Ven. Acariya Mun - Spiritual Biography + photos
Ãcariya Mun kept his explanations to the lay audience at a level appropriate to their practice. His explanations to monks and no ...
Devas from that area did not come to see him nearly as often as those from Chiang Mai province. I shall relate those experi- enc ...
DURING MIDDLE AGE, Ãcariya Mun’s normal daily routine was as follows: After the meal he walked meditation until noon and then to ...
theme. When he felt his heart in possession of this knowledge, he began his discourse. Sometimes the deva leader requested a dis ...
The Difference is in the Heart Having written about the devas, I shall now write about the human visitors who came to see Ãcariy ...
I could give a much better talk than this. I made those listen- ing laugh a lot so they didn’t get tired and sleepy. I had a spe ...
for discourse, and he simply sat like a tree stump. In cases like that, where would the Dhamma come from? Ãcariya Mun used to la ...
could be found to help reform such people, Ãcariya Mun regarded it simply as the nature of their kamma. There were those who cam ...
in sharp contrast to the way people act in the world: the heavier their heart’s burden, the more they add and increase their loa ...
the ‘modern’ generation who have probably received some mental training and improved their conduct accordingly. As for the con- ...
Phong village. During that time quite a few monks died of the illness. Generally, those monks were from cultivated areas where t ...
decided that they would have to dig the existing well deeper in order to acquire a clean, adequate supply. After the decision wa ...
stant anxiety about what they had done. The closer it came to the evening meeting, the more apprehensive they became. They could ...
sonably audacious, nor should we be excessively afraid. Anyone can make a mistake – the value lies in recognizing our mistakes. ...
you shouldn’t allow them to surface and intrude into the sphere of practice. Otherwise, they will destroy Dhamma, the tried and ...
labeled ‘the belongings of an obstinate monk.’ This monk is stub- born, that monk is shameless, the monk over there is dazed – u ...
well aware of these abilities, they took strict care to be mentally self-controlled at all times. They couldn’t afford to let th ...
to get told off for thinking like that. When those thoughts came up, I forgot all about my fear of Ãcariya Mun and just felt ful ...
ing to the monastery, he would receive another dose of ‘strong medicine’, in the form of another scolding, to apply to his sore. ...
ulous, showing great attention to detail. The rules of monastic dis- cipline were taught in detail and samãdhi and wisdom, belon ...
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