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she was expecting! Kuhn Yay Chandra was the most adept of all the meditators. Whenever Luang Phaw asked her a question, or requested her to do anything, she could fulfil his request. Nothing Luang Phaw told her to do was beyond her ability. If she were asked to look for the afterlife destinations of the deceased, she could do so. If she was asked to look into the future or into the past, she could do it. She was once asked to check on the language of animals. One day when Luang Phaw was returning from lunch, he spotted two pigeons on the temple roof. He challenged Kuhn Yay to find out the conversation which had taken place between them. He said that the two pigeons had been perched together on the temple roof. One pigeon had turned its head to face away from the other, and then the two pigeons had flown off together in the same direction. Without knowing any more than this, Kuhn Yay went away to meditate upon the Dhammakāya. She was able to understand the pigeons and returned to Luang Phaw with the answer. The pair of pigeons had been husband and wife — the male had been asking the female about the route to their destination so that they would not get lost on the way. The female had turned her head away to recollect the route before they both set off together in the agreed direction. Luang Phaw said nothing in response to Kuhn Yay’s answer. He had the habit of never praising people for their good behaviour — he would criticize others when their faults needed correction, but would remain silent if there was nothing to correct. There was only one occasion when Luang Phaw praised his students publicly and that was when he