The Thai Amulets are
the most seen and popular thing where you are in the South Asian country. Buddha Amulet ,Bangkok is the ultimate place for the market
of Thai Amulets. Mostly Thai People are great believers of Buddha. The most of
Thai people are the believer of the ghosts also. So they tried a great deal to
avoid these certain type of scenarios by wearing these amulets.
Most of Thai Buddha amulets are
made of clay or metals such as bronze or copper. They usualy display a seated
Buddha on the front side though other designs can sometimes be found. The backs
can have a variety of images and designs, many show a local Priest or Monk,
some show the temple or shrine and others show astrological charts. All show
the beautiful Thai letters.
Like Christian crosses
and Chinese Buddha amulets, Thai Buddha amulets can be made of metal or
precious stones. Yet a majority of them today are still a combination of clay
and incense ash. They are then molded into a Buddha statue (some are not) and
put in a box. Sometimes, pollen, herbs, metal bars (with Scripture carved on),
an eyebrow hair from a holy monk and a drop of his blood may also be contained
inside. It's not finished and ready to give out until it's blessed by a
renowned monk.
There have been a lot
of famous monks over the past 100 or 200 years. These famous monks by
themselves had been teachers (acharns) to other monks in their monastries and
some of his followers/scholars brought it later the same way to become a
teacher for other monks. Through this way, knowledge and ability passed through
generations. Most of these monks have made amulets and have blessed them like they
have learned it from their teacher. Very often it is seen from the style of the
blessed amulet (because it is slightly different) that it might not be from the
acharn-monk who has lived a long time ago, but one of his former scholars.
