Amulet - Luang Phor Wean ND

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Garuda with auspicious text in Khmer below.

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Luang Phor Waen Suciṇṇo หลวงปู่แหวน สุจิณโณ; born 16 February 1887 – 2 July 1985, was a Buddhist monk in Thailand, and part of the Thai Forest Tradition.

He took novice ordination at the age of 9 years old, in 1896, as per the request of his mother and grandmother. He had not received any formal education in his youth, but as a young novice he began studying the mūla-kachai, which is no-longer done in Thailand after Somdet Phra Maha Samana Chao Krom Phraya Vajirañāṇavarorasa changed the curriculum in the early 1900s. While he was still studying, he reached the age required for full ordination and was ordained at Wat Saang Taw, with Phra Ajahn Waen as his preceptor.

After his original teachers had all disrobed, he felt the need to go searching for a new teacher, and finally met Ajahn Mun around 1918. Luang Pu Waen Sucinno reordained as a monk in the Dhammayuttika Nikaya with Tan Chao Khun Upālī Guṇūpamājaa as his preceptor sometime between 1921 and 1931. In 1955, Luang Pu met Phra Ajaan Noo Sucitto, who later invited him to stay at Wat Doi Mae Pang, where Luang Pu was looked after until he died in 1985 due to health complications.

"Luang Pu Waen Suciṇṇo - Wikipedia" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luang_Pu_Waen_Suci%E1%B9%87%E1%B9%87o

Amulet Details:
Reverend Grandfather Waen amulet, native model He made it to distribute only to the committee that created it. It is one of the generations of you who have a very high experience in worshiping because they have been consecrated in many big ceremonies. It was created by the monks in Wang Saphung District, Loei Province as a memorial. From the name of the generation that originated because Luang Pu was born in Loei Province in the year 1889 and for the purpose of finding buoys for the construction of the teaching pavilion and the Phra Pariyat Thamma School. This coin, in addition to Luang Pu praying for good spirits, was consecrated with the famous Rao Sue coin on July 1, 1977. The creator also brought this coin to Luang Pu Khamsaen, Khun Langro. The creator of the famous bull archer throughout the country and the teacher of that era consecrated it again.

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Thai Forest Tradition
The Thai Forest Tradition started around 1900 with Ajahn Mun Bhuridatto, who wanted to practice Buddhist monasticism, and its meditative practices, according to the normative standards of pre-sectarian Buddhism. After studying with Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo and wandering through the north-east of Thailand, Ajahn Mun reportedly became a non-returner and started to teach in North-East Thailand. He strived for a revival of the Early Buddhism, insisting on a strict observance of the Buddhist monastic code, known as the Vinaya, and teaching the practice of jhāna and the realisation of nibbāna.

Initially, Ajahn Mun's teachings were met with fierce opposition, but in the 1930s his group was acknowledged as a formal faction of Thai Buddhism, and in the 1950s the relationship with the royal and religious establishment improved. In the 1960s, Western students started to be attracted to the movement, and in the 1970s Thai-oriented meditation groups spread in the West.

Underlying attitudes of the Thai Forest Tradition include an interest in the empirical effectiveness of practice, the individual's development, and the use of skill in their practice and living.