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Due to high rental, the “shops” that offered prayer and blessing service to devotees in Singapore usually charge high fees, and the “blessing” that took place usually last for a few minutes to at most half an hour. These shops tried their best to allow the most number of devotees to be “blessed”, therefore, these “prayer and blessing” were usually conducted under time constraint that did not allow a favorable condition or environment for a proper traditional and thorough ritual for cleansing the devotee’s Karmic debts, blessing to improve their Karma and removing spiritual attacks or black magic spells to take place holistically. Some shops even hope that you will trance, and then take photos of you and put onto the internet. Let’s remind ourselves that the Buddha has always encouraged us to have a clear and conscious mind to obtain enlightenment, and not to indulge in any activities that cause us to lose our sanity, compassionate and pure nature.


And recently, due to the proliferation in social media and the apparently quick return in benefits of using certain “barangs” or “Yin amulets” that usually carried with them untamed spirits, many devotees did not consider the long-term risks of using them and got backfired by these “holy items”. They got themselves into serious problems and extreme bad luck after their initial “gains”, and many are now seeking help, without knowing the proper channel to turn to. Very often, they fall into the cycle again of getting more “holy items” and paying more money for “blessings” to deal with their bad luck, and in the process, losing money and committing more errors that caused further complication and problems.



I personally have misused some of these so called “barangs” or “yin amulets” in the past and have nearly lost my life due to curses that broke out as a result of my ignorance as a beginner in the past without proper guidance and strong Dhamma practice. I developed blood poisoning and was admitted to the Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital. The doctor could not find out the reason why it happened but said that I would have died if I arrived at the hospital just slightly later. I was not able to walk. Fortunately, my family decided to invite Ajarn to pray for me. I recovered after staying 2 weeks in the hospital. From then on, I have learnt my mistake the hard way and decided is time to change. I studied Dhamma and Thai astrological reading under Ajarn and her teaching eventually gave me wisdom and way of life that have set me free. I was grateful for the very compassionate Ajarn Maesiteung in saving my life and also guiding me into the right direction.

I shared this personal information as I don’t want others to repeat my mistakes and continue to generate bad merits due to ignorance in their lives. From then on, I have also vowed to Buddha to help other devotees to follow the right way in Dhamma practice, and I have never felt more peaceful and satisfied in my inner spiritual world since then. 2 years ago, I have decided to leave my job as a registered counselor for autistic and special needs youths in one of the largest Buddhist welfare organizations in Singapore, and moved to Thailand to follow Ajarn and study Buddhism and astrological reading under her and other monks.






I also carried out voluntary teaching for the village children from underprivileged families and helped out in building schools for them. It has been the most exciting journey living and studying Buddhism and helping other people in Thailand. It is also one of my greatest dreams that I can continue to do more for the children from the underprivileged families and orphans in Myanmar and Thailand, and to help in completing the temple, to allow a more holistic place for studying Buddhism, prayers and worship that will benefit many more devotees.


I was fortunate to have met some of the top Monks and Ajarn such as Chalermchai Kositpipat, Kruba Noi, LP Chamnan...etc and being blessed by them.

I have also gone through some of the very interesting yet powerful ritual in Thailand. This “coffin ritual” in Theravada Buddhism allowed devotees to lie inside the coffins as a symbol of dying to their old selves and to be reborn again. Very much like a baptism found in other religions. It helped to clear our Karmic debts and also give us a new auspicious birth date and time, thus creating a better and more balanced elementary life energy field, or in layman terms, Ba Zi or birth chart for the devotees, thus transforming our destiny. But what's most important behind the meaning of this ritual is to die to our own desires and to live a new life following the Dhamma practice, by seeking the right knowledge, having the right intention and be compassionate to all sentient beings.

I hope by sharing all these information, you will be able to make a more informed choice when faced with so many self-proclaimed "Helpers, Masters or Healer" in the name of Dhamma. I hope I have given you a better understanding of what I am doing, and also a better understanding of what you should and should not be doing. Enlightenment and wisdom does not come from blindly following. It takes self inquiry, constant investigation and perseverance to find out the truths. No one ever lived long enough to make all the mistakes others have made and learn. I hope that whoever read this sharing will be blessed with the right direction on the Dhamma journey.

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