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numbers of nuns from Wat Paknam floating in the air, intercepting the bombs and apparently1 patting them with their bare hands, again to fall harmlessly in the water or uninhabited areas of forest. So many people saw the heroic efforts of the nuns with their own eyes that the renown of the miracles of the Great Abbot of Wat Paknam spread far and wide. Everybody saw the efforts by the Great Abbot to reduce bloodshed and encourage harmony amongst his fellow men. For most people, it would have been arduous to spend wartime meditating for such long hours and under such great pressure. It would have affected the health even of the strongest person — but for Khun Yay, the wartime years were nothing special. Khun Yay had no fear of the bombing. She never missed even a shift of meditation research despite the chaos of the times. She felt it was her pleasure simply to have the chance to further her mastery of the Dhammakāya knowledge. Because of shortage of cloth at that time, most of the nuns meditating were reduced to rags. The once plentiful food became scarce. There was massive flooding throughout the country. Khun Yay didn’t let these things perturb her meditation. The Great Abbot had long been renowned for the special compassion he displayed towards foreigners. If any foreigner were to attain Dhammakāya in meditation, he could not cease to express his happiness for days upon end. The Great Abbot extended this same compassion to the warring nations of the War. In spite of the hostilities and the obvious temptation for nationalist feeling, the Great Abbot and his meditators, regarded a world at war with impartiality. 1. In actual fact, they used their meditation rather than their hands, to avert the bombs. 58