Ven. Acariya Mun - Spiritual Biography + photos

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Venerable âcariya Mun Bhåridatta Thera A Spiritual Biography by âcariya Mahà Boowa ¥àõasampanno Translated from the Thai by Bhik ...

Venerable âcariya Mun Bhåridatta Thera: by Venerable âcariya Mahà Boowa ¥àõasampanno. First Edition: 2003 Printed by: Silpa Siam ...

v Contents Translator’s Introduction ............................................................................ xii ...

Author’s Preface About the Author xxiv The Early Years The Prophecy The Sign âcariya Sao Kantasãlo Sarika Cave The Sàvaka Araha ...

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ix Venerable Ãcariya Mun Bhýridatta Thera is a towering figure in contemporary Thai Buddhism. He was widely revered and respecte ...

âcariya Mun (circa 1930) ...

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xii Translator’s Introduction Venerable Ãcariya Mun Bhýridatta Thera is a towering figure in con- temporary Thai Buddhism. He wa ...

xiii The noble aim of spiritual liberation must be accomplished by the appropriate means: the Middle Way as taught by the Lord B ...

xiv the heart and thus demolishing all bridges linking the mind to the cycle of repeated birth and death. Kammaååhãna, with its ...

Monks identification certificate of âcariya Mun âcariya Mun (second from right) with a group of his disciples ...

xvi through forests and mountains in search of secluded places that offer body and mind a calm, quiet environment in which to pr ...

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xviii were seen as being dangerous and frightening places, so the inhab- itants banded together in village communities for the s ...

xix are made to feel that the Buddha’s “ancient” path to spiritual libera- tion is as wholly relevant today as it was 2,500 year ...

xx nicating with many classes of living beings that made him a teacher of truly universal significance. Knowing that living bein ...