Introduction about King of Wealth Turtle - Luang Phor Liew Wat Rai Tang Tong

Introduction about King of Wealth Turtle - Luang Phor Liew Wat Rai Tang Tong

LP Liew was born in the year BE 2448 (1905) and passed away at the age of 95 in BE 2543 (2000).
LP Liew was born in a place where agriculture was the main source of income. When he was young, World War 1 befall on the world and even at that age, LP Liew was greatly saddened by the fact that he could help in any way towards the disaster that happened in front of his eyes. Therefore, he left his parents and went to the border of Thailand to find a master with high skills in hope to learn powerful spells to help disadvantaged people.

After a few years, LP Liew returned to his hometown and wanted to protect his hometown from gangsters and robbers in his own ways. Although he was able to ward off them for time being, it was a vicious cycle. After a long period of time, LP Liew’s mother was saddened upon seeing this, and very reluctant to let LP Liew remained this way. She hoped that LP Liew could break away from the cycle of using violence to control violence. To stop such confrontations, LP Liew went forward and ordained as a monk at the age of 27 years old.

After becoming a monk, the LP Liew hoped to help the villagers with the help of Buddhism, so he began to study again. He learned Buddhism and magic from many famous teachers at that time. After the Second World War, various industries were in recession. At this moment LP Liew also started to supervise the construction of sacred relics to raise funds to build temples in 2500 of the Buddhist calendar, including schools and health centres that the people needed. They were all completely built by LP Liew’s fund raising. All of them were built with funds raised by LP Liew so that all the residents could get help. They were done bit by bit from scratch to help the residents, including the surrounding provincial capitals. LP Liew’s kindness and determination was widely known throughout the nation.

In the process, LP Liew’s most famous relic is the Turtle of Wealth. Known as the King of Wealth Fetching Turtle, this category of amulets made LP Liew famous, and it can be regarded as a classic up till this date. This includes a Wealth Turtle named “Suk Jai” which means “Happy, Wish-Fulfilment”. It was created with the direction in hope that believers can achieve everything they want but also be prosperous & happy. Believers are convinced that wearing the wealth turtle of LP Liew can help in terms of fortune & wealth, but also longevity, popularity, prevent disasters, avoid danger etc. It is full-featured, all-round and highly collectible. Many consider it a very high amulet holy relic.

The turtle is an auspicious animal in the Chinese area. It is characterized by the fact that it can only move forward and never retreat. In addition, its lifespan is more than 100 years, and its shell is hard. It also represents longevity, good harvest, and sturdiness. In Buddhist legends, there was a Bodhisattva who was reincarnated as a divine turtle. The legend says that crew members of a ship faced a crash and was running out of food. The divine turtle sacrificed his life to feed the crew members with flesh to prevent the crew from killing each other due to starvation; the turtle shell was also turned into hulls and carried the crew members back to their hometowns safely. When they were protected, they brought the turtle shells back to enshrine them. Later, these crew members lived a long life. Everyone in business was prosperous and there was an endless stream of wealth.

Therefore, in order to commemorate the good deeds of the turtle Bodhisattva, some masters began to make many amulets of the turtle, which can ensure safety, prevent lawsuits, attract popularity and good luck, and people who are not doing well in their careers are especially suitable for wearing or enshrining this image.

 

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師父生於佛曆2448年,圓寂於佛曆2543年,享年95歲。

師父出生的地方以農牧為主,但在10多歲遭遇到第一次世界大戰,但當時的師父沒有辦法改變眼前發生的戰禍,所以離開了父母,到泰國邊境找尋術法高強的老師,希望可以學習強大的術法,來幫助弱勢的人民。

過了幾年之後,師父回到了家鄉,而憤世嫉俗的師父,用他的方式來守護著家鄉,免於歹徒強盜的掠奪,但雖然可以抵擋一時的侵擾,但卻一直的不斷循環和對立著,長期下來,母親長期下來難過之餘,當然也非常不捨師父如此,便希望師父可以脫離以暴制暴的輪迴,而才讓師父停手對立,而後在27歲,出家為僧。
成為僧人後,師父希望能借由佛法,來幫助村民,於是又開始了學習之路,這之中也拜託和向當時諸多的名師學習佛法和術法,在又經歷了第二次世界大戰後,各產業百業蕭條,在這個時刻,龍普留師父也在佛曆2500年開始督造聖物籌款建寺廟,包括人民需要的學校、衛生所等,都完全由師父籌款興建起來,讓居民都能得到幫助,全部都是從無到有的一點一滴的完成來幫助居民,包括週邊的省府,也都有受到龍普留的幫助,師父的善心和超強力的執行力,也當然的令師父聲名大噪。

而這個過程,師父最有名的聖物就是財龜了,素有財龜之王美名的瓦賴丹通龍普留大師督造的財龜是非常有名的,而且堪稱完美的經典之作,包括有一期名為"肅齋"的財龜,意譯為「開心、心滿意足、求事成願」,就是期許讓信眾能求事情都能達成且心滿意足外,更讓信眾發財又開心,泰國信眾們深信,佩戴龍普留師父的財龜可以有助正財偏財外,也能長壽、增人緣、還可擋災避險、避刀槍傷害等等,是全功能全方位且高收藏性極高的佛牌聖物。

而龜在華人區是一種吉祥的動物,其特徵是只會向前不會後退的,加上其壽命有百年以上、外殼堅硬,更也代表著長壽、豐收與堅固;在佛教傳說中,曾有菩薩在未修鍊得正果前曾投生為神龜,遇上海難的船員,神龜自己犧牲生命以肉身餵食船員、避免船員因飢餓而自相殘殺;龜殼也化成船身,載運船員平安的回到故鄉,這些船員感念神龜的慈悲憐閔及眷護,就將龜殼帶回供奉,後來這些船員均很長壽,作生意每個人都發達興旺、財源滾滾而來。

所以開始有師父為紀念神龜菩薩的善行修為,就製作出許多神龜護符,可保平安、防官司陷害招來人緣及好運,事業不順的人尤其適合佩戴或供奉此護身吉祥物。
據傳說若有遭受陷害的官司,亦可將神龜壓在名字上即可化解等傳聞。

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