Thai amulet of power

Let's talk about the votive tablet which is commonly known as the Thai amulet (amulet of power). It's a kind of Thai Buddhist blessed item. It is mainly used in raising funds for the purpose of helping the temple that produces the amulets. It is observed that Thai Buddhist has at least one Thai amulet indicating their respect for Buddha. Amulets are of different kinds of sizes, shapes and also made up of different substances such as plaster, bone, wood and metal. Though a newly made amulet is not very attractive, by the addition of some packaging the amulet becomes stylish, beautiful and also protects the amulet within it. The amulets are used to symbolize the teachings of Buddha and everything associated with Buddha. It is believed that those people who wear this amulet is blessed with good deeds and also overcome some critical accidents. It also brings protection, wealth, and luck. It is commonly seen that young and old people wearing amulets. There are a variety of Thai amulets available like Butterfly amulet, Brahma amulet, Ganesh amulet, Nong Kwak, Phra Pid-Ta, Phra Somdej, Kwan Yin and many others which are meant to provide luck, success, wealth, health, power etc. Some of the things that have to be noted are:1) Praying before and after wearing amulets2) Should not wear under the waist3) Should not wear the amulet while having sexual relationships4) If you are not wearing the amulet, see to that it is placed at a higher and a clean place5) According to ancient story, you must wear the amulets in odd numbers. (Eg: 1, 3, 5, 7,  etc) A well-known prayer, Namo tasa bhagavato arahato samma sambuddhassa, is the prayer that people usually say for 3 times before wearing the amulet and also after wearing on the amulets. It is used to indicate the respect towards Buddha and the teachings of Buddhism.

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