Chiang Mai again before he died. As it turned out, this was true- Ãcariya Mun never again returned to Chiang Mai.
After remaining several more days at Wat Chedi Luang mon-
astery, Ãcariya Mun finally left, heading first for Bangkok. Somdet
Phra Mahã Wirawong and the other senior monks, together with
scores of lay supporters, escorted him from the monastery to the
train station. Also present was a host of devas. Ãcariya Mun said
that devas filled the sky around him in every direction as they,
too, came to escort him to the station. They remained, hovering
in the sky, even after he reached the station, waiting to send him
off before returning to their respective realms. A chaotic scene
ensued as he had to greet the scores of monks and lay people
who were gathered there, while he simultaneously tried to psychi-
cally bestow his blessing upon all the devas who hovered in the
air for a final blessing from him. In the end, he was able to turn
his undivided attention to the devas and bestow his final blessing
only after he had finished speaking to all the people and the train
began pulling out of the station.
He said he truly felt sorry for those devas who held him
in such high esteem that they were reluctant to see him leave.
They showed all the same signs of distress and disappointment
that human beings do. Some even continued to hover behind the
train as it sped down the tracks, until finally Ãcariya Mun felt it
necessary to tell them to return to their respective realms. They
departed reluctantly, wondering if he would ever come back to
assist them again. In the end they were to be disappointed, for
he never did return. He never mentioned whether the terrestrial
devas of Chiang Mai came to visit him later on when he lived in
the provinces of Udon Thani and Sakon Nakhon.