Dhamma Path Blog: Visiting Wat Khao Kut & Meet Ajahn Klang Seng - Songkhla Province

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Visiting Wat Khao Kut & Meet Ajahn Klang Seng - Songkhla Province - Thailand.

There are many Wat temples in Songkhla province, whether in the mountains, forests, towns, or even in the lake. Wat Khao Kut monastery, surrounded by Songkhla Lake, is also one of the holy places for purifying the body and mind. You have to drive a mountain road to reach it at top. In Wat Khao Kut, was venerated the sacred Phra ChowKorYo Buddha statue.

Photo taken with Phra Puttha Metta. Above is beautiful of Thep Phayanak and Tao Wessuwan.

Photo taken with LP Thuad Cobra statue. Above is Asoka Pillar, Rama abd Snake King.

Many other statues along the way to top Chedi Wat Khao Kut.

Wat Khao Kut and facing with the Ko Yo lake.

The sacred unique wooden art temple of Wat Khao Kut.

All the sacred Collection Phra Buddha statues and Ajahn Klang Seng walked thru the way.

Very unique statues and photo taken with Phra ChowKorYo statue.

The sacred Collection of amulets, hand carved Ivory and rian by Ajahn Klang Seng.

New batch statues of Phra ChowKorYo.

Ajahn Klang Seng was born in 18th Sept BE2518 from Sisaket province. He was ordained as a novice monk who studied Buddhism and magical practice at the age of 21 under the guidance of Phra Kru Vikong of Wat Phi Mai. He decided to start his journey of practicing and gaining knowledge of Buddhism by traveling to Surin and to Cambodia where has a long history of Buddhism passed down since centuries whereby its an ideal place for learning and mastering the foundation of Buddhism and magical practice. During the year of his staying in Cambodia, he met various of masters who travels from all over Thailand. Ajahn Klang Seng will always exchange and seek guidance from all these practitioners who he has met during his stay in Cambodia. After a year of his journey in Cambodia, he begins to travels to Northern Part of Thailand which is Chiangmai to seek for higher guidance and knowledge of Buddhism and Magic practice from monks of the Northern Part. He also went “Tudong” in the Jungles of Western Thailand (Kanchanaburi). He crossed the border into the realm of Marit (Burma), through the remote areas of Saesawoe and Bang Graenggawia; known during that time as being the thickest, darkest Jungle which is full of dangerous animal and unknown fevers. During his “Tudong” , he managed to come across a lot of practitioner and great gurus to gain and exchange knowledge of higher magic practice from them. After his “Tudong”, he decided to travels to southern side of Thailand which is SongKhla to seek for a higher attainment of Buddhism and magical practice and decided to followed Phra Ajahn Jumnien to seek for the higher attainment of Buddhism and magic practice in Wat Tham Suea. During his studying under the guidance of Phra Ajahn Jumnien for around 4-5 years, in order to obtain a higher attainment of perception, Ajahn Klang Seng prohibited himself from utter a single word for 10 years started from BE2548. He further his journey to Wat PhaKho and stayed and rested there before headed towards a mountain, he came across a long abandoned temple. While he was exploring the temple, he came across a Chedi with a small Buddha Statue stated Somdej ChaoKorYo. This sacred statue is a famous Buddha image and was guardian of that mountain.