Ven. Acariya Mun - Spiritual Biography + photos
ually she regained her composure. Enchanted by his discourse, her mind soon became calm, her manner respectful. When he finished ...
was not adorned in the ornamental style customary of the devas. Upon arriving, she explained to him her new situation: “After li ...
their spiritual affairs, which nourish the heart. All other matters will benefit as well, so they won’t feel they are groping bl ...
moved off a short distance, and floated blissfully up into the sky. Some of the resentful comments she made when she was still a ...
tical about this, so he reflected on it and realized that the term “Arahant” does not apply exclusively to monks. Novices whose ...
life – in the natural way of saÿsãra. They have no real prospect of ever seeing an end to dukkha. And there is no way to help th ...
I now appear is merely a manifestation of relative, conventional reality.^25 This form does not represent the true Buddha, or th ...
mundane conventions to serve as a common basis for understand- ing, as my present visit illustrates. It is necessary that I and ...
and your Arahant disciples, I would have no doubts as to where the true Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha lie. It is my clear convic- t ...
est respect. They were neat, orderly, and pleasing to the eye – like immaculately folded robes. Ãcariya Mun had always been curi ...
Arahant arrived individually. Those arriving first sat in the front, while those arriving later sat further away – without regar ...
the head of the assembly, while the small novices, previously in the front, sat in the last seats. It was an impressive sight – ...
wearing the formal robes when doing meditation: one of the Arahant disciples appeared to him, demonstrating how it was unnecessa ...
âcariya Mun ...
4 The Chiang Mai Years v enerable Ãcariya Mun wandered dhutanga in the north- ern province of Chiang Mai for many years, spendin ...
into Dhamma, that arose along the way, which make Ãcariya Mun’s life story so significant. This strange and wonderful tale is un ...
quiet of these virtually unpopulated mountain regions. Though human contact was scarce, communication with devas, brah- mas, nãg ...
are constantly on the assault. They inflict deep internal wounds, gradually eroding a person’s physical and mental health until ...
resolute individuals. They paid scrupulous attention to the kilesas arising within themselves in an attempt to reduce their stre ...
ilar situation. This story was known exclusively within the inner circle of Ãcariya Mun’s senior disciples, and Ãcariya Mun’s ow ...
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