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A Heart Released
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enerable Ãcariya Mun said that he often traveled back and
forth from the Northeast to Bangkok, sometimes taking
the train to ‘the end of the line’, which extended only part
of the distance in those days. All other times he walked dhu-
tanga. Upon arriving in Bangkok on this trip, he went to Wat
Pathumwan monastery, and stayed there through the rains retreat.
During the rains he frequently studied Dhamma texts with the
Venerable Chao Khun Upãli Guõýpamãcariya at his monastery,
Wat Boromaniwat.^1 Chao Khun Upãli invited Ãcariya Mun to
accompany him to Chiang Mai after the rains. So, during the dry
season, they went to Chiang Mai by train. On the train Ãcariya
Mun remained in samãdhi almost the whole time. Between Bang-
kok and Lopburi he laid down to rest; but after the train departed
Lopburi and reached the foothills of Uttaradit, he entered samãdhi
and remained there for the duration of the trip to Chiang Mai. At
the start of his meditation, he made a decision to withdraw from
it only upon arrival at Chiang Mai, and then focused exclusively
on his meditation. After approximately twenty minutes, his citta
completely ‘converged’ into the very base of samãdhi. From that
moment on, he was no longer aware of whether the train was