Bangsek Kelantan Pidta Genres of Southern Thailand

This article story is based on our previous article - The Origin of Kelantan Pidta Genres. First and foremost we are no Kelantanese ourselves but we've written quite extensively about Kelantan's sacred amulets. This story will delight every Kelantan's amulet enthusiast particularly Bangsek's Pidta with a new breath of information about Tok Raja's Dharma legacy and his lineage of disciples in Theravada Buddhism practice at a predominantly Malay Muslim's region.

Collecting Bangsek style Pidta talisman can be very addictive once you become a serious collector. The key reason for writing this article is because over the years we've came across various Pidta Bangsek while doing research study for our articles. It's impossible to have a complete collection of all these wonderful Pidta Bangsek and we thought it's more beneficial to reveal it here for the interest of knowledge sharing.

The picture illustration of this article story is depicting the temple for Dharma study inside a bottle which can be reached by wooden sampan through the Golok River that separated Thailand from Kelantan. Tok Raja's teachings had flourished to other Southern parts of Thailand from his lineage of disciples practicing the Dharma discipline depicted by the Lotus petal. The surrounding Pidtas are the legacy of Bangsek's sacred arcane magic.     

Narathiwat is the center stage of this article story because outside of Kelantan, this legendary Bangsek's Pidta are mostly found in this southern Thai region.  Special thanks to Tak They and friends from Kelantan for making this article possible with credible info pertaining to Tok's lineage disciples. 

CK Khron Rachanaren, Tok Raja

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Before we go any further, let's quickly recap back the meaning of "Bangsek". The terminology Bangsek actually came from a temple called Wat Bangsek that was started by Chao Koon Khron or more popularly known as Tok Raja. This old temple name was replaced later with the name Wat Uttamaram as we know today. Because of the miracles of these sacred talismans particularly the Pidta that was created by Tok Raja himself during the 2nd World War to protect people from harm, the reputation of Pidta Bangsek's formidable power soon gained famed not just in Kelantan but all over the Thai Kingdom.

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The tradition of making Pidta Bangsek style is still very much alive today even after more than 50 years since the passing away of the grandmaster maker Tok Raja. The evidence is clear from the many production of Bangsek's direct and indirect lineage disciples from within Kelantan and across the Thai border.

Crossing over to the Kelantan-Thai border, the famous Golok River is the gateway to Southern Thailand of Narathiwat. This is where we will start our story beginning with the senior most disciple of Tok Raja known in history, Phor Than Daeng from Wat Thong Dee Pachalam, Sungai Golok.

Phor Than Daeng was born on 3rd August B.E.2449 (C.E.1906) in Takbai, Narathiwat. During his teenage days there's no boundary demarcation in this Southern part of Thailand.  As a young lad, he traveled around the southernmost area to visit some Buddhist temples. One of the temple he visited was Wat Bangsek. He quickly became one of Tok Raja's disciple.

Phor Than Daeng, Wat Thong Dee, Sg. Golok 

Phor Than Daeng is good in Metta Mahaniyom, KlaewKlad (escape from harm), KongKrapan (self-defense against sharp objects) and Maha Utt (impenetrable by gunshot). He is a very close friend of Phor Than Daeng of Wat Pikulthong (Tumpat, Kelantan).

Phor Than Daeng passed away on 13th December B.E.2532, Wednesday 6.40am in sitting meditation posture. Visitors can visit Wat Thong Dee Pachalam to pay homage to Phor Than Daeng. With deepest respect to Phor Than Daeng for achieving Parinibbana by his early Dharma learning under the guidance of Tok Raja.

Phor Than Daeng, Kg. Terbok, Tumpat

There is another senior monk from Tok Raja's lineage also by the name of Phor Than Daeng from Wat Kok Sai in Southern Thailand.  Wat Uttamaram Bangsek had produced many top Buddhist monks in Kelantan as a result of Tok's vision to have a Dharma school at his hometown in Kampung Repek, Pasir Mas.  

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From recorded life story about Phor Than Daeng, once there was a dying woman in a village. Everybody says she has no hope of survival due to some mysterious illness. But when Phor Than Daeng visited the house of this woman, he said she can live. Phor Than Daeng administered some herbs into the mouth of the woman and let her swallow it. The woman vomited out some kind of dark residues and was later cured and lived.

Another story account was about an attempted killing of Phor Than Daeng by some unknown assailants.  The gunmen went to the kuti (resident hut) of Phor Than Daeng presumably to test the power of this monk by shooting with live bullets.  Miraculously for no apparent reason the guns got jammed and couldn't fire. There're other many other stories and accounts of this great monk.  
 
In Narathiwat there's another close lineage at Wat Pairok Pacaram whom is the nephew of Tok Raja by the name of Than Muerk.  LP Muerk was born in Pasir Mas, Kelantan, Malaysia. His mother is a sister of Tok Raja.

After his ordination into the Sangha Order in BE2467, he resides at Wat Bangsek (Wat Uttamaram, Pasir Mas Kelantan) before returning to Narathiwat. Here he continued his studies and learning magical knowledge from Tok Raja until a point he became invincible to human eyes during meditation. During his stays at Wat Bangsek he also helps Tok Raja to make early batches of Pidta Nur Phong Kluk Rak which is very desirable in the amulet collecting circle and very expensive to acquire nowadays.

Than Muerk Pidta Bangsek circa B.E.2520

Than Muerk learned arcane sciences from Tok Raja even before entering monkhood. He only started making his very own Pidta amulets in B.E.2520 - B.E.2521.  This is about the same time as Phor Than Daeng of Wat Thong Dee started making amulets at later stage in life before passing away.

Than Muerk Pidta Bangsek circa B.E.2520

All the Pidta Bangsek made at Wat Pairok are individually handmade by Than Muerk and their sizes can vary in terms of different sizes and slight irregularity in appearance.

As mentioned earlier, there's another Tok Raja's senior disciple also by the name Phor Than Daeng from Wat Kok Sai. Because of the similarity of name, there's been a lot of confusion between Than Daeng Wat Thong Dee and Wat Kok Sai.

Phor Than Daeng, Wat Kok Sai

From historical record, Phor Than Daeng first consecrated his 1st batch of Pidta in B.E.2540 mainly made from herbs with other powerful sacred materials. Along the way in later Pidta batches we could also find other component materials such as Lead (Takua), etc.



Next we would touch on another southern master famous for his Bangsek Pidta. Chao Koon Onn (CK Onn) from Wat Phrachumchomtara at Sungai Padi, Narathiwat. This temple is located not too far a distance after crossing the Ranjau Panjang's immigration checkpoint if you're entering from Kelantan.

CK Onn, Wat Phrachumchontara Sg. Padi

CK Onn did not learn the making of Pidta Bangsek from Tok Raja. His teacher is Than Chan Keramat. Than Chan Keramat is another very famous master in making amulet talismans during the same era as Tok Raja.

CK Onn is highly respected for his Pidta Bangsek and wooden Tongkat Maikru. That's how we first got to know CK Onn through his earlier Pidta dating back to B.E.2538.

As seasoned hobbyist collector, we must always try to acquire meaningful amulets in terms of the purpose of issuance, if the money generated from donation of the amulet goes back to its intended purpose. Very importantly we must be vary if there're any middlemen or greedy amulet traders trying to interfere in the price manipulation of a particular amulet. So to speak not every batch of amulets that comes out from temples consecration will carry the true spirit of Buddhist's cause.
  

When we are mindful on the tricks played by some of these greedy traders, we can avoid being duped into their usual marketing propaganda for a certain amulet by a monk or temple. Another very common mistake is to fall into the trap of acquiring fake/replicas.  This is all part-and-puzzle of the amulet hobbyist world.    

Moving along is another Southern Thai monk known for making Pidta Bangsek at Takbai, Narathiwat.  Luang Phor Dam entered the Sangha Order in B.E.2504 at Wat Mai Naparam. He then traveled to Wat Bangsek because he wanted to gain knowledge from Tok Raja. But due to Tok's old age and ailing health, he was recommended to study from another senior monk from Wat Bangsek.

LP Dam Wat Mai Naparam

Luang Phor Dam or Than Dam mostly studied under Phor Than Dee of Wat Sanghasitharam at Narathiwat.  Phor Than Dee is a disciple of Tok Raja.  Phor Than Dee studied arcane knowledge concerning Phra Pidta and Mai Kru from Tok Raja.  Luang Phor Dam later learned these crucial arcane sciences from Phor Than Dee.    

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Pidta B.E.2537 & Bullet Takrut

The making of Than Dam's efficacious talismans is based on what raw material is at hand. In the early days every visitors to Wat Mai Naparam will receive different Pidta version and of different materials from Than Dam himself. Concerning Than Dam's Pidta Bangsek, we can find a lot of variation apart from those more popular known batches seen on the Internet and forums.

Although Than Dam is not a direct disciple of Tok Raja but he is still considered as part of the lineage because he had demonstrated his life devotion to learning the sacred art of making highly responsive and 'lively' Pidta Bangsek with absolute confidence. Than Dam passed away in B.E.2551 (C.E.2008).

From the onset of these lineage generation of Pidta Bangsek, many non-Kelantanese folks may have not heard Wat Nikhom Waeng. During our first trip to Wat Uttamaram we learned that some of the amulets and Buchas were actually chanted and consecrated by this temple.

Than Jerk Wat Nikhom Waeng

According to one local Kelantanese amulet collector, Than Jerk is a very close friend of Chao Koon Chan the previous abbot of Wat Uttamaram.

Wat Nikhom Waeng is nested in the deep south of Narathiwat close to the Malaysia's border. We have provided a Google map location to give you an idea of the temple whereabout. Seemed close enough to Kelantan but yet not easy to get here largely due to the danger of insurgents and security matter.

The close association between both temples (Wat Nikom and Wat Uttamaram) had resulted in several batches of Pidta that was co-blessed and jointly consecrated at Wat Uttamaram sometime in B.E. 2534 and B.E.2536.  The friendship between both temples had preserved till today in helping one another in preserving the Dharma.

Wat Nikhom Waeng also produces Pidta Bangsek and other Tok Raja's commemorative talismans over the past 2 decades. We hope this continuation would carry the legacy of Tok Raja to the next generation of Theravada Buddhists and amulet hobbyist collectors for Southern Thailand's Bangsek Pidta.

This article had highlighted the Southern lineage of Tok Raja's disciples and their respective Pidta Bangsek. We hope you've enjoyed reading this wonderful story about a great lineage in its own right that started with a humble beginning at a small village in Kelantan.

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Adjacent to Yala and Pattani, Narathiwat Province has been in turmoil for quite some time already due to the escalation of religious violence and unrest. You're advised to take every possible precautions when travelling to this deepest south part. We can only be hopeful toward a peaceful life for the society at large here to flourish once again.

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Average men are only surface-seers. Wise men sees things as they truly are. To the wise all life is suffering and he finds no real happiness in this world which deceives mankind with illusory pleasures. Material happiness is merely the gratification of some desire. No sooner is the desired thing gained, the desire begins to vanish. Insatiate are all desires.  

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Recently I went back to my hometown and all of a sudden recalled something that I've not seen for many years. I asked my retired dad if he still recall seeing my knife. "What knife?" replied my dad. I briefly told him about my knife that has rubber straps for snorkeling or diving use.  He then described to me a white box and asked if that's the box I'm looking for. To my astonishment he could describe the white box as I remembered the last time about 20 years ago that's where I stored it under my old bed. I then asked if that box is still in the house after so many years of neglect and the old bed was already been dismantled. My face was telling him that I'm very inquisitive and am looking forward to see if it's still around somewhere in the house. He went to the store room and started searching for a while and with a big surprise he came back with the said old white box. My scuba knife was found together with an old mask and a snorkel that I have totally forgotten.

My dad's effort made me realized that being parents they won't simply throw away their children's stuffs for certain reasons. The only reason that I could think of is the sentimental value that parent's felt when seeing in their kids' belongings and they would like to keep those stuffs as sweet memory in their old age. Likewise some of my text books during school days are still being kept in proper cabinets. That's what make parents so special.

Great memories came flashing back through my mind when looking at these old stuffs. The first person that I recalled was my old buddy from college days Gary Choong - a true mariner and sportsman with a passion for water sports. A daredevil I would say especially when he's in his scuba gear fully submerged underwater. To put it briefly, sharks normally black tips found in Tioman Island surroundings are also afraid of this guy. Those were the days in Damansara, SS2 PJ and then Singapore and Tioman where we used to hang around. Those disco days and club hangouts are merely memories of the past for having such friendship. A class of its own with truly great musics to chill out those days.

Good quality knives for scuba should be able to withstand rusting from seawater and 316L stainless steel grade is commonly used for this purpose. Do not attempt test your regular Meed Mor under such condition as the material used to produce Meed Mor is totally different (read Meed Mor - The Conquering Knife) and for different purpose.

New replacement mask & snorkel

The forgotten treasures brought back those beautiful memories of beautiful islands and sandy beaches not forgetting some friendly but greedy inhabitants in these islands. These few island pictures (including the greedy islander monkey) were taken recently to put my perspective into place in replacement of those damaged or lost Kodak film prints. In those days there're no digital cameras and all those film negatives are either been destroyed or lost.

Greedy Monkey

The captivating scene of people making livelihood at sea e.g. fishermen, boats plying around the sea route is always exciting to watch. Working hard each day under the heat of the sun to bring catches and tourist for island tours is a way of life for islanders. This island life is almost the same just like anywhere in this world wherever you go be it Tioman Island, Pangkor Island, Krabi, Phuket or the Maldives.

  

Those were the days of relaxing and sun tanning on the poolside. It has been a very long time since my last resort stay, enjoying the confined tranquility at the pool. Those with some knowledge in insight meditation will know that this is vanity state of the mind wanting to beautify the skin with sun tanning lotion to self-satisfy our inner attachment for pride. It is very unfortunate that bodily ageing is unavoidable and it has effect on our external beauty. Knowledge on the subject of mind and matter will detach away this vanity for those who understood it clearly.

Coming back to my old buddy Gary we used to be hooked onto network PC games. This addictive strategy game was none other than Red Alert when it was very popular in the past. Without the knowledge about how the mind works (kilesa or mind defilement), this addiction had cost us sleepless nights for being addicted to the core. Each morning we went to work like zombies but when the clock strikes 5pm, immediately our eyes brighten up and we will call each other to meet at our regular Cyber Cafe to continue playing. By 6.30pm we already have our dinner and by 7pm the battle game resumed till midnight.

  
There are many battle scenes to choose in this PC game and we used to challenge each other. Those memories are still fresh when thinking back those days with my buddy. One thing for sure we burn money like crazy as Cyber Cafes weren't cheap back then due to the ISP charges. Per hour charges was like RM8 then dropped to RM5 but slowly it went further down to RM2 and hour.

Trying to recall how that Red Alert banner looks like and found it after a short search in Google. I am pretty sure if Gary were to read this article he will surely have a lot to talk about this addictive game. Likewise if you ever been drawn into this game before, you will understand how exciting it was at every minute. One particular character in this PC game was Tanya - a Russian spy that always reply "Yes Sir", battle ships sending missiles over "Kaboom", army battalion in waiting for instruction "Right Here Waiting" with the click of the mouse, etc. Each night after we played the game we both can't sleep with the mind repeating all the computer characters commands above "Yes Sir", "Right Here Waiting", "Kaboom....Kaboom.....Kaboom", sounds of bombs and adrenalin rushing inside our mind door. Click and listen to the sound commands and that's exactly what the mind will "playback" when we're trying to sleep after a night of adrenalin rush. For this reason we both are like zombies the next working morning.

 
When comes to Friday night you won't see us hanging out anywhere else other than our regular Cyber Cafe. It goes without saying on Saturday and Sunday we're crazy enough to trash each other out and see who has the best strategy to win. Gosh! After each game session had ended (after 5-6 hours straight) we will have Teh Tarik and joked about that Tanya the commando for "her" so called artificial intelligence to sneak behind enemy lines to cause destruction in this fantasy game of the early 90s. At one point in time, we thought we were already experts in this game knowing every single commands and strategy used to win, we then wanted to challenge a bunch of college kids. We wanna be hustlers. Guess what? These studious looking kids beat us flat out. This only made our desire to win back and take our little "revenge" a little further to try to beat them back. The suffering of sleepless nights continues between me and Gary. Those were the days of being ignorant.

Let's Go Scuba
Getting back into the water for the first time wasn't easy after so many years. A sense of adventure and adrenalin comes to the mind door waiting for the unexpected happening soon while under the deep blue ocean. With the help of some mindfulness the mind slowly settled down for the upcoming explorations ahead. What lies down there nobody knows for sure as most of the time it depends on luck what you can see as I know it.

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Preparations to go underwater again are planned in advance before scuba diving. The compressed air tank could leak or regulator malfunction. Hence, knowing all those basic skills during underwater emergencies and make it back safely to the surface is top most priority.

Unfortunately my buddy Gary doesn't go diving anymore. Have to respect his decision and hopefully we can go for one last dive before hanging up my dive suit for good. If you wanna dive, you got to get certified and learn to be a diver. Breathing underwater for the first time is pretty alien with a regulator in your mouth. Everything has the 1st time.

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After so many years out of touch with the sea, it is not unusual for anyone trying to make some adjustment to the water again.  The same goes for me too. What's needed is sheer bravery and to earn the distinctive mark as a certified diver. It's not for showing off but for own safety. The rest are pure fun diving while enjoying the peaceful tranquility in the open water environment.

A dive boat could be jam-packed with equipment that are essential for diving. It's nice to see everybody including equipment, food and drinking water supply are all packed like a sardine can on the dive boat. Those tanks of plentiful compressed air for breathing underwater are crucial but they can cause Nitrogen Narcosis too. Harmful intoxication of too much nitrogen while breathing with compressed air will make you hallucinate like seeing a Big Fat Elephant swimming under water next to you. This is the main danger of diving. As my friend Gary put it nicely, he simply says "Stop sucking so much compressed air, it screws up your brains". Apart from nitrogen narcosis, a lot of people (especially non-divers) are afraid of seeing sharks. Do you still wanna eat shark fins?

Ain't bringing my diving knife on board because I can't find a suitable rubber strap holder to grip the knife handle as it's an old knife after all and it's not easy to find spare kits. Funny isn't it a lot of people would think a small knife like such can be used for self-protection against sharks. That's what my dad asked me the previous day about knife and sharks. Well, if a shark really want to be aggressive toward you, there's nothing you could use to protect yourself.

All sharks are predatory and they are prehistoric living creatures. Perhaps the most feared shark species is the Great White and Tiger sharks. It's a real strong sea creature and just its fin tail can be as tall as a human. Imagine its fearsome size and razor sharp teeth. Anyway, chances of encountering a Great White is very slim in hot tropical waters except cold temperature waters in California, South Africa and The Great Barrier Reefs in Australia. In warmer waters black tips reef sharks are common. If you do not provoke them they will leave you alone. Just like human, you saw a guy sitting peacefully sipping a cup of coffee, you walk up to him and stick your hand out and stroke his body. What do you think this guy will do? The result will be the same as with sharks with nasty consequences.

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One of the main reason for shark attacks is due to human can stay longer in their territory. Sharks are territorial animals. The advancement in wet suits technology to make divers stay longer inside the cold water for instance is another contributing factor. We have to understand that sharks has no hands to touch and feel if you can be eaten or not. They are also color blind only using their senses to hunt for their usual preys like seals and fishes. The only way for them to know if you are on their diet list is to take a test bite. Once the shark takes a bite at you and realized you are not his usual usual menu it will swim away. By that time you will be haemorrhaging to death due to excessive bleeding from the bite wounds.    

Some days the weather can be bright and sunny and great for a dive trip out at sea. Some days can be a little rough. Therefore, the boat captain makes the jurisdiction to go or not to go out. 

Sometimes you may see dolphins swimming along if you are really lucky. Remembering back the Jataka stories about Lord Buddha, in one of his past rebirth he was born as a dolphin. Hence, this intelligent sea mammals are considered sacred in my heart whenever I see one on TV screen or remember them. Likewise, all sea living creatures whether fishes, sharks or turtles, etc. have life too just like any living beings succumbed to their individual karma. Believe or not to believe it's hard to fully comprehend this profound subject matter.

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Ocean Conservationist making a pre-dive check. I'm checking mine too.

Dive! Dive! Dive!  

The whole reason for writing this article story on Ocean Dive is to relate back my past admiration for the beauty of underwater marine life. Also thanks to Gary for giving me such a good memorable joy for the sea many years ago. As a Dhamma seafarer ourselves seeking relief on the cycle of rebirth, there will be a day we can come to understand that life in any form has its own unique conditioning that can never escape the 4 Noble Truths as taught by Lord Buddha Gautama Sakyamuni comprising of Birth, Ageing, Sickness and Death. This is the universal law that transcend all living beings.



After many years had passed since my last sea adventure on board a yacht together with Gary, the decision has been made to revisit the sea life again. But this time with a sense of compassion for those marine life.

Inside this dry bag is LP Thuad and Mai Tao Wat Balai

As a believer in amulets, one never leave them behind. Most amulets can't be carried along during a dive  for one reason. They may get damaged due to the salt water or the plastic casing cracked when going down to 30 BAR of water pressure. Asked Than Plen of Wat Balai to get his opinion if the recent released Mai Tao could work under underwater. The answer was a big YES. But the problem was unable to find a suitable strap to hook around it so that I don't lose it while diving. Therefore, have to leave it inside my dry bag with my LP Thuad. After some thinking I finally selected my LP Thuad for all my dives after recalling the legendary LP Thuad saving people lives on board a stranded vessel.

LP Pern Wrist Takrut as my companion in underwater dives

The other amulet which is a wrist Takrut was selected to accompany me. Without casing and solid made of bronze material is perfect for this type of activity. Uncertain if the Yant inscription could work underwater or not, the sure way is to find out. Now I'm turning into a fearless water Tiger. We never know what's lurking under the water and that's for sure. Some divers may have their own individual lucky charm in different forms including tattoo arts on their body.

Just For Laughter!!!  If you follow this hand signal meanings surely you will surely fail as a diver. 

Still Breathing 

It's been a very long time since my last adventure in the ocean. The smell of sea water, boat gasoline, boat engine noise, etc. all brought back my memories to the past. There're plenty of excitements as well as anxieties too. Nobody knows what to expect or encounter the very minute we jump down from the boat and upon descending to the bottom.

The ocean is one of the most dangerous place to be for one simple reason. We humans are not born to live in the water. We live on land and breath the surrounding air. In order to see this underwater world we have to adapt ourselves to the water pressures, breathing compressed air from a tank, use fins to swim like fish and we're surrounded by so many different sea creatures. Some are territorial, some are docile, and some poisonous. So sit back and enjoy as we scuba down to the bottom of the blue Andaman Ocean.

The tranquil ocean ambiance is a blessing and one can stay still for a long time. One can forget about what's happening in the daily world that's full of volatility. But keep a constant check on the air supply. Freedom is what you feel in this world totally submerged in water and surrounded by sea life.

Marine Life as they are. These pictures are not taken from a giant aquarium tank. It's a beautiful world...
  

Cute Mr. Hawksbill Turtle

My favorite Big Fat Guy

Squid - Looks really 'Blur Like Sotong'

"I may be very beautiful. Don't play-play with me".

The general rule of thumb - Never Touch Anything no matter how beautiful they may seem to be. You could either kill them or you get yourself into serious trouble. Neither outcome is not desirable.

Black tip reef sharks

This is what I've been waiting for with full excitement. A stealth swimmer and pretty elusive as most reef sharks can be found in shallower waters at 8-10 meters deep. Usually you can't get close enough to them to take good photograph due to their speed.

Mr. Stingray - Found you hiding under the sands

Manta Ray

One of the dive crew Tom is pretty good in blowing some astonishing bubbles to the surface. This require years of practice. Seeing air bubbles exhale out from the breath is a very astonishing sight to watch as they look like a transparent ring floating upward gradually expanding larger as it surface.

Nitrogen Narcosis is the most feared accidents by all divers. Decompression sickness is the result and sucking in too much nitrogen into your body could even result in death. Proper safety, training and diving with great buddies will ensure this risk is minimized. Similar to seeing a big Fat Elephant swimming in the water when the symptom arise, one can also hallucinate looking at a torpedo shark submarine or a camel scuba diver, etc. You must be kidding! Nope. Guess this 2 amazing photo illustrations was inspired by those who remembered seeing that torpedo shark and camel - a silent killer symptom of nitrogen narcosis.

Mindfulness every moment watching the mind door is the surest way of getting out of trouble. In any given situation when mindfulness is developed to a certain extent, it is helpful as a guardian protector. Profound as it is on the subject of mindfulness, with practice the practitioner would be able to track the changes of the mind states as it flux constantly with the three elements Anicca (impermanence), Dukkha (leads to suffering) and Anatta (realizing non-self).

Diving with great guys who have more experience is fun and exciting apart from safety precautions. In scuba diving you share the same interest with divers of other nationalities. Everyone can crack jokes, sharing cigarettes, eat together. But once we're in the waters we automatically switch our mindset adhering to safety measures looking after each other. That's the best thing of being divers. It's a big family no matter which nationality you are from.

Jason - an experienced Dive Instructor from Vegas with 2000+ dives under his belt.  

Ryan on training to be Dive Master

Fearsome tattoos that even sharks are afraid

Taking a rest to reduce nitrogen level inside the body before the next dive

 

After each dives day most people will find it exhausting and take a nap as the boat heads back to shore and find comfort on land. Land is where human lives. The only thing that they brings home are those beautiful memories that lies at the bottom of the ocean.

Mind and body at rest

Looking at the marine life and all those sea living creatures is like attaining another level of inner peace in the heart. Not that it's a must to go scuba diving in order to attain this inner peace.  I would find it more pleasant to deal with these sea beings than with human.



For the very first time did I realized that these marine creatures has no material wealth to gratify upon unlike humans do. The only thing that they do have is their weapons e.g. razor sharp teeth, needle sharp tails, poisons, and camouflage. Humans too use protective weapons such as protective amulets, knives, etc. To conclude this, all living beings wants safety and free from danger. This is a great life lesson after diving into the other ocean world.


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