tually impossible, such transformations actually happened.
There was another strange case where a man who had been
given two relics one morning found three when he looked again
that evening: in the short period between morning and evening
they had increased from two to three. The man in question was a
senior government official with enormous faith in Ãcariya Mun.
From the day he passed away until the time of his cremation, this
man had been extremely helpful in nearly every aspect of the
funeral arrangements. A certain senior monk, having received
some relics from Khun Wan of Nakhon Ratchasima and remem-
bering this man’s kind assistance, gave him a pair as a keepsake
one morning. The man felt an overwhelming sense of joy the
moment he was handed that precious gift. Having nothing suit-
able to put them in just then, he put the relics in an empty snuff
bottle for the time being. He closed the cap tightly and placed the
bottle in his shirt pocket, buttoning it for good measure to insure
against loss. Upon leaving the monastery that morning, he went
directly to work where he spent the whole day in a bright, happy
frame of mind, his thoughts returning time and again to the relics
he had just received.
Arriving home that evening, he excitedly told his family that
he had received something splendid, a gift he had never received
before. After the whole household gathered around to see what it
was, he produced a proper reliquary for holding the relics. Open-
ing the snuff bottle to remove the relics, he saw, to his amazement,
that there were three of them. This sight heightened his rever-
ence for Ãcariya Mun, and he was so overjoyed at receiving the
relics that he could hardly contain himself. He boldly proclaimed
to his wife and children that this was a genuine miracle – proof
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