Phor Than Klai Wajasit (พ่อท่านคล้าย วาจาสิทธิ์)

Path and reputation

Phor Than Klai Wajasit was one of the most revered monks of southern Thailand, based at Wat Suan Khan (วัดสวนขัน) in Nakhon Si Thammarat. He was born in 2419 BE (1876) and held the monastic title Phra Bodhisit Thammacan (พระโพธิสิทธิ์ ธรรมจันท์).

He is best known for his waja sit (วาจาสิทธิ์), the power of true speech. The epithet in his name means "one whose words come true," and devotees hold that whatever he said would come to pass. This is a devotional understanding of his person rather than a documented claim, and it is reported here as what the tradition maintains.

He is also the central figure of what is often called the Klai lineage corridor, a line of southern practice that runs through his family and students. It reaches through his grand-nephew Luang Pu Im Panyawuttho, born in 1917, a five-reign monk and abbot of Wat Thung Na Mai in Phipun, Nakhon Si Thammarat, who is still living as of 2026 at the age of 109. It also reaches through LP Jamnian of Wat Tham Suea in Krabi.

Notable editions

• Coins, powder amulets, and takrut from Wat Suan Khan (lifetime production)

Legacy

Phor Than Klai died in 2513 BE (1970). Across his lifetime, Wat Suan Khan produced a range of objects tied to his name, including coins, powder amulets, and takrut (ตะกรุด), the rolled metal scroll amulet.

His importance is as much genealogical as personal. The Klai and Im corridor he anchors intersects with the Khao Or school at the level of ceremony, and joint consecrations between the two are documented. That intersection is part of why his name still functions as a reference point in the southern tradition: it marks not only a single revered monk, but a corridor of lineage and shared practice that later masters continued to carry.