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Note
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. Sometimesshe 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 felt comfortable there and
eventually, in 1945, persuaded her relatives to move
their house over to the hill. This was the begin-ning — the rst three members — of the community
which was later to develop there.
Upasika Kee attracted Dhamma students, andresidents came to include both female lay devoteesand white-robed nuns. She taught her disciples todevelop meditation, to chant at least every morn-
ing and evening, and to avoid stimulants like coffee,
cigarettes and meat. They could listen to her talksand try to follow the example of her simple way of
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