Upasika Kee Nanayon ( th, กี นานายน) or ''Kor Khao-suan-luang'' () was a Thai Buddhist upāsikā (devout laywoman) from

Ratchaburi Ratchaburi ( th, ราชบุรี, ) or Rajburi, Rat Buri) is a town (''thesaban mueang'') in western Thailand, capital of Ratchaburi Province. Ratchaburi town covers the entire ''tambon'' Na Mueang (หน้าเมือง) of Mueang ...

(1901 - 1978).Donald K. Swearer, The Buddhist World of Southeast Asia, SUNY Press, 2010, s. 13. After her retirement in 1945, she turned her home into a meditation center with her aunt and uncle. She was mostly self-taught, reading the Pali canon and other Buddhist literature.Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Upasika Kee Nanayon and the Social Dynamic of Theravadin Buddhist Practice
, 1995 Her dhamma talks and poetry were widely circulated. As word of her spread, she became one of the most popular female meditation teachers in Thailand. Many of her talks have been translated into English by Thanissaro Bhikkhu, who sees her as "arguably the foremost woman Dhamma teacher in twentieth-century Thailand".

Publications

*Upasika K. Nanayon, ''An unentangled knowing: lessons in training the mind'', Buddhist Publication Society, 1996. *Upasika Kee Nanayon, Thanissaro Bhikkhu, ''Pure and simple: teachings of a Thai Buddhist laywoman'', Somerville, 2005
"Breath Meditation Condensed"

References

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