires many rounds of proper blessing before it can be deemed safe for worship by Archan Nick himself.

Summary on The Four Noble Truths

Spreading the Dharma...

The Buddha taught many things, but the basic concepts in Buddhism can be summed up by the Four Noble Truths.

1) Life is suffering. Our lives include pain, getting old, disease, and ultimately death. Like the Chinese like to say, 生老病死. Besides such physical sufferings, we also endure psychological suffering like loneliness, frustration, fear, embarrassment, disappointment and sadness. This cannot be denied and there is no point being pessimistic about it. lnstead, Buddhism explains how suffering can be avoided and how we can be truly happy.

2) Suffering is caused by craving. Everyday we crave for things, be it power, pleasurable things or even winning others. However, getting what you want does not guarantee happiness. Rather than constantly struggling to get what you want, try to modify your wanting. Spending a life chasing what you want deprives us of contentment and happiness. This form of emotional disturbance will distract us from being happy and free from sufferings.

3) Suffering can be overcome and then reaching happiness become possible. If we let go of our cravings to live day by day not thinking of the past or imagine about the future, we will then be happy and free. When we remove cravings completely from our minds, a state of Nirvana is obtained.

4) Path to the end of sufferings. This path is called the Noble Eightfold Path which is a key to Buddhism which I will share again soon.

This above is a summary of my understanding of the Four Noble Truths and I encourage everyone to further do some research to understand each of it in depth.

Sadhu~ Sadhu~ Sadhu~

Metta Perfume

Archan Nick using the power of Khun Paen to bless the perfume of a devotee and his wife. Archan Nick writes yants on the perfume bottle which will help in Metta properties when used, one for male and one for female which are both different set of yants for different gender.