The Journey to Enlightenment: Sodh Chandasaro's Transformation : หน้า 47/200

PHRAMONGKOLTHEPMUNI 43 the beginning of the path to spiritual attainment. He was overjoyed. Even the midday meal tasted extraordinary delicious that day. He looked forward to continuing a long meditation session that afternoon. Sitting in front of the main Buddha statue, he made the following resolution: “Upon this sitting, if I cannot attain even a small part of the Truth realized by the Lord Buddha, then I shall remain here unmoved until I perish. If I die, I will become a worthy example for people after me.” He sat in a half lotus position and began to meditate. The bright sphere that he saw earlier that morning emerged again and appeared even more radiant. It began to expand and remained with him from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. the next morning. A tiny bright spot appeared at the center of the sphere and gradually became bigger. Afterwards, several transcendental bodies appeared one after another, each successive sphere bigger and brighter than the previous one. Until, finally, a supremely bright and pure image of the Buddha appeared. This was the Dhammakaya—Body of Enlightenment, an image brighter and clearer than any Buddha images in the world. Sodh Chandasaro knew this was the right path—the path to enlightenment. He continued to further the depth of his knowledge and meditation practice until it reached the supramundane level. His meditation skills and mental powers became so powerful that he became Thailand’s most revered meditation master. He devoted his time