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ruined temple was an uncommon occurrence in rural Suphan Buri. Eventually the large congregation attracted the prying eyes of the Supan Buri authorities who mistook the gathering for a nascent uprising. The district governor went to speak with the monastic governor for the area, who at that time happened to be Somdej Phra Wanarart (Pearn Tissadatto) of Wat Phra Chetupon. The authorities accused Candasaro of conduct unbefitting of a monk. They pleaded with Somdej Phra Wanarart to summon Candasaro back. News of the complaints reached Candasaro and with respect for the authorities, he dropped all that he was doing — all that he had accomplished — and moved on to Wat Songpingong, in order to avoid ‘rocking the boat’. He remembered the spacious shrine hall of Wat Phra Chetupon as suitable for meditation. Nevertheless he recalled his spiritual debt to his first scriptural teacher, Phra Acharn ‘Chum’, abbot of Wat Bangkuvong, Bangkoknoi (Canal) who had imparted to him the **mūlakaccāyana** and Dhammapada text. With the wish to repay that debt, he paid his respects to Somdej Phraputhacharn (Khem Dhammasaro), the abbot of Wat Phra Chetupon and went to spend his eleventh rains-retreat at Wat Boatbon Bangkuvong in order to share what he had learned of the scriptures with the monks and novices of that temple. He was about to enter the ‘Rains’ Retreat at Wat Boatbon. Before going for alms that morning, he reflected that he had been ordained for eleven long years but still hadn’t tasted the Truth found by Lord Buddha, although he had studied both meditation and Scriptures without rest during all that time. He **41**