Thus, it is good to follow and repay my debt to him as much as I can. I've decided that once I repay debt for the two or three years while he is in need, if I go according to my wishes, it won't be uncouth.

When Sayadaw moved from the Mahasi Sâsana Yeiktha and spent the rainy season at the Thinkan Kyun Kankomyaing Sâsana Yeiktha, Sayadaw U Sâsanabhadda, U ?ânujjotâbhivamsa, U Samvarâla?kâra, U Vivekânanda (a German monk), U Visuddhâcâra (a Malaysian monk), U Pa?ñasâra and the author came with him. At the end of the rainy season, U Khemâcâra came from the Mahasi Sâsana Yeiktha to the Shwe Taung Gon Sâsana Yeiktha.

I can't forget what U Ñanujjotâbhivamsa said back then, "If Sayadaw appreciates me, great, if not, ok. I will stay on the side I think right."

With that conviction, he followed along with Sayadaw. I, on the other hand, followed so as not to desert him in his hour of need. I felt that it would be uncouth to desert him. Coming under his protection while he was well only to desert him when he's suffering is disagreeable indeed. Like [the work of] 'a single brick or a single grain of sand' [in a building], I decided that I would give him as much strength as I could while he needed it and then when his strength was full and strong again, if I went, there would be no discourtesy. No doubt others have concluded the way I did.

When Sayadaw went from the Mahasi Sâsana Yeiktha to the Kyauktan Mahâbodhi Forest Monastery to meditate, the author and U ?ânujjotâbhivamsa lived at the Mahâbodhi Study Monastery in Yankin and went to the Maòiratanâ Nunnery to teach the Nepalese nuns scriptures. After the Shwe Taung Gon Sâsana Yeiktha Sayadaw U Panditâbhivamsa had written a letter to the Mahâbodhi Study Monastery Sayadaw U Panditâbhivamsa, the two of us went and requested permission to stay there. Since U Ñanujjotâbhivamsa had taught there before, we got permission more easily. I can not forget my debt to Sayadaw U Panditâbhivamsa who gave us permission to stay at the Mahâbodhi Study Monastery. When we left the Mahasi Sâsana Yeiktha it was difficult indeed to get a place to stay where everything was satisfactory.

Sayadaw had a building built for the Nepalese nuns at the Maòiratanâ Nunnery. He had the two of us go to teach as a supplement to the teaching power at Maòiratanâ. It was because he wanted the Nepalese nuns to to progress in their studies. When I think of the less than comfortable coming and going, dining, and living arrangements while teaching the NePâli nuns before the Shwe Taung Gon Sâsana Yeiktha had come to be, I cannot forget my gratitude to all those who did their very best to make it satisfactory, such as the teachers of the Maòiratanâ Nunnery, the Mahâbodhi Study Monastery Sayadaw, the family of Maung Pyi Phyo Maung from Yankin, the nurse Daw Hla Myint, U Shwe from Kaba Aye, and the family of Daw Aye.

The owner of Shwe Thamin Medicines, U Bo Sein, who is the donor of the Mawlamyaing Panditârâma Center, often made donations. Sayadaw once asked him,

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