[Temple] Wat Bangkutitong
[Master] Chao Khun Chan Nam/Jin Lan (Master's previous title was Luang Phor Chan Nam/Jin Lan)
[Year] Buddhist Era 2566 (2023 AD)
[Material] Made of bronze; the statue is cast from a mixture of various materials to achieve its color.
[Offering Method] A glass of clean water, flowers, and fruit. The Four-Faced God (Phra Phrom) loves beautiful things, so you can place plenty of sparkling and beautiful decorations.
[Amulet Efficacy] Attracts wealth, improves interpersonal relationships, changes luck, helps business and career, promotes love, family harmony, ensures safety, promotes health, and grants children—it is a versatile object that can fulfill all your wishes.
[Introduction to the Four-Faced God]
In Asia, it is sometimes called the "Four-Faced Buddha," but in Thailand, it is known as the "Four-Faced God," and is said to grant all wishes. This deity has four faces, each representing wealth, career, love, and health, and is in charge of all human affairs. It is one of the most popular Buddha statues in Thailand.
The Four-Faced God is a deity, not a Buddha. He is one of the three principal deities of Brahmanism. Originally named Brahma, he is the creator of all things. The Four-Faced God has four faces and eight arms, each face representing loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity. Each of the eight arms carries different implements, each representing a different power. Each implement represents bestowing upon sentient beings: blessings, health, wealth, and wisdom.
Because the Four-Faced Buddha possesses the four virtues of loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and mercy, believers can obtain complete and efficacious results in their prayers for merit, career, love, marriage, wealth, prosperity, or peace and wisdom.
The Four-Faced God can be described as a compassionate king who sees in all directions, hears in all directions, and responds to every call. The ritual implements he holds all represent different meanings.
The Four-Faced Buddha can help the wearer attract wealth, receive support from benefactors, gain more money and job opportunities, improve interpersonal relationships and attract the opposite sex, and protect against danger, trouble, and backstabbing.
Many people mistakenly refer to the Four-Faced God as the Four-Faced Buddha. According to records, the Four-Faced God is Brahma, the principal deity of Brahmanism; therefore, he is a god, not a Buddha. He is the god of creation, representing the creator of all things in the world. Each face of the Four-Faced God has a different meaning, and the implements in his eight hands represent different magical powers.
The four faces of the Four-Faced God represent:
Positive aspect: Compassion; Seeking success in studies, career, reputation, and status.
The second aspect [Sadness]: Seeking love, marriage, and benefactors, etc.
The third side [Joy]: Seeking wealth and prosperity, etc.
The fourth section, "She" (舍), is for praying for good health and the removal of misfortunes.
Ritual implements represent different magical powers.
Scriptures: Represent wisdom and intelligence
Rosary beads: Represent reincarnation and spiritual practice
Guns and clubs: representing the expulsion of all demons and monsters.
Vase: Represents that wishes will be fulfilled.
Conch shell: Represents a continuous flow of wealth.
Handprints: Represent blessings of peace and good fortune
Falun: Represents the elimination of disasters and difficulties and the expulsion of evil spirits and karmic obstacles.
Ruyi Bao: Represents all things going well.
[Introduction by Luang Phor Chan Nam]
Wat Ban Kut Thong, located in Pathum Thani province, is home to a highly respected monk named Luang Phor Chan Nam, who, despite his young age, has gained considerable fame in Thailand in recent years. He is a very young and highly reputable master.
Luang Phor Chan Nam was a descendant of the Mao people of Thailand (who originally lived in parts of Myanmar but later dispersed due to various factors). Luang Phor Chan Nam became a monk at a young age and diligently studied various magical arts and scriptures under different masters. Furthermore, during meditation, he would receive instruction in various magical arts and incantations from Luang Phor Toh, Ajahn Toh, Luang Phor Kwee, and Luang Phor Suk, thus making the amulets he created extremely potent.
Luang Phor Chan Nam greatly respected the former abbots of Luang Phor Thuad, Ajahn Toh, Luang Phor Kwee, Luang Phor Sut, and Wat Ban Kut Thong, so his temple has portraits of these five masters hanging in it.
He is also the inheritor of the ancient magic of making four-faced Buddha amulets at Wat Saket, and therefore his temple holds a four-faced Buddha amulet making ceremony every year, which attracts thousands of people. Many of his followers have said that wearing his four-faced Buddha amulets has brought them success in their careers, fortunes, and other aspects of life. The miraculous stories of Luang Phor Chan Nam have spread far and wide through word of mouth among his followers.
Luang Phor Chan Nam was born in 2515 BE ( 1972 AD ) . He had three children and loved visiting temples from a young age. He often chatted with the abbot of Wat Ban Kut Thong and became very close to him. He was eager to learn magic from various monks from a young age, neglecting his schoolwork. In 2529 BE, he became a novice monk and traveled with his master to various places, learning many profound magical arts. He eventually returned to Wat Ban Kut Thong to study under the abbot. In 2538 BE, at the age of 23 , Luang Phor Chan Nam officially became a monk. He began to receive more advanced training and began to tattoo amulets on devotees. However, fearing that devotees might abuse his blessings, he no longer tattoos amulets for them.
