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tasks. This would be the positive karmic fruits they would be taking with them to subsequent lifetimes. She always repeated her advice on how to flush the toilet properly, keep the floor dry, and to turn off taps and lights after use. Khun Yay even went as far as to demonstrate how the restroom should be used appropriately. There can be few masters who taught their students in such de- tails. In the bathroom, Khun Yay started "Whatever you do, you need to have good mindfulness in order to do it properly." Khun Yay taught how to flush the toilet without wasting too much water. After her ex- planation, she showed how to use a small bucket filled with water for flushing the toilet bowl. She added: "After you are done, turn off the tap. If you turn it off loosely, the tap will drip. If you turn it off too tightly, the washer will soon perish. Thus, even turning off the tap you need to know moderation." As she performed her teaching duties, she seemed to enjoy passing on her practices to the next generation. The word spread that there was a band of uni- versity-educated monks building a huge temple in Patumthani. The news spread to the elder monks governing the province and one day they sent an inspector monk to check whether the temple was up to scratch. The inspector used his usual stratagem of checking only the kitchen and the toilets — because as he explained, you can tell everything about a temple by looking to see if these two places are in order. He disclosed from his inspection that he would expect the new temple to prosper!