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When I saw a photo of this man on Thairath news, 9/4/07, a 39 year old man who was wearing over 1000 amulets of Jatukarm Ramathep lucky charm at the ceremony of the making of the new edition, this is what they called a number one fan, but I’m sure he is not the only one, the majority of Thai citizens are head over heals for these amulets.
Since I wrote a post on “Laser Art of the Jatukarm Ramathep Lucky Charm,” I do have to say that this has been one of my top ten posts since July 2007 and it has been very consistent. I posted a history on “The Legend of Jatukarm Ramathep” and hoping that it gave you some idea as to who this famous Jatukarm Ramathep talisman.
Not too long ago, my dad received a Buddha statue from a local temple where he keeps on his Buddha Mantle, I remember that he didn’t use the term purchase, more like ‘Bu Sar’ or donation, and in return received a Buddha statue as a gift.
Formerly in Thailand, Buddhist amulets were not traded, but were gifts offered by monks to the donors, and meditation masters to their disciples. It’s not as that anymore, when did this all changed. It was the crisis of the Indochina War between Thailand and France in 1941 that gave birth to the amulet market, as many soldiers and volunteer recruits sought the power of protection and invulnerability in battle. After the war, the demand for amulets (boosted by stories of their miraculous powers of protection) persisted and even extended to include all kinds of portable sacred objects. Over the past 50 years, the market has grown hand-in-hand with capitalism in Thailand. [1]
The Jatukarm Ramathep is, however, a special case as it is not directly related to the sacred Triple Gems. From its very name, it is a pair of twin gods, the guardians of the Phra Dhaat(u) of Nagor Sri Dharma Raj, the largest and most sacred pagoda of Nakhon Si Thammarat province in southern Thailand. The first generation of the amulet of this god(s) was produced for the first time three decades ago. But for some unknown reason, the twin gods were caste in the shape of one god with a demonic appearance. It was not a god in Buddhism, but rather a demon with many arms surrounded by eight other demons or Rahu (Asura).
Past Thailand: “Transport old and new, Chiang Mai - 3-14-1959″ photo by Wally Higgins
Continued from Part I
This is a translated article from Koosang Koosom Magazine, written by Dek Doi Hongk 5 written in Thai Language, translated by Ginger.
Some days I would go to the farm with my parents to help out. I came from a family of farmers, and we raised fruit crops, such as mangoes, maakhram (tamarine), papaya, lynchee, lumyai (longan fruit), chumpoh (java apple), and the latest that my dad is planting are citrus trees which my dad has some help from his older brother.
My mom grew mostly vegetables, she organically grew hers, so she had many people that would come directly to our farm to buy and her prices are very reasonable, cheap you might even say. We never had to buy fruit or vegetables.
This is a translated article from Koosang Koosom Magazine, written by Dek Doi Hongk 5 written in Thai Language, translated by Ginger.
I live in Mae Fah Luang of Mueang Chiang Rai, Thailand. I’m one of the hill tribes’ people. Our village is very small; we live on high land that is approximately 60 kilometers from Chiang Rai.
As for our village, my grandfather was one of the founders, during that time, they escaped the war from Laos, shortly after that people started to migrate and joined the village. Currently, there are about 200 families living in our village, we are Pow Yout, or also known as Mien.
I often wonder what it’d be like to live in Laos or Thailand, and I’m actually at an advantage because of my understanding of the languages. When I read an on-line newspaper this morning about a young couple that went to Thailand to teach really amaze me. I like to share their story because there might be some of you out there that are thinking alone this line.
Overseas venture ‘a real learning experience’
Pair to begin second year of teaching at Catholic school in Bangkok, Thailand
By Sarah Newell
Record Staff Writer
Monday, July 16, 2007
HICKORY - Andrew and Barbara “Bobbie” Bumgarner began teaching at Union County schools four years ago. After three years of teaching middle-schoolers, they couple decided they wanted to go global and teach in another country.
“We had some friends who had taught internationally through Search Associates. We like to travel but needed a job, so we thought it would be a good fit,” said Bobbie. “We went to a job fair last February and had no idea where we were going to teach.”
They toured booths for almost every country in the world, but were drawn to the one for a school in Bangkok, Thailand. They watched a video about the English-speaking-based Catholic school and listened about the job opportunity. At the job fair, Bobbie and Andrew signed a two-year teaching contract to teach, beginning last August.
It took a while to sever ties in America. The couple married after attending college at Western Carolina University together and had a lot of things to get rid of before leaving the country for two years.
“We were pretty established. We had a house, two dogs, a cat and two cars. We had a lot to give up,” Andrew said. “We decided to rent out our house and sell one car. Our pets were adopted by a family in Georgia.”
When I saw a post at Sim’s blog this morning about Graffiti Research Tags Buildings With L.A.S.E.R. TAG, I thought it was rather cool and interesting, then when I saw it being used to draw image of Jatukarm Ramathep on a building in Bangkok, Thailand, which is one of the biggest symbols there is, I thought people have gone mad. There will be a ceremony performed on the 84th floor.
Jatukarm Ramathep is one of the hottest lucky charms at the moment; I’ve noticed that even Id, lead singer of Pong Lang Sa On was wearing a huge one on Friday. People in Thailand are crazy for Jatukarm Ramathep, why?…because it’s guaranteed to make them rich. I’ve noticed that they were selling it at the Wat (temple) also, my GI Joe sister even has one, and she wouldn’t want to miss her opportunity of becoming rich.
Virtual office is a new concept to me, but imagine if you want to invest in a foreign country, but just don’t feel 100% confident about the economy or business that you’re in; I guess this is an ideal situation for someone like me that don’t like to take too much risk, but expect huge return, and still want to have some level of comfort. Assuming that I’ve decided to open a business in Thailand, I obviously don’t want to set up an office, imagine having to buy all the office supplies, hiring employees, and having to pay rent. There is no need to do all that because there is a company that provide virtual office service, Regus is a company that service over 70 countries, and Thailand is one of the countries. I checked to see if Laos was one, sadly no, but you never know in the near future, they might because the company is expanding, I’ll be sure to check back at a later time.
What is a Virtual office?
I read this in Koosang Koosom Magazine and is a bit alarmed by what had happened. It is written in Thai language and I’m translating this so that if you ever encounter anything similar to this to think twice before helping someone, no matter how innocent they may look or appear. This is a real life story and took place in Thailand.
I want to warn everyone because I don’t know when this will happen again, and who will be the next victim. I think I would feel much better if I’m able to tell everyone of what happened to my friend.
It was around 18.00; my friend got off from work, and was walking down the street to get to the bus station. She saw a girl approximately 7 or 8 years old, sat at the curb crying. She felt sorry for the little girl, so she approached her and asked ‘what’s wrong?’ The little girl told her that she was lost and asked if my friend would take her home. That little girl handed my friend her address, which was not too far from where they were.
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