Phra Somdej Toh Thai Amulets in Thailand

If there is one venerable monk who has even more followers than all the other monks – it is Thailand’s most respected monk, Phra Somdej Toh.

HERE are our SOMDEJ TOH Petrified Wood Amulets (nobody else has – unless we sold to them!)

Phra Somdej Toh is from a temple called, “Wat Rakhang Kositararm” His Thai pendants are so revered that nearly everyone who takes pendants seriously in Thailand has one good one – meaning, one expensive Somdej pendant that is full of power and good luck, and protection for the wearer of this amulet.

In full, this monk’s name reads – “Somdej Phra Puttajarn Toh Phrom-rangsri” and some people for short will call him “Somdej Toh” which is also respectful (and easier to remember). Somdej Toh is the son of one of Thailand’s royalty, King Rama the 2nd and his mother, Nang Ngud who lived in the Thailand province of Kamphangpet.

Somdej Toh was born before his father became the King of Thailand. At the early age of 13 Somdej took the vowels of monkhood and became a monk (boo-ut, in Thai). At the age of twenty-one, he became a senior monk who was very keen on Buddhist teachings. He was given the name “Maha Toh”, or, “King’s monk”. Some people still refer to his sacred Thai pendants by this same name.

After his father was King he received the wat Rakang Kositaram during King Rama IV. Somdej moved up through the ranks and finally received the ultimate title of Somdej Phra Puttajarn Toh in the year of 1872. This meant he was at the highest level of monkhood.

Soon after this Phra Somdej began making his own style of Thai Buddha pendants during year of the Buddha 2406 for about nine years (1863 to 1872 in Western years). These pendants became very famous and were called “Somdej Wat Rakhang” Buddhist amulets. Today these pendants fetch extremely high prices in the millions of Thai Baht.

Originally the Somdej pendants were made by hand by this respected monk. Eventually, molds were made for the pendant styles and the first batch was not that well made so a goldsmith for the King created new molds that worked much better and became the standard for all the amulets.

In his lifetime, Somdej Toh made around 84,000 Phra Somdej amulets.

Many varied substances went into making these famous amulets. Some of them were: lime (from crushed seashells), Phong Vises (sacred powder of unknown origin), flower leaves, rice bits, luts, ashes from cremated urns, honey, and later – tang oil on the advice of a palatial goldsmith- which made the surface beautiful.

Phra Somdej was and excellent orator and with high intelligence. He was a very compassionate monk and was known to go out of his way for people that he could help. Phra Somdej didn’t stop at just one version of Thai pendant – he created 73 different styles of amulet!

As far as Thai pendants go in Thailand there is none more famous, more widely known across the globe, and none more powerful than the Somdeg Wat Rakhang pendants he originally made so many years ago.

There are whole businesses in Bangkok built around these pendants and nearly every Thai Buddhist that wears pendants has a Phra Somdej replica at least because it’s the most respected and powerful of all the clay, metal, or any substance amulets.

Somdej’s pendants were given greater power by the recitation of chants he said while in the presence of the pendants he made. The chants he used were enormously powerful and he learned them from the great Buddhist monks of the past.

It is said that Phra Somdej’s pendants are very powerful – and keep their power forever because of the technique he learned for filling them with power.

First, the sacred yan numbers were applied – then the katha (chants) were said over and over and the last part is the meditation – which many monks neglect to do n these times. These pendants hold their power nearly forever – it is very hard for them to lose their strength and virility.

It is said that Phra Somdej Toh made the pendants to help the world come to know Buddhism and to give good karma for the world, not himself. Keepers of the pendants today receive many blessings because Somdej didn’t act selfishly when making the amulets.

If you can find yourself an original Somdej pendant today you are assured great fortune and protection from every evil. These are the highest-class pendants that exist in Thailand today. Some of the pendants are for sale at the pendant market by the river in Bangkok. Others are held by private interests and are not for sale. High-level politicians, policemen, and movie stars in Thailand own original Phra Somdej Toh amulets.

We hope you enjoyed that overview of the highest-class pendants you can buy in Thailand.

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