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the subtlety of her mind. Thus he said, "If there's something special that you want, just visualize it at your centre." Thus she didn't go, but imagined the thing she wanted to buy at her centre instead. The very next morning, miraculously, a stranger came and offered her just the thing she had been imagining. On another occasion, when it came to the durian season, Khun Yay secretly hankered after a taste of durian. The Great Abbot knew what was on her mind and said, "'If it's durian you want, you'll find it at the centre of your stomach. If that's what you want to eat, then just imagine it at the centre of your stomach." She tried imagining the durian at the centre of her body and again, the next morning, someone she had never seen before brought durian to offer everyone at the temple. She came to the conclusion that the centre of the body must be the origin of all success in life. If one's mind is focussed at one's centre, fulfilment can be achieved without having to go the lengths of looking elsewhere. Despite Khun Yay's youthfulness she practised seriously, like an elder — used to being ever-prepared with her meditation prowess. She would be at the right hand of the Great Abbot whenever he needed to call upon her. Apart from having inner attainments unexcelled by others, she was also someone contented with little. She didn't hoard possessions and she was not gregarious by nature. Her uncomplicated approach to the world allowed her mind to remain still the whole of the time, engrossed with the Dhamma both by day and by night. It was for all these reasons that she