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the Buddha with his own eyes, does not he really 'see' the Buddha? It didn't make any reference in the text to any blindness or physical disabil- ity which Vakkali might have possessed. Why then, should the Buddha speak thus? Indeed, the reason for this Teaching is to prevent confusion. Seeing the Buddha with the physical eye is to see the physical body of the Buddha — the body of Siddhattha Gotama who renounced the world to become a monk. This physical body is prone to death and decay. It should not be confused with the real body of the Buddha, which is formed of the very substance of Enlightenment. This internal body of the Buddha is eternal. It can only be seen with the ‘eye of Dhammakāya. This is a spiritual eye, not the eye of the physical body. The ability to use this eye is a power we develop by cultivating meditation at its highest. Interpreting the texts directly as I have done, it is obvious that the simple wording which Lord Buddha used contains very deep and subtle mean- ing. No one except for those who have attained to Dhammakāya themselves would be able to understand the depth of this meaning. Thus, I teach all the way to Dhammakāya, so that all may find out for themselves the absolute truth that lies within..." His efforts to spread the Dhammakāya Tradition at- tracted hundreds of thousands of people as his disci- ples. Of this number tens-of-thousands were able to attain Dhammakāya and helped teach Dhammakāya meditation in the provinces. Those monks, novices and nuns who attained an even higher level of insight in the Dhammakāya Tradition stayed at Wat Paknam to help