Story by Luang Phor Jaran Thittadhammo

Story by Luang Phor Jaran Thittadhammo

When Khun Sakchai first came to Wat Amphawan, he was penniless. I looked at his face using "perceiving" and saw that he would become extremely rich in the future. 

Just go and enter a meditation retreat for 7 days and 7 nights, then Luang Phor will help you. After practising the kammathan, wisdom is born and a weapon is obtained. 

Now he has opened 5 restaurants in Australia and is going to Brunei for business as well. He has assets worth 100 million baht. 

Some people don't come to practice, they are lazy and just want to be rich. Or they just come and sit and talk throughout the programme. 

If you want to be rich, take the example of Mr. Sakchai. He told me that the people who came to work with him were all honest.

If we practice the kammathan and extend loving-kindness to others, they will turn from evil to good. 

There were farang who came to eat with one another, after saving money for some time, money flowed in, gold flowed in. 

Meditation makes people rich. Just saying this, no one believes. But you will become rich in wisdom, rich in problem solving.

Today, Mr. Sakchai came to tell me that he obtained good things from this temple. "I was able to earn enough money because of what Luang Phor taught. Meditation helps a lot. Mindfulness tells me what I should do or what I shouldn't do. 

There are people who apply for jobs, some of them have bad habits. Like to lie, but I see it and feel pity for them. I pae metta to them. He quit lying. Quit being a thief. Extend my loving-kindness towards them." 

This is called being rich. 

This is the meditation practice. Chanting the Buddhaguna, Dhammaguna, Sanghaguna, Chanting Pahung Mahaka. Then can we have sati panya. 

If the mind is kind, the mind is comfortable, you will be rich. If the mind becomes narrow, the money runs away, everything shrinks. 

Luang Phor Jaran Thittadhammo

Wat Amphawan, Singburi Province