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her cleaning and polishing the toilet bowl and wiping the floor of the toilet until it was completely dry. No matter how the toilet had been left before her, she always left the toilet looking for the next person as if they were the first to use it. Part of Khun Yay's motivation for being so careful about the cleanliness of the toilet was the risk of slipping over on a wet floor for a person of advancing years. Having set an example by her own practice, she wished that her own students follow in her footsteps by freeing themselves of worry and household commitments – so that they could devote themselves to pursuing the Perfections. Thus amongst students of hers who were still single she encouraged celibacy. In the evenings as she was teaching meditation, she would insert encouragement for her students to keep a life of celibacy. In fact, what she taught was always connected with wholesome behaviours, pursuit of perfection, this lifetime and the next. Khun Yay would often praise those who stayed single – saying that it was free like being like a little bird in the sky with nothing to worry about but its own wings and tail. If one doesn’t get mixed up in a relationship or start a family, then one too is as free as a bird. She said: "if you live alone with one-hundred Baht you can use all of it as you please. The moment you have a family though, you can only consider donating fifty Baht of it at the most. Once you have your first child, you can only consider donating twenty-five Baht. If you have a second child, you might only be able to donate twelve and a half Baht. If you have three or more children, you hardly have the ability to donate anything to Buddhism.