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habitual discipline to ensure harmonious community living and was a way of life in which newcomers to the temple had to train themselves upon arrival. Visitors to the temple were expected to exhibit the same sort of good conduct and attention to detail as the residents and for this reason Khun Yay commissioned a sign displaying the temple’s basic rules on the outside wall of the Tāvatimsa building, namely: “The Dhammakāya Meditation Centre is a Sanctuary of Virtue for all Buddhists. It is a place which needs to be tranquil, clean, tidy and restrained, in keeping with Buddhist identity. Thus, visitors should help to sustain the Buddhist religion, so that it can prosper, by keeping strictly to the following rules, under the motto, “The wise love to learn and practise rules of discipline”: 1. No smoking and prohibition of addictive substances on the premises; 2. No bringing of merchandise onto the premises for the purposes of trading; 3. No promotions or leafleting of any sort; 4. No reading newspapers or other publications which disturb peace of mind; 5. No radios or playing of musical cassettes; 6. No propaganda, electioneering or canvassing. Only true and useful words should be spoken; 7. No dancing, musical performances, shows, lotteries or games of any sort; 8. No courting, petting or fortune-telling; 9. No unauthorised release of animals on the temple grounds; 10. Dress must be polite and modest. No exaggerated gestures of the hands or feet or lying about in the temple grounds, such as are unattractive to see.”