The Guitar Strings

When asking about why while sakyant, takrut, amulet and all those rituals that is not any part of Buddha teachings yet they practically existed in most of the Thai temples, Arjan Tia tell me the following story of Buddha:

 “Buddha spent his first 49 days sitting under the bodhi tree, he ate very little, just a couple of seeds a day and became very thin. As he didn't wash, his hair was so matted and dirty that birds even started to nest in his hair. Soon he became very ill. Then one day he heard a guitar playing and started to think about what part of the guitar made the beautiful music. He realised that if the strings were too tight they would snap; if they were too loose there would be no sound at all. The beautiful music was made when the string was tightened just right. The prince realised that if he lived a life of extremes, never washing or eating, or even washing and eating too much, then this could cause him problems. He realised that rather than eat nothing at all he should eat just a little each day.”

And so Arjan Tia said: “we have to find the right way to do the right thing, I could just eat and meditate all days but what about those people who needs help, what about this temple who is gonna build it, when there is no temple who is gonna know and learn about Buddha, my master (Luang Phor Top) used to told me when you arrived at somewhere and you see peoples in pain and need for help and if you loved the peoples, you must bless them with chant and do whatever it takes to help them get out from the trouble. The ancient supernatural power of sakyant, amulet, takrut and rituals will help people to solve their problem and hence they can form a better living of life, this is the most effective way to make them believe in Buddha and the efficient way of introducing buddha to them.”

Arjan Tia can chant fluently in Pali while at the age of 13 years old, his master (Luang Phor Top) taught him many things and pass him with many valued ancient scripts. Besides of Buddha teachings, he is also fascinated into the learning of supernatural power skill, he used to saw his master walk on the water without sinking, it was witnessed by many villagers too, I was shocked listen to this because I thought only the legend monk Luang Phor Thuad is capable of doing that. Arjan Tia has many ancient scripts that given by his master Luang Phor Top (Luang Phor Top is the non blood relation brother of Luang Phor Koon), he said it is very important to find the correct way inside the body through meditation beside of just chanting them out. He is working hard for many years to exercise some rituals/magic that will shock the world if he success, I can’t wait for this day to come early.