mouth wasn’t satisfied to keep quiet about it. In the end I lost out- some women came and took them all. But, oddly enough, I was
not at all disappointed that they took advantage of me. And there
being nothing left to publicize, my mouth was finally satisfied.
When word got out that I had something very special,
the first people who came to ask to see them were all women.
When I brought out the relics, first, this woman picked one up to
inspect it; then, that woman picked one up to inspect it. Before
I knew it, each of them had quietly slipped the one she was hold-
ing into her pocket, asking me if she could keep it. Who would
dare ask for their return at that point, and make a fool of him-
self twice. Since then I have never had any of Ãcariya Mun’s
relics in my possession. Later, I heard that Khun Wan had given
so many of his relics away to other devotees that he had hardly
any left; so, I didn’t dare to bother him again.
It is my understanding that Khun Wan’s store in Nakhon
Ratchasimawas the first place where Ãcariya Mun’s bone frag-
ments were discovered to be genuine relics. From that time on,
such relics have appeared in many different places where faithful
people, who received pieces of Ãcariya Mun’s bone, continued to
worship them with special reverence. Even today, people still dis-
cover that Ãcariya Mun’s bone fragments have turned into relics,
though the families who have them keep very quiet, fearing that
others will ask for a share of these rare, priceless gems. In any case,
someone who did not have an inherent spiritual connection with
Ãcariya Mun would find it difficult to receive one of his relics to
worship. Just look at me: I received several of them but lacked the
merit necessary to look after them – I had to give them to some-
one else to care for them in my place.