Video documentation of the Bang Fai Payanak festival at the end of Buddhist Lent, where fireballs are seen to erupt from the Mekhong river and fly up into the sky. This happens regularly every year.
This clip shows some really Vehement and violent testing of the powers of Kong Grapan (invincibility against sharp or ballistic weapons) – the Ajarn scratches the devotees’ backs extremely hard and repeatedly. Im not sure if i would say that it is a true test of Kong Grpan though, ans the devotees are covered in […]
Buddhism? – Animism? Miracles? Should Monks perform Miracles? l In this clip is a very valid and interesting aspect of the relationship between Animism, Brahminism and Buddhism in both Thailand and Cambodia, and the debate whether or not it is fitting for Buddhists to practise Saiyasart (Occult Magick), and Animist rites. Humanly it is a […]
This video depicts Hlwong Por Sue using a Japanese Katana to test the power of his Kong Grapan amulets. This Monk/Ruesi (i say this because he is a Buddhist monk who dresses in red because he is also Ruesi), uses a Samurai sword on the stomach of his devotees to test the Kong Grapan power […]
> These kids playing “look Dtakror get a shock when one of the fellows goes into “Khong Khuen” trance and starts behaving erratically. In the end there is also another member of the group infected and they both end up on the floor after re-enacting some kind of mythical battle (end scene) – Thhe kids […]
I also once saw a video from wat tam faed temple in Kanjanaburi, which made a showshowing how the abbot pulled the “mid Hmor” (magic knife) out of the “Nam Monthr” (prayer water) and rolled some kind of “ectoplasmic goo” around it, which seemed to come from the “khee tian” (candle wax) which he had […]
Ajarn Thoy tattoos Gao Yord – Katas are revealed in speech bubbles.
Ajarn Kiaw tatooing Hanuman breaking Erawan’s neck