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with a carload of provisions from Wat Paknam. Khun Yay ordered that banana trees be planted all around the Ven. Dattaejevo's kuti, much to the Venerable's surprise: "What are all these banana trees for? Surely they're not for me to eat?" he asked Khun Yay. As if she knew him all to well, she replied, "They're for you to kick! If you ever get annoyed, you can kick them down instead of kicking the people who may cause you irritation. You can't go kicking people any more, because now you're a monk." From that day forward, even the sight of a banana tree would make him laugh, thinking of Khun Yay's advice - who knew him all to well for his previous quick temper. Once the fundamental amenities of the temple had been completed, Ven. Dhammajayo expressed his wish to give Dhamma training courses in both theory and practice, for the benefit of young people and the general public, in order to elevate their quality of mind and forge virtue in society. This was part of his master plan for building up a foundation of personnel for the temple. In fact, the idea was an extrapolation of Khun Yay's approach to training which she had passed on to him when he first ordained. As a way to propagate and strengthen the religion, the abbot, Ven. Dhammajayo set out to nurture the children and adults coming to the temple into truly learned people. This meant making them learned both in the ways of the world and in the ways of Dhamma. The abbot recognised the importance of this link between the two fields of knowledge coin- ing the motto, "Knowledge must go hand-in-hand