Phor Than Kong Rare Coloured Photo !

Featuring the absolute rare superb photo of late Phor Than Kong ( Tok Raja ) of Wat Uttamaram, Batu 3, Kampung Teresek, Repek Pasir Mas, Kelantan. Darul Naim. First and foremost, do accept my apologize because i hv to reproduce the photo with my name embossed on it as many people said that, most of the photo that i previously posted in my posts were not from my collection and they even claimed it as theirs too !

This coloured Phor Than Kong photo was pasted with the gold foils all around the photo. ( Onto frame mirror ). According to my mum, these gold foils were pasted because to " Kae Bun Lek Kae Kam ", pasting the foil after your wishes came true / answered.

Featuring the colour photo late Phor Than Kong snapped by MEDO Photo Studio and with its original wooden frame.


The MEDO Photo studio's name /shop was clearly embossed at the bottom of the left corner of the pic.


sabbe satta sukhita hontuk !


sadhu ! sadhu !

wie.sukhihotu !

"KHRON RATCHANAREN versus TOK RAJA"

Tok Raja, adakah ianya membawa sebarang pengertian kepada anda ? Siapakah Tok Raja yang dimaksudkan ? Siapakah yang memulakan gelaran terbabit ? Apakah makna di sebalik gelaran tersebut ? Itulah persoalan-persoalan yang sering bermain di bibir-bibir peminat barangan mistik Thailand ( Thai Amulets ) . Istilah TOK RAJA merupakan frasa yang sinonim dan sering dikaitkan dengan KHRON RATCHANAREN atau nama Buddhistnya PUNNASUVANNA MAHATHERA yakni, Luang Phor Khron atau Than Chau Khun Khron dari Wat Uttamaram, Kampung Teresek Repek, Pasir Mas, Kelantan. Darul Naim.

Intihanya, pengertian sebenar TOK RAJA sering disalahtafsirkan oleh segelintir masyarakat. Pada tanggapan sesetengah pihak, frasa TOK RAJA adalah gelaran pangkat yang dianugerahkan oleh Duli Yang Maha Mulia Sultan Kelantan kepada Luang Phor Khron. Gelaran TOK RAJA ini dikatakan dianugerahkan oleh DYMM Sultan Kelantan kerana mengenang jasa-jasa Than Chau Khun Khron kepada DYMM khususnya dan Kelantan amnya. ( tiada siapa yang mengetahui jasa-jasa sebenar yang dimaksudkan di sini ) Hal ini demikian kerana semasa hayat baginda, DYMM Sultan Kelantan acap kali dilihat turun padang dan mencemar duli bagi mengunjungi Than Chau Khun Khron di Wat Uttamaram. Kunjungan kerabat DYMM Sultan Kelantan tersebut menjadi buah mulut masyarakat Kelantan pada ketika itu dan ( Siam, Cina , dan Melayu ) dan kunjungan DYMM pada ketika itu disambut dengan hamparan karpet merah.  

Gambar-gambar kenangan semasa DYMM Sultan Kelantan mengunjungi Tok Raja Khron.

Persoalan yang ingin saya kupaskan di sini ialah, setelah Tok Raja Khron meninggalkan kita ( Parinibanna ). DYMM juga acap kali dilihat mencemar duli dan mengunjungi Phra Kru Ariyasangworn, Phor Than Lek, Wat Ariyakiri, Kampung Pauh Lima, Aril. Sehinggakan jalan berturap tar yang ada sekarang adalah ikhsan DYMM Kelantan kepada penduduk-penduduk di sekitar Pauh Lima dan Aril. Selepas Tok Raja Khron, gelaran Tok Raja Lek menjadi bualan setiap bibir masyarakat Thai, Cina dan Melayu pada ketika itu.

Ketokohan dan kehebatan Tok Raja Lek juga tidak kurangnya berbanding dengan Tok Raja Khron. Sepeninggalan Tok Raja Khron maka Tok Raja Leklah yang menjadi tempat galang ganti para penduduk Kelantan yang beragama Buddha untuk mengadu nasib ! Ramai yang membeliakkan biji mata mereka apabila saya memperkata dan menyebut frasa TOK RAJA KHRON dan TOK RAJA LEK. Mungkin ada yang menyumpah seranah saya dengan menuduh dan melabelkan saya sebagai dangkal @ cetek ilmu dan mungkin sesat , apabila memperkata tentang Than Chau Khun Khron. Mungkin ada juga yang terguling-guling sambil ketawa terbahak-bahak apabila memikir akan KEBODOHAN dan KEDANGKALAN saya itu. KUPASAN GELARAN TOK RAJA TOK RAJA merupakan frasa yang terbina daripada gabungan 2 kata akar yakni;

TOK + RAJA = TOK RAJA
 

TOK = Mengikut Kamus Dewan, edisi ke-3 membawa pengertian, TOK CA atau TOK CAI iaitu dialek Kelantan dan Terengganu yang bermaksud SAMI SIAM. RAJA = Mengikut Kamus Dewan, membawa pengertian, orang yang mengetuai dan memerintah sesuatu negara, gelaran bangsawan, orang yang berkuasa dan juga membawa maksud orang yang besar pengaruh dan kuasanya dalam sesuatu lingkungan kawasan. Secara tuntasnya, dapatlah disimpulkan bahawa frasa TOK RAJA, sebenarnya bermula daripada klausa TOK CA RAJA @ TOK CAI RAJA, yang membawa pengertian .....seorang sami yang mulia bertaraf tinggi yang bukan sahaja disegani malah menjadi ketua kepemimpinan masyarakat yang mendiami kampung berhampiran wat.

Kepopularan , ketokohan dan kehebatan Than Chau Khun Khron pada waktu itu ( zaman prekemerdekaan - sebelum merdeka ) menjadikan gelaran TOK CA RAJA digunaka pakai untuk merujuk kepada seseorang Sami Siam @ Buddha di sesuatu kawasan atau lingkungan wat yang ditadbirnya. Gelaran terbabit diguna pakai bukan sahaja di Kelantan malahan di beberapa buah daerah di Selatan Thai, Pattani khususnya. Peredaran masa yang berlaku, terutamanya pada era pascakemerdekaan panggilan dan gelaran TOKCA RAJA telah disingkatkan menjadi TOK RAJA dan gelaran sedemikian terus menjadi satu frasa yang lengkap dan telus apabila merujuk kepada sami siam atau Buddha. Sekiranya anda singgah di warung-warung kopi di sekitar Kelantan cubalah merisik-risik golongan pertengahan umur ( 50an ke atas ) tentang frasa TOK RAJA. Terutamanya dalam kalangan penduduk masyarakat Melayu atau Thai. Ternyata anda akan kecewa kerana mereka tidak kenal siapa itu TOK RAJA ( Than Chau Khun Khron….kecuali penduduk-penduduk di sekitar Teresek, Repek of course ! ). Apabila mengutarakan frasa TOK RAJA, jawapan yang anda akan perolehi adalah berbentuk soalan soal balas yakni, TOK RAJA ( Tokca atau sami ) yang manakah yang saudara maksudkan ? Banyak TOK RAJA – Tokca @ Sami di Kelantan ini, sami mana satukah yang saudara dimaksudkan itu ? TOK RAJA Kampung Beruk ( Wat Pothiviharn ) ? TOK RAJA Kampung Jubakar ( Wat Machimaram ) ? atau TOK RAJA Kampung Pauh Lima ( Wat Ariyakiri ) ?

 Natijahnya, pada penduduk-penduduk era prekemerdekaan, frasa TOK RAJA membawa pengertian dan konotasi yang berbeda berbanding dengan golongan-golongan muda pascakemerdekaan. Golongan-golongan muda ini lebih senang dan selesa dengan gelaran TOK RAJA apabila merujuk kepada Than Chau Khun Khron. Begitu juga jadinya dengan ejaan perkataan KHRON. Terdapat segelintir golongan muda yang sering memandang enteng ejaan perkataan tersebut. Pada tanggapan mereka suku kata yang membatang perkataan KHRON adalah tidak penting.

Hal ini demikian kerana mereka-mereka yang daif ini tidak pernah didedahkan kepada frasa sebenar yang tepat dan sepatutnya. Cuba anda bayangkan pada suatu hari, nama anda disebut / dipanggil / diintonasikan dengan bunyi yang pelik dan tidak seperti yang tertera pada kad pengenalan diri anda. Apakah tindakan anda ? Marah bukan ? Sudah tentunya kita akan melenting dan cuba membetulkan kembali kesilapan itu. Sebagai renungan bersama, ternyata terdapat beberapa versi ejaan yang diguna pakai oleh golongan muda apabila merujuk kepada Than Chau Khun Khron. Sebagai contoh ; KRON, KROON, KRONE, KRUN, KRUNE, KHRUN, dan KHRONE malah ada yang mengejanya sebagai KHROON. Sedangkan ejaan yang sebenar yang afdal / tepat ialah KHRON .

Hal ini demikian kerana nama surat atau nama rasmi Than Chau Khun Khron ialah KHRON PUNNASUVANNA MAHATHERA. Nama ini terpampang pada papan tanda pada pintu utama ke balai penyembahan Wat Uttamaram. Papan tanda yang tertera nama Than Chau Khun Khron terbabit sudah pun tergantung dan terpampang di pintu utama balai terbabit semenjak bangunan tersebut digunakan secara rasmi lagi….sudah sekian lama tergantung di situ, memang lama ! Namun tiada siapa antara kita yang mengambil pusing dan endah tentang perkataan, frasa dan klausa yang digunakan. Pada kita ia tidak membawa sebarang pengertian yang MELABAKAN ( menguntungkan ! ). Siapa peduli ? Persetankan semua itu, perkara yang maha penting ialah mengaut keuntungan yang berlipat ganda yang diperolehi hasil daripada JUALAN tangkal, azimat, dan patung-patung peringatan Than Chau Khun Khron.

Papan tanda pintu masuk balai penyembahan utama

Bukan itu sahaja, terdapat juga laman-laman web dan blog yang sambalewa dan menggunakan ejaan secara semberono apabila merujuk kepada TOK RAJA. Sebagai contoh;

TUK RAJA = TUK + RAJA TUK RAYA = TUK + RAYA
 

TUK = Mengikut Kamus Dewan, adalah singkatan kepada kata ATUK atau DATUK yang membawa pengertian seseorang yang merupakan bapa kepada ayah atau ibu seseorang. Pengertian kedua pula ialah, hantu atau puaka yang atau penunggu kepada sesuatu tempat. RAYA = Mengikut Kamus Dewan, muka surat 1111, RAYA membawa pengertian besar, melata, bergerak dengan perlahan-lahan, dan berjalan membuang masa. Sekiranya kata RAYA di gabungkan dengan TUK, ---> TUK RAYA, membawa maksud seorang datuk yang besar, atau datuk yang bergerak dan berjalan perlahan-lahan. Bagaimana pula sekiranya RAYA di gabungkan dengan HANTU --->HANTU RAYA, membawa pengertian hantu besar peliharaan untuk menjadi pengawal ( suruhan ) tuannya . Sebagai intiha, gelaran Tok Raja merupakan gelaran umum yang boleh diguna pakai untuk semua sami ( panggilan kepada sami terutamanya di Kelantan, Terengganu malah di beberapa daerah di Selatan Thai ). Gelaran terbabit diguna pakai di Kelantan dan beberapa daerah di Selatan Thai yang majoritinya adalah penduduk berbangsa Melayu. Namun, dasawarsa ini, gelaran Tok Raja telah sebati dan sinonim apabila kita memperkatakan Than Chau Khun Khron.

Gelaran Tok Raja Khron ini telah diterima pakai oleh pencinta-pencinta barangan mistik dari serata pelosok tanah air termasuklah di daerah-daerah Selatan Thai. Malah, saya sendiripun lebih selesa menggunakan panggilan Tok Raja apabila merujuk kepada Khron Ratchanaren. Tepuk dada, tanya selera ! Kupasan demi kupasan telahpun diutarakan terpulanglah kepada kita semua untuk menilainya. Sebagai seorang pencinta barangan mistik yang masih setahun jagung ( baru dan tidak berpengalaman ).

Kupasan dan perbincangan yang diutarakan tidak lain tidak bukan hanya untuk perkongsian semata-mata dan bukannya ingin berlagak pandai atau menunjuk-nunjuk. Sekiranya terdapat perbincangan atau fakta yang melencong atau tersasar daripada landasan perbincangan, adalah dimohon sesiapa di luar sana yang lebih berpengalaman dan berpengetahuan untuk membetulkan saya. Kecil Tapak Tangan Nyiru Saya Tadahkan !
(***Sudi ditegur dan menerima nasihat***)

“Nak Mor Phor Thit Sat Tho, Punnak Suvanno, Phrak Sithi May”

Sadhu ! sadhu ! sabbe satta sukhita hontuk !
Wie.sukhihotu09 !

The Secrets of Phra Pidta of Wat Uttamaram, Repek, Finally Revealed !

Phra Pidta of Wat Uttamaram was followed the traditional way of making Phra Phakhawan of Achan Long Phor Khron. Present wat abbot, Phra Khru Boon Tham is issuing of this limited hand made edition of Phra Pidta.

Associates with the 45th anniversary ( BE 2550 ) of Khron Paranibbana, Phra Khru Boon Tham ( Than Boon ) revealed to the public the traditional ways /methods of making Phra Pidta. These methods are using / following the same methods used by Tok Raja in those day. According to the Long Chei, the pidta was created for the fund rising purposes. The purpose of making this superb Phra Pidta was due to the lack of fund to complete the Chedi and cremation hall, Achan Long Phor Khron appeared in Than Boon dreams and had ordered Than Boon to create the this special phim of Pidta amulet to be rent out to the devotees.

The Achan Long Phor Khron’s traditional mould gadget was made of 2 pieces of wood which are connected with the hinge. There were two holes on the woods surface to place the Pidta mould, hinged woods with 2 holes to fit the Pidta mould, one on each sides. The Pidta mould was made of fibre.

These two pieces of woods were pressed together tightly by using hand to mould the Pidta. The moulded Phra Pidta was painted and coated with Black Janrakh Wax or Getah Rengas Hitam ( not the normal crystal clear rengas ) by local folks. Each Pidta was individually pressed and blessed by Than Boon then.

Pictures of blessing for ALUJAKH ( Seeking Permission ) from Achan Long Phor Khron before the making pidta processes begin.

Pictures showing Than Boon is preparing the wanj.
 

Pictures showing Than Boon is inserting the wahn into the mould.

Pictures showing Than Boon is moulding the Pidta by pressing the two pieces of woods.

Picture showing Than Boon is applying the Black Rengas onto Pressed Phra Pidta.

Pictures showing Than Boon is picking out the Pidta from the mould.

Pictures of the successfully moulded Phra Pidta.

These traditional ways and processes were rather complicated than the modern ways. Which are using the moulding machine and the amulets were pressed and completed within a minutes compare to Long Phor Khron traditional ways. Than Boon spent around 30 to 45 minutes to complete each of the Pidta amulet. This is why Phra Pidta / Phakhawan from Wat Uttamaram is very special indeed.

Apart from this special phim of Phra Pidta. There were several phims of Phra Pidta / Phakhawan which were hand made, pressed and blessed personally by Than Boon or Chau khun Mit. In order to identify such special hand made amulets, there are some hand print marks on the reverse side of the Pidta amulets.

Some old batch of hand made Phra Pidta of Wat Uttamaram.

Modern moulding machines to produce amulets.

a. Hand press moulding machine

b. The mould / block

c. Computerize moulding machine

According to wat committee, a total of 300 pieces of this special phim Phra Pidta were made and the thambun for this pidta is RM 3999. The devotee who rent out this Pidta will be given away a tongkat too ( made of janrakh tree, which strike by lighting, a donation of amount RM699 if renting out the tongkat individually ). Do correct me if I’m wrong .

You can’t find this pidta on the wat shelves. If you are interested in, kindly contact and consult Than Boon personally. Why ? Should ask Than Boon……

as for me..... just merely sharing !

sadhu ! sadhu !
sabbe satta sukhita hontuk !


Wiesukhihotu09 !

Tok Raja vs Than Dam !

Nowadays, many people claimed that, they were Tok Raja’s disciples. Many amulet traders in Malaysia, Singapore and even Thailand claimed that their gurus / achan / phor mor was one of Tok Raja’s disciples. Their claimed was made non other than to sell their amulets and soaring their amulets selling and making a huge profits from it. Amazingly, most of the new and naïve Thai amulets collectors were successfully conned and bought the propaganda items at price up to their nose. Their nonstandard, fake, imitate, mass chanted amulets were sold like a hot cake. Snap....cash and carry upon reaching the amulet shelves !

Who is/are/was/were the real Tok Raja disciple/disciples ? 

First and foremost, in order to identify the real Tok Raja disciple, he must be at least 70-75 years old now ( BE 2552). This is because Tok Raja had already passed away 47 years ago( BE 2505 – 2552 ). How about Than Dam ? As we knew, Than Dam passed away in his 67-year-of age, on 2nd December 2008. That means, in BE 2505 Than Dam just in his early 20s. Than Dam was born on Tuesday, April 15, BE 2484. ( Rat year ). His natal village was Kampung Kok Jumbok, Tak Bai, Narathiwat, Thailand. Than Dham was ordained and entered monkhood in year BE 2504 ( 26th July 1961 ) in Wat Mai Naparam. Than Dam Buddhist name is LP Dam Janthasaro.

Meaning to say that, Than Dam had just ordained 1 year before Tok Raja reached Paranibanna. So the question is…..since he was only 1 year in monkhood, did he really had travelled to study wichah under / with Tok Raja ( Achan LP Krone of Wat Bangsek ) ?

This is because the real Tok Raja disciple must be ordained or entered monkhood at least 10-15 years before BE 2505. Tok Raja always made sure that the newly ordained monk are well verse with the teaching of Buddhism before he taught them the wichah. According to my grandpa, Tok Raja never accepted a young man / new ordained monk as his disciple because he worried they will misused and couldn't handle It ( Wichah ).

Presently, there are only two persons who can vividly identify the real Tok Raja disciples. The first person is Long Chei, 87 ( 87 years old in BE 2552 ). He is the caretaker of Wat Uttamaram, Repek, Bangset. ( Info bout Long Chei is in progress ! ). Another person is Achan Kuan (Long Kuan), the youngest brother of late Chau Khun Chan, also in his 87 years old ( BE 2552 ). He had been following Tok Raja since age of 15, even became one of Tok Raja LUK JOM, his young assistant. According to Achan Kuan, late Luang Phor Daeng, Wat Khok Sai Chainat is the real Tok Raja disciple. Achan Kuan revealed the real stories about Luang Phor Daeng when he was interviewed by one of the popular and prominent Thai Amulet Magazine.

Perhaps, Achan Kuan now is one of the Tok Raja old disciples who are still alive. The other one is Phor Mor Phep, in his 90s. (Nobody knows about this folk, he lived some where in a remote area in Bukit Sireh, Kuala Krai). I have met him twice, as he is my friend’s wife great grandfather. He is old but still superb !

Back to Achan Kuan please.........Achan Kuan is one of the phor mors that personally taught by Tok Raja about Wichah, on how to cure black magic and as well as on how to perform the WAI KRU ceremony. He also learned the arts of making sacred tongkat, various tangkais and waist tangkai ( Thit Ser Mon by Kelantanese ! ) both from Tok Raja and Chau Khun Chan.

Nowadays, it is hard to obtain the tangkai or thit ser mon made by Achan Kuan, due to his old and deteriorate health. All of his tangkais were in his handwritten. Achan Kuan also made special tongkats for Than Boon, the present abbot of Wat Uttamaram ( aroung 10 to 14 cm, if I’m not mistaken). The donation to be made in order to own this tongkat is RM699 and still available. (Must be rent personally from Than Boon, were not displayed openly at the amulets corner).

According to Than Boon, this special tongkat were made from Jangrak tree. This tree was planted by Tok Raja himself to get the latex from its fruits to make phra phakawan. A few years back, this Jangrak tree was struck by lightning. Then, Than Boon took it as a sign from Tok Raja which wanted / ordered him to make used of it and to be made the sacred tongkat. We( local Repek folks and Kelantanese ) strongly believed that, the yants / khoms inserted in the tongkat were the original tongkat yants from Tok Raja. This tongkat also undergo the WAI KRU and PLUG SAEG ceremony by many famous monks both in Kelantan and Thailand ( including Than Dam ).

Back to the discussion above, according to Achan Kuan, the real Tok Raja disciples must be able to name all of Tok Raja Gurus. It is because all Tok Raja disciples had to undergo the WAI KHRU ceremony. During this ceremony, Tok Raja will PUJA and INVITE all of his gurus before passing through the WICHAH knowledge to his newly selected disciples.

If my grandpa is still alive, I’m firmly believe that he will be the FIRST person who will do that……identify and clear the air about the rumours and false claimed by irresponsible people. If he is still alive, he must be in his 108 years now. ( Passed away peacefully in 1999 at age of 98 ). Cut off the nonsense………back to the discussion.

In a nutshell, Than Dam WAS NOT Tok Raja disciple as rumoured by irresponsible parties. He may had learned the wichah from his gurus, his gurus might be one of the Tok Raja disciples ( Than Dam actually was studied and learned wichah under his prominent guru, Luang Phor Dee, Wat Sangha Sitharam, Narathiwat. Luang Phor Dee was one of Tok Raja disciples ) If that so, it doesn’t fit the claimed that he WAS Tok Raja disciple. He’s actually Tok Raja disciple’s disciple ! He might studied and learnt Tok Raja wichah BUT NOT DIRECTLY FROM TOK RAJA ! sadhu ! sadhu !

My personal advises are.....Beware of the propaganda by irresponsible Thai amulets collectors, sellers, traders or even unqualified achan and guru monk. Beware of their false claimed.

In collecting Thai amulets, do not use your ears or eyes per se , as Buddha says……… Do not accept anything on mere hearsay thus have we heard it from a long time. Do not accept anything by mere tradition thus been handed down through many generations. Do not accept anything on account of rumours without any investigation. Do not accept anything just because it accords with your scriptures. Do not accept anything by mere supposition. Do not accept anything by mere inference. Do not accept anything by merely considering the appearances. Do not accept anything merely because it agrees with your preconceived notions. Do not accept anything merely because it seems acceptable or should be accepted. Do not accept anything thinking that the ascetic is respected by us/people. 

Sadhu ! Sadhu !
sabbe satta sukhita hontuk,
Wie.sukhihotu09 !

Phor Than Chau Khun Khron - Wat Uttamaram, Batu 3 Teresek Repek, Pasir Mas, Kelantan

Tok Raja Pics

Various tpyes of Tok Raja photos to be shared. Do respect Tok's photos. Story to be shared.........LIDO and MEDO Photo Studio from Pasir Mas has been given the task / job to snap series of Tok's Photos. The photographer, the LIDO and MEDO's  ( owner himself ) asked Tok Raja whether he can own and distributes Tok's photos to the devotees. He also asked Tok Raja whether Tok's photos will become sacred / as powerful as Tok's Phakhawan. Tok replied........." wait until i breathe my last breath and you will see " sadhu ! sadhu !