Small Charity Event

After getting some sponsorship and donations from supporters, Archan Nick spent last weekend along with some volunteers to pack 150 goodie bags containing rice, salt, sugar, oil, biscuits, oats, peanuts, canned food and other food items. These were then given out to senior citizens from low-income families who were invited by the local Residents' Committee at Circuit Road neighbourhood.

Samnak Barami wishes all these old folks good health and happiness! Archan Nick would also like to specially thank all those who donated and came to lend a helping hand for this small but meaningful event!

Samnak Barami At Work

On 11 September 2014, Samnak Barami invited all devotees to come and see Archan Nick for various types of blessings by Archan Nick. Archan Nick spent the whole day doing Sakyant, Krop Sian, Salika Ling Tong and other blessing rituals for devotees. It was a long and tiring day filled with devotee after devotee who have made the trip down to see Archan Nick. There were even devotees who came to Singapore from Malaysia and Indonesia just to see him on this special day. Sharing some photos of the event on that day in this blog post...

Samnak Barami thanks all devotees for taking time out to come see Archan Nick and for those who cannot make it this time round, do stay tuned for the next session and we hope be able to spend more time chatting with everyone the next time round! Good luck to everyone!

What is Buddhism?

Sharing a very short yet complete summary of Buddhism in just one photo...

Temple Visit: Wat Lahanrai, Rayong, Thailand

Famous for his Phong Prai Kuman, the late Luang Pu Tim was born into a poor family and took a very keen interest in learning the Dharma since he was a little kid. He began learning the Dharma when he was 17 years of age but only formally ordained as a monk at Wat Lahanrai when he was 27 years old. During his life as a monk, he has travelled far and wide to learn many wicha from great masters and was also a very strict practitioner of the Dharma.

Many monks across Thailand would often seek him for advice and he was known to be a very humble monk even after being made chief abbot of Wat Lahanrai. He was a vegetarian who ate one meal a day and would only drink twice a day, once at 7am and once at 4pm daily. He passed away in Buddhist year 2518 at the age of 96 and is remembered till today as the top master in the Rayong district and his Khun Paen Prai Kuman amulets are one of the most expensive Khun Paen amulets in today's market.

Sharing some photos of the temple visit to Wat Lahanrai with Archan Nick...

The giant statue of Luang Pu Tim currently under construction.

 A standing statue and a wax statue of the late Luang Pu Tim in the temple grounds.

The main altar in the temple, we managed to collect some holy water in those urns you see in the photo above for adding into Archan Nick's holy water which he uses to do blessing for devotees.

 Archan Nick going about his prayers.

Took the opportunity to do Sankatan and also had a chat with one of the monks who was kind enough to give us a small amount of holy oil that was once chanted and used personally by the late Luang Pu Tim himself to bless devotees! Archan Nick now uses this oil to mix into his mixture of holy oils to help devotees with Sakyant and blessings.