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class, the more bundles of scriptures each had to lug to class. If a student studied privately with a teacher, he need bring only his own bundles (his own chosen texts). If however a class had ten students, he would have to bring not only his own scripture-bundles, but those chosen by all his other classmates too! Students attending large classes would be bent double under the weight of scripture bundles. He went on to study two other texts popular among contemporary monks — the Maṅgaladipani and Sārasaṅgaha, until he became so well versed that he was able to teach others. Academic life was by no means easy. Students had to seek out their teacher. Lessons were not held in classrooms but in the teacher’s quarters. If a the teacher happened to reside in a remote temple, it was the duty of the students to wend the weary miles each day. After breakfast Candasaro would cross the river from Wat Phra Chetupon to Wat Arun (Rajavararam). At eleven he would return to Wat Phra Chetupon for lunch. In the afternoon, he had to attend a class at Wat Mahathat. For his evening class, sometimes he would have to travel to Wat Suthat, sometimes to Wat Samphleum. By night, he had to attend the last class of the day at his home temple, Wat Phra Chetupon. However, it was not every day of the week that he had such a busy schedule. No matter how far away the lessons were, how heavy the scriptures or how tired he felt, Candasaro was never absent from his classes. With his scriptures on his shoulder, he was such a frequent passenger on the Chaophraya River ferry between Peacock Gate Jetty and Wat Arun, that even the jetty-keeper realized his academic perseverance. His perseverance also