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Wat Phra Dhammakāya increasingly gained a reputation for its good discipline amongst other monasteries of Thailand. Although Khun Yai was the one to lay down the regulations for the temple, she was the first to comply with all of them. As the founder of the temple she remained humble. She never referred to herself as Luang Phaw’s teacher. If she had the chance to teach others, she would humble herself by saying: “These days I’m just one of the residents of the temple. I have to follow the same rules and regulations as you. I am answerable to the abbot in all things.” Khun Yai never was ‘above the law’ because she herself loved discipline. She would always raise her hands in a gesture of prayer when speaking even to the least senior of the monks or novices in the temple – regardless of the fact that she was teacher to both the abbots. When she met congregation members she would always be the first to greet them.1 Looking down on people or having airs and graces was alien to her character. Having passed all her authority on to Ven. Dhammajayo, she lived out her simple life, following a fixed daily routine. Khun Yai was definitive in her decision making and was not interested in what others might say about her decisions. She would go ahead with her decisions as long as they didn’t contradict monastic discipline [vinaya], virtue [dhamma] and didn’t bring her into conflict. She recognized that the world is 1. Normally in Thailand it is the custom for younger people to be the first to greet elders.