Tok Ca Pok Loh - Wat Khao Kong, Narathiwat

Featuring the Southen Sacred monk, TOK CA POK LOH from Wat Khao Kong, Narathiwat. Wat Khao Kong is famous  with the Buddhist landmark, Khao Kong Buddhist Park. The park occupies an area of 142 rais (56.8 acres) in Tambon Lamphu, about 9 kilometers from town on the Narathiwat-Rangae route (Highway No. 4055). 

 TOKCA  POK  LOH’S 5’  Bucha  Statue

The main attraction in Wat Khao Kong is a graceful southern Buddha image, the golden Phra Phuttha Thaksin Ming Mongkhon, which is seated in the lotus position. The construction of the steel-reinforced concrete image that was decorated with gold mosaics started in 1966 and was completed in 1969. This mountaintop Buddha image, which is considered to be the most beautiful and largest (17 meters wide and 24 meters high) outdoor Buddha image in southern Thailand, is decorated in the South Indian style.

TOK CA POK LOH or CA POK LOH or SAMI POK LOH the very first abbot of Wat Khao Kong, believed to be a muslim who converted to Buddhism. TOK CA POK LOH ( TOK CA – monk whereas POK LOH is the nick name given to the monk ). According to Phor Mor Keaw, CA POK LOH lived during the same eras with our belated Phor Than Kong. He passed away few years before Phor Than Kong Parinibbana ( Dunno the exact year, perhaps bros out there wanna help me to shed the light ! ). Phor Mor Keaw added that, those young time CA POK LOH and Phor Than Kong used to know each other - a good FRIEND perhaps. They exchanged a lot of ideas and wichah sciences and knowledge. Phor Than Kong even mentioned TOK CA POK LOH as CA KERAMAT – Sacred Monk !

There are many versions / stories of this keramat CA POK LOH. The 1^st version ( as retold to me by late Phor Mor Keaw ), CA POK LOH was an ordinary Thai’s Muslim guy. CA POK LOH worked in small Narathiwat town and this required him to travel daily through the deep jungle before reaching his workplace. During his routine route to his workplace he met with a big fierce Benggala Tiger. The big cat chased and seem wanna to eat / kill him. CA POK LOH begged, prayed and made a wish ( BON ) and beg ……… to anybody ( god or angel or monk ) to come and help him to chase away the tiger cat and save him from being the fierce meals and even beg to Buddha that he would ordained as a Buddhist monk if the big cat spare his life, he closed his eyes and prayed continuously, when he opened his eyes the big fierce tiger was no longer there. CA POK LOH immediately ran back home ………………

After the incident, CA POK LOH never used the same route and never ordained as monk as he promised / vowed before. After several months, CA POK LOH got a weird same dream.  He dreamt of the big cat chased him and asked for his vowed to be paid back. The fierce big cat images kept on appearing and haunted him. CA POK LOH then went to consult a guru monk and in order to overcome his problem, the guru advised him to ordain and because he is a muslim then he were told to ordain only as a novice monk for 3 days and then disrobed.

CA POK LOH listened to the advised and he finally ordained as a novice monk, after 3 days of ordaination as a novice monk, CA POK LOH did not showing any signed of attempt to disrobe. After 3 months CA POK LOH still did not disrobed and remained his novice monk status until he decided not to disrobed and keep on believing in Buddhist path and died in his yellow robes …… as a BUDDHIST.

Based on the stories and legend which associated with the incident, that is why there is a tiger image printed at the reversed side of the CA POK  LOH’s amulets. The tiger image was as a remembrance of the incident that took place before he was ordained as a monk. There’s no proper documentation on when of these 2 Phim Run Raek ( 1^st batch ). According to local folks, they believed that these two phims were made somewhere in BE 2497 – BE 2500.

TOKCA  POK  LOH’S taorit phim lek with tiger image printed at the reverse side

TOKCA  POK  LOH’S taorit phim yai with tiger image printed at the reverse side

2^nd version version ( as retold to me by a local Kelantanese old folk from Kampung Kasa, Pasir Mas who is CA  POK LOH die hard believer ), CA POK LOH worked in small Narathiwat town with a small income to support his family. The stories began when CA POK LOH was suffered / diagnosed with a deadly disease ( unknown ) and cannot be cured by the KHUN MOR ( doctor ) and PHOR MOR ( white shirt guru ). He cannot go to work. He went to consult several local and Pattani’s Malay Phor Mor and the last resort was to consult the TOK CA ( monk ), the old monk he had consulted advised CA POK LOH to make a BON / PASANG NIAT ( vow ) while the curing processes was on.

TOKCA  POK  LOH’S 3” BUCHA  STATUE  -  BE 2497

Fated to be and with God’s will, CA POK LOH’s health was improving from day to day and miraculously healed after the vow and several treatments from the local phor mor. CA POK LOH then gained back his strength and went to work in Narathiwat as usual. It’s all happened when one day during his routine travel through the deep jungle before reaching his work place, he met with a big fierce Benggala Tiger. The big cat gave chased and hopped upon him. CA POK LOH prayed and begged to the big cat to spare his life, he closed his eyes and prayed continuously, when he opened his eyes the big fierce tiger was no longer there. CA POK LOH immediately ran back home.

Month and month passes, CA POK LOH got a weird same dream continuously.  He dreamt of the big cat chased him and asked for his vowed to be paid back and the tiger images kept on appearing and haunted him. CA POK LOH then went to consult the old guru monk and in order to overcome his problem, the guru advised him to pay back ( KAE  BON  lek KAE KAM ) ask him what was / were his BON during the 1^st meeting with him – during the curing processes ? CA  POK  LOH told the monk that he was not serious at that time and his BON was to shave his head and become TOKCA – ordain as a monk.

After the deep Samadhi – meditation, the old monk advised CA POK LOH to ordain as a novice monk and because of he is a muslim then he were told to ordain for only 3 days and then disrobe. CA POK LOH obeyed to the advised and he finally ordained as a novice monk, after 3 days of ordained as a novice monk CA POK LOH did not showing any signed and attempt to disrobe. Days after days and months after months CA POK LOH felt comfortable with his yellow robes and kept on insisting to remain as a novice monk. My grandpa said CA POK LOH never disrobed and put his believe and faith in Buddhist, Dhamma and Sangha and died in his yellow robes then - as a BUDDHIST.

The 3^rd version of  CA POK LOH’s story ( as retold by a local Kelantanese old folk from Kampung Chekok, Pasir Mas who is also a CA  POK LOH die hard believer ). The stories began when CA POK LOH was suffered / diagnosed with a deadly disease ( unknown ) and cannot be cured by the KHUN MOR ( doctor ) and PHOR MOR ( white shirt guru ). He went to consult several Pattani’s Malay Phor Mor but failed. CA POK LOH last resort was to  BON / PASANG NIAT ( vow ). CA POK LOH  went to several sacred places, believed to be sacred by local residents of Narathiwat ( perhaps been practiced in many part of the  world, including Malaysia till now ) – old giant tree, old grave yard, termite built, boulder and even to the abandoned tempat or Buddha statue. 

Fated to be and with God’s will, CA POK LOH’s health was improving from day to day and miraculously healed after the vowed. CA POK LOH then gained back his strength and went through his normal layman life. Whether fated to be or just a coincidence, CA POK LOH got a weird  dream continuously.  He dreamt of the big cat chased him and wide opened his mouth  and seem like showing its big fang in fierce. The tiger images and its fang kept on appearing and haunted him. CA POK LOH then went to consult and in order to overcome his problem, the guru advised him to pay back ( KAE  BON  lek KAE KAM ). CA POK LOH looked surprised and the old monk asked him what was  were his BON ? CA  POK  LOH could not recall back and told the monk that he was not serious at that time.

CA POK LOH went back home and that night he had another weird same dream but this time he saw a huge golden Buddha statue and the Buddha smiled at him. The next morning, TOK CA POK LOH went to consult the monk and told the monk about his dream. He said he had his BON in front of Buddha statue, CA POK LOH said he had promise and  BON  to shave his head and become TOKCA – ordain as a monk if his rare disease / sick is gone – fully recover ! 

After the deep Samadhi – meditation, the old monk advised CA POK LOH to ordain as a novice monk and because of he is a muslim then he were told to ordain for only 1 or 3 days and then disrobe. CA POK LOH obeyed and took he advice seriously. He finally ordained as a novice monk, after 3 days of ordained as a novice monk CA POK LOH did not showing any signed and attempt to disrobe. Meaning to say, CA POK LOH felt comfortable with his yellow robes and kept on insisting to remain as a novice monk. My grandpa said CA POK LOH never disrobed and put his believe and faith in Buddhist, Dhamma and Sangha - as a true BUDDHIST yet remained as a legend contributed to the Buddhist teaching and reached Parinnibanna - died in his yellow robes.

The 4th version of  CA POK LOH’s story. …………… hope guys out there can contribute something to be shared and shed the light on this great monk !

According to my grandpa, most muslim in Narathiwat province accepted this incident as a God’s will, fate and destiny but some of the muslim cursed TOK CA POK LOH as a MURTAD and will be punished  cursed by God !

Dear frens, the infos gathered and shared above might not be accurate and mislead. The infos and the datas collected and gathered as it is and merely from my past experienced / as retold to me. I heard that there’s an official booklet / document from Wat Khao Khong regarding CA POK LOH’s stories. But I can’t obtain any ! Guys out there, ur comment – sharing – add on to the CA POK LOH infos are most appreciate. Appreciate it to the fullest !

PERSONAL EXPERIENCED ……………………………

Those day, during the bucha or tham withi or phutapisek conducted by Phor Mor Keaw besides others KERAMAT MONKS – sacred yet powerful monks, Phor Mor Keaw will mention / call upon keramat CA POK LOH  / name in his Bucha Kru / Wai Kru verses. The example of the verses as shown below;

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Wai Phra Phut,

Wai Phra Tham,

Wai Phra Song,

Wai Long Phor Phor Thuk Thuk Ong,

Wai Khun Phor, Khun Mae,

Phor Mae Tarjai,

Wai Mae Nang Thoranie,

Wai Mae Nang Khun Kha Thanglai,

Khun Kru Achan Tham Sam Sip Song,

Phra Ong ……………

Phut Thang Ara Ther Nang, 

Tham Mang Ara Ther Nang

Sang Khang Ara Ther Nang

Phut Thang Ara Ther Nang, Achan Phor Khron Nang,

Tham Mang Ara Ther Nang, Achan Phor Khron Nang,

Sang Khang Ara Ther Nang, Achan Phor Khron Nang,

Phut Thang / Tham Mang / Sang Khang Ara Ther Nang, Saksit Phra Phut Chinarat ( Pisanulok ) Nang, Phut Thang / Tham Mang / Sang Khang Ara Ther Nang, Saksit Luang Phor Sorthorn Nang,

 

Phut Thang / Tham Mang / Sang Khang Ara Ther Nang, Saksit Phor Than Nadam ( Phikulthong ) Nang,

 

Phut Thang / Tham Mang / Sang Khang Ara Ther Nang, Somdej Chan Toh ( Rakang ) Nang,

 

Phut Thang / Tham Mang / Sang Khang Ara Ther Nang, Achan Phor Thuad  ( Chang Haiy ) Nang,

 

Phut Thang / Tham Mang / Sang Khang Ara Ther Nang, Achan Phor Q ( Kampung Dalam ) Nang,

 

Phut Thang / Tham Mang / Sang Khang Ara Ther Nang, Tok Ca Pok Loh ( Wat Khao Khong ) Nang,

 

Phut Thang / Tham Mang / Sang Khang Ara Ther Nang, Phra Kru Pai Rod ( Resoe / Resok ) Nang,

 

Phut Thang / Tham Mang / Sang Khang Ara Ther Nang, Achan Phor Chan ( Chan Keramat Sg Padi ) Nang,

 

Phut Thang / Tham Mang / Sang Khang Ara Ther Nang, Keramat Tok Che Gor  Nang,

 

Phut Thang / Tham Mang / Sang Khang Ara Ther Nang, Achan Phor Lek ( Aril ) Nang,

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According to Phor Mor Keaw, CA POK LOH was a great monk possessed with great wichah power ( Wai Kru Wichah – Learnt and not from the inherited ). Phor Mor Keaw added that CA POK LOH possessed a great Malay and Thai wichah ( Magic ) sciences. The combination of theses two wichah, made CA POK LOH a great and well respected monk both from Southern Thai and Malay community. CA POK LOH even shared his expertise with our belated Phor Than Kong. My grandpa said that CA POK LOH was good at AMNAJ,  KHONG KHA PAN and METTA.

My grandpa said, CA POK LOH expertise is ILMU KELADI TIKUS (( Typhonium Flagelliforme - type of Yam ). Phor Mor Keaw added that, CA POK LOH also superb in using Keladi Candik / Colek to cure various types of skin diseases. He even used the stem of this yam ( Keladi Tikus ) to TIE the lust  – especially for those dishonest husband who keeps the mistress. 

The stem will be chanted with the incantation and will be tied into a knot and  be grilled before keeping under bed or mattress. The effect of this wichah is, the husband won’t be able to have any intercourse with other woman - become impotent. But whenever he is with his wife, the penis will fully function and erect. But will become impotent or unable to erect when ever he goes for the mistress. The man’s private part will  MENIKUS LIKE TIKUS !  Hahahahahaha, unfortunately grandpa didn’t have the opportunity to pass down this wichah to me ! If not …………. those Casanova will suffer ! Hahahahahahaha !

 Keladi Tikus

Although CA POK LOH, not as popular as Than Kong, Luang Phor LinDam, Than Lek, Achan Thim, Than Chan Keramat, Luang Pu Dam Resoe / Resok etc and not many people know  who is CA POK LOH but his amulets nowadays extremely rare and are were sought after by the devotees ( Southern Thai and Kelantanese ).

Many people said that, his amulets  are superb for KHLEW KHAD n KHONGKA PAN. They even said that his amulets are superb for smiting enemies especially those having problem with differs races ( Malay particularly ), they believed that because of Southern Thai Malays used to curse CA POK LOH and that is why his amulets are endowed with such a power – smite and curse  BAD - Malay.


Merely Sharing – No Hard Feeling !