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Luang Phaw passed away on 3 February 1959 at the age of seventy-three. Despite the majesty of a lifetime’s ministry, when he passed away only a pitiful few of his disciples, principally the nuns who had stayed at his side throughout his ministry, continued with Luang Phaw’s mission in its original spirit. Other followers tried to recapture the meditation experience they had attained with Luang Phaw by leaving the temple and retreating to the forests to meditate. One day Kuhn Yay Chandra returned to her kuti to find a palmist sitting on her doorstep. "You will have a large number of students and will be a refuge to thousands of people," the palmist explained, offering his services for free. "You can’t expect me to believe that!" said Kuhn Yay. "I live alone and I have nothing. I have no students. I have nothing but this small kuti." As if in response to Luang Phaw’s prophecy, a new generation of students interested in meditation started to come to Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen and sought out Kuhn Yay Upāsika Chandra Kohn-nok-yoong at her humble kuti. Kuhn Yay didn’t think much of it, but remembering Luang Phaw’s words, she started to teach them to the best of her ability. She taught until the group outgrew both her kuti and the limited space in the compound of Wat Paknam. To overcome the limitations of space, at the age of sixty, she founded a new temple in Patum Thani province called ‘Wat Phra Dhammakāya’. * Today Luang Phaw’s personality is still a living force. It still remains a matter of wonder to many high-ranking ecclesiastics that Luang Phaw could exert such an influence on the minds of the faithful, even after his decease.