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praised Kuhn Yay Chandra as being 'number one - second to none', the most adept of his meditators. Anybody who has had the chance to study the nature of miracles will realize that they are just an ordinary by-product of meditation practice and visualization. Luang Phaw never, however, intended that his disciples give much importance to miracles. His aim was always to use Vijja Dhammakaya to reach an end of all defilements, to bring an end to the cycle of rebirth and to bring all beings to the sanctuary of Nirvana. Huge numbers of people attained unalloyed happiness through meditation. Many were satisfied by their results and subsequently left the temple to teach the Dhammakāya technique in other parts of Thailand. However, there was still a small core of especially proficient meditators, particularly among the nuns at Wat Paknam, who stayed by Luang Phaw’s side. Like Luang Phaw, the nuns stayed at Wat Paknam and never rested content with their already high level of attainment, because in the words of Luang Phaw: “The depth of insight in the Dhammakāya technique is so vast, that meditating for twelve hours a day for a lifetime of eighty years would still be insufficient to exhaust its extent.” Even at the national level, Luang Phaw was given recognition for his success and unflagging zeal. His efforts didn’t go unnoticed by either the monastic community or the Palace. He was awarded successively higher monastic titles as follows: 1916 - Phra Kru Samu Thananukrom 1921 - Phra Kru Samanathamm-samathan 1949 - Phrabhavanakosalthera