Phra Nak Prok 84 Phansa Ruun Charoen Pokkasrap B.E. 2540 Nuea Thong Lueang Rom Dam from his holiness the Supreme patriarch of Thailand Somdej Phra Sangkharat Phra Yanasangwon, abbot of Wat Bowon (Wat Bowonnivet Vihara), Amphoe Phra Nakhon, Changwat Bangkok, Thailand, from the 3.10.2540 (1997). His holiness created the amulet in a numbered small series of only 999 amulets. Here the amulet with the serial number 684 of 999 is offered.
The amulet was published on the occasion of the 84th birthday of his holiness on the 3.10.2540 (1997) in Wat Bowon. It shows the Phra Nak Prok, which is also called Saturday Buddha (Phra Wan Sao).
The amulet was poured from holy metals, was numbered by hand on the underside and was stamped with the emblem of the Supreme patriarch. It is in a silvery metal version, height approx. 4.7 cm, width approx. 1.9 cm, thickens approx. 1.6 cm and weight approx. 24 grammes.
We deliver the amulet together with the original temple jewellery casket. In the lid of the jewellery casket there is the golden coinage "Phra Nak Prok Yoo Soo Soo 84 Phansa Ruun Charoen Pokkasrap Somdej Phra Yanasangwon Somdej Phra Sangkharat Wat Bowonnivet Viharn 3-10-2540". Above the stroke the emblem of his holiness the Supreme patriarch is to be seen.
The Supreme patriarch is the head of the Sangha and with it of all temple, monks, Mae Chis, layman and believer of Thailand, at home and abroad. At the same time he is an abbot of the royal temple 1st class, Wat Bowonnivet Vihara (briefly: Wat Bowon) in Bangkok. The venerable Somdej Phra Sangkharat Phra Yanasangwon is 19. Supreme patriarch since the introduction of this office in 1782 by his Majesty Phra Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke Rama I of the Chakri Dynasty. The Supreme patriarch is chosen by the meeting of the "older ones" (monks) and is appointed by the king. His holiness Somdej Phra Sangkharat Phra Yanasangwon is the first Supreme patriarch who does not come from the rows of the royal family and was appointed in 1989 in his office.
Somdej Phra Sangkharat was born on Friday the 03rd of October, 1913, in the year of the ox, in Ban Nua, Müang, Kanchanaburi, Siam (Thailand). He ordained on the 12th of June, 1933 in Wat Devasangharam, Kanchanaburi, in 1972 the title "Somdej" (Royal one) was given to him and in 1989 he assumed the office of the Supreme patriarch.
