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We took a road trip yesterday, we had to see a friend that was moving to China – and this was a long-time friend from university. We were able to get over to the temple to see if they had anything new in the Thai pendant market, and indeed they did. I don’t know if … Read more
Hi all! We are announcing some changes for 2019. We started this little business almost 7 years ago now. We never expected so many great customers to find us during this time. We never expected to make this any sort of business at all. Very nice how it worked out, and we’re committed to making … Read more
Click the image to see all our blessed Sai Sin bracelet inventory! We spent the entire day today just getting one new page ready for the new version of Thaiamuletsales.com which will probably be coming in about a month, maybe six weeks. There is so much to do! Those are some of the bracelet photos … Read more
Over the past two months we’ve been buying Thai pendants at the two Buddhist temples near our home. We didn’t originally want to keep inventory because it’s money that goes out that takes a long time to come in. But, the temples are very inconsistent with which amulets, bracelets, yant flags, and other Buddhist accessories … Read more
Who is the Laughing Buddha? Originally known as Pu Tai or Hotei, the chubby (fat) laughing Buddha is a Chinese monk, Chan – a zen monk that lived over a millenium. The laughing Buddha is not part of Thai Buddhism, or Theravada Buddhism, but is a part of Maitreya Buddhism. In China they refer to … Read more
Thailand Buddhists have a healthy obsession with Thai pendants – and there is a pendant for almost any occasion. The highest level amulets are the Somdej Toh pendants featuring Buddha sitting in a meditative posture on a coiled stack of naga (serpent, cobra) coils. His face is not discernible and the pendant is very basic … Read more