You don’t have to be afraid of pain. If it’s going to be there, you can let it be there—but don’t let the mind be in pain with it.

Upasika Kee Nanayon (1901 CE-1978 CE), Upasika Kee Nanayon was a Thai Buddhist upāsikā (devout laywoman), she turned her home into a Samatha-vipassanā Anapanasati meditation centre with her aunt and uncle. She was mostly self-taught, reading the Pali Canon Sutta Piṭaka and other Buddhist texts. Her Dhamma talks and poetry were widely circulated. As word of her spread, she became one of the most popular female Bhāvanā meditation Ajahns in Thailand.