gave to the devas from Germany. As soon as Ãcariya Mun fin-
ished speaking, they gave a thunderous “sãdhu” in unison that
echoed throughout the world systems. Ãcariya Mun asked how
they knew where he was staying since, in human terms, they lived
so far away. They replied that they always knew precisely where
he was staying. More than that, devas from Thailand regularly
visit the devas of Germany. In truth, devas don’t consider the dis-
tance between countries like Thailand and Germany to be very
great, the way human beings do. They simply think of it as an
area through which they can easily and naturally pass back and
forth. Whereas humans travel by foot or by vehicle, devas trans-
port themselves by means of a supernormal power that is equiv-
alent to transfering consciousness to a particular destination –
it arrives there instantly. So devas can move around much more
easily than human beings.
Ãcariya Mun said that the devas from Germany regularly
came to listen to his Dhamma talks, much in the same way that ter-
restrial devas came from all over Thailand to hear him. Both celes-
tial and terrestrial devas tended to show their respect for him in a
similar fashion. If Ãcariya Mun was living with a group of monks,
devas who came to see him never passed through the area where
the monks had their living quarters. Besides that, they tended to
arrive very late at night when all the monks were asleep. Upon
arrival, they circumambulated Ãcariya Mun clockwise, three times
in a calm, composed manner. When they departed – again circu-
mambulating him clockwise three times – they first withdrew to
a respectful distance. When they reached the edge of his living
area, they simply floated into the air like puffs of cotton. All types
of devas demonstrated their respect for him in this fashion.
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(Jacob Rumans)
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