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meditation. She kept teaching even though not strong enough to sit up in bed. She treated her illness as if it were someone else's. Her student, also disinterested in her illness sat in meditation at the side of her bed, trying his best to put into practice everything she was teaching him, the perspiration hardly dry yet from his journey. These were some of the happiest years of his studentship with Khun Yay. When she had recovered, the student came for meditation with Khun Yay at Wat Paknam every day. He felt that he learned something new from her every day and wanted to progress in his meditation with her continuously. There was nothing more in the world he would rather do than this. Once this young meditator raised the question to his teacher, Khun Yay, about a very ancient cer- emony for the offering of sustenance to the Bud- dha — whether it was practical to perform this offering through the practice of Dhammakāya meditation. Khun Yay confirmed that it could be done and the young the student learned in detail, the way of offering food to the Buddhas. This offering became more and more popular as it attracted the attention of many others. The ancient sacred rituals of the Thais thereby became better understood and accepted by that genera- tion of meditators. He was diligent in his practice and became an outstanding student. Consequently, he started to introduce some of his university friends, both male and female, senior and junior, to practice meditation at Khun Yay's place. Page 90