Former MP Candidate Leads Kathin Ceremony at Bangkok Temple
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Former Democrat Party MP candidate Ratsak Sukying, chairman of Schneider Lift (Thailand) Co., Ltd., led a grand unified Kathin ceremony at Wat Pluk Sathit in Bangkok's Lat Krabang district on Tuesday, October 27, 2026. The event proceeded beautifully and was filled with auspiciousness, drawing a large crowd of Buddhists and supporters who gathered to uphold the tradition on the first day of the Kathin festival.
Ratsak, accompanied by his wife Prinada and son Pongsaphak, who served as ceremony chairmen, led attendees through complete religious rites. These included offering alms to 19 monks, listening to the Kathin sermon, offering food, and concluding with the presentation of the unified Kathin robes, with monks giving blessings and sprinkling holy water.
A major highlight was the distribution of sacred Luang Pu Thuad amulets, specially minted as the "Debt-Free, Sukying, Auspicious" edition. The temple and organizers created these as mementos for participants, intending them as symbols of "faith, morale, and remembrance of goodness" to encourage resilience, mindfulness, patience, and compassion toward those suffering hardship. This followed severe flooding that affected Lat Krabang and other areas in 2026. The amulets were made with reverence, incorporating holy water and sacred powders from various temples.
In a special gesture, Ratsak and his team, joined by Phra Khru Palat Wityakittipanyo, Deputy Secretary of the Lat Krabang District Ecclesiastical Office, personally traveled to Wat Phra That Muen Hin in Kalasin Province. They presented all amulets to Phra Thep Wachirayan Tham Sophon (Luang Pu Sila Sirichantho), a renowned master, for final blessings and empowerment, completing the objects' sanctification.
After the successful event, Ratsak expressed joy and honor at serving as a bridge for merit-making. He shared his wish to spread merit and contentment to all attendees and supporters, hoping the power of merit would bring happiness, good health, freedom from debt and suffering, and strength to continue doing good.
