This amulet of Kuman Thong is released by Luang Phor Hong (LP Hong) of Wat Petchaburi, Surin Province. LP Hong is one of the well-known venerable masters with a good reputation, and their fame spreads throughout Thailand and neighboring countries as well as part of foreign countries. Many may have heard about the greatness of LP Hong, but not many know why this benevolent grandfather is so well revered. Here, we tell a short biography that made him so famous. LP Hong is the chief abbot of the monastery Petchaburi in the district of Prasart in the province of Surin. LP Hong was born in 1917 in Surin Province into a farming family. LP Hong was a diligent and respectful boy who helped his parent in the paddy field. He was ordained as a novice monk when he turned 18.
A bizarre incident occurred three days after he was ordained. While he sat under a tamarind tree, an older woman with a young boy approached him and asked him to teach Dharma. "He replied, "I'm just an ordained monk; I cannot teach at all," The woman says it doesn't matter"; you can only recite "Namo" for us three times is enough. Can you? LP Hong remained; he wondered who are they, where they came from, and why they requested me to give them Dharma. After that, LP Hong recite "Namo" three times and suddenly words on the teaching of Lord Buddha come out of LP Hong's mouth like an experienced master spreading. When asked what this strange incident was, he says it was maybe a heritage that gave him this miraculous ability. After three months as a novice monk, he traveled into the countryside for merit and sought to learn from other teachers. LP Hong wandered the country, giving Dharma teachings to small villages without temples.
He then traveled to the district of Khuhan in Srisaket province, which was the Centre for Buddhist teaching, and from there, he learned and studied magic with all the masters who could teach him. Many top masters were pleased to introduce LP Hong. They taught him much-sacred knowledge, such as magic, including incantation of cleansing, charm, protection spells from weapons, guns, swords, and animals, refining wax to cure or prevent poisoning, bites, and curses, and making holy water tones one's mind and many more. It might be about the past merits that bought him to meet so many older teachers and whom he spent 30 years of his life there. LP Hong died peacefully on 5 March 2014 (B.E.2557) at 97.
Peoples offer Kuman Thong to help them achieve careers, and business success, bring luck, wealth, and fortune, help with relationships, bring love and respect from people, protect their homes and precious belonging, and protect their loved ones and family. Kuman Thong helps protect the owner from danger, misfortune, spirits, and ghosts. It is said that if one wears Kuman Thong – Kuman Thong will follow his owner and be at his side wherever they go. As in many legends, be it Kuman Thong or the Ghost Child widely called, the relationship between them and their owner is inseparable. This is the most fundamental principle, so the owners must do good for their Kuman Thong and their own. For those who worship or wear Kuman Thong, their life is always blessed by their spirits.
