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Kee Nanayon was born in 1901 in the provincial
town of Rajburi, about a hundred kilometres west of
Bangkok. When she was young, she liked to visit the
nearby Buddhist monastery, especially on the weekly
Observance Day when she listened to Dhamma from
the monks and kept the Eight Precepts. Sometimes
she would rest from her work around the house by
developing tranquillity meditation in any suitably
quiet corner.
Khao-suan-luang is the name of a secluded,
picturesque hill about twenty kilometers from Rajburi,
near where her uncle and aunt lived. Whenever she
visited them, she always fortable there and
eventually, in 1945, persuaded her relatives to move
their house over to the hill. This was the begin-
ning — the first three members — of munity
which was later to develop there.
Upasika Kee attracted Dhamma students, and
residents came to include both female lay devotees
and white-robed nuns. She taught her disciples to
develop meditation, to chant at least every morn-
ing and evening, and to avoid stimulants like coffee,
cigarettes and meat. They could listen to her talks
and try to follow the example of her simple way of
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living. She made fortable on the barest
necessities and never indulged in luxuries, either in
food or material things.
Strictly keeping the Eight Precepts and con-
stantly trying to guard the sense doors were basic to
her practice.
In later years she developed corneal ulcers and
eventually became blind. She passed away in 1978
but munity still continues with about thirty
residents.
These Dhamma talks were given mainly to the
women who stayed at her centre to practise medita-
tion. (Men could visit to listen to the Dhamma talks
but were not permitted to stay.) After listening with
calmed