Ven. Acariya Mun - Spiritual Biography + photos

That night Mun and Jan both ended up missing the fair they had so looked forward to attending. ALTHOUGH THEY WERE STILL in lay l ...

two renowned elders as high-spirited youths having a good time, which we can then compare with our usual image of them as absolu ...

able to recollect them. Prior to that he was puzzled, for he kept thinking of the Vessantara Jãtaka story. He said that Chao Khu ...

occasions when their leader had to pass through that area, he always circled around the head of the meditation path. Some- times ...

soon as it’s embraced by someone with a corrupt heart – like a clean cloth being rubbed in the dirt. For example, when a wicked ...

will inevitably arise right where they are committed – in the heart. The cause being wrong, the effect is bound to be harm- ful. ...

to maintain a balance in their lives. Such people never seem to consider dousing the bonfire they constantly carry in their hear ...

were there. They told him that they were worried about the fate of an unfinished stupa^20 which they were building together when ...

“In building a stupa, we hope to acquire merit and good- ness – not bricks and mortar. The value you obtain from build- ing a st ...

on to something good. Clinging to it is not in your best interest. Your procrastination here is retarding your progress to a fav ...

§ First: Every living being values its own life, so no one should destroy that intrinsic value by taking someone else’s life. Th ...

Each of these five moral precepts has its own special benefits. By maintaining the first one, we can expect to enjoy good health ...

course and taking the five precepts, led the two to be quickly reborn in the Tãvatiÿsa heavenly realm. They then regularly visit ...

ried about falling prey to the destructive forces of evil. The more we train ourselves to sever all emotional attachments, both ...

a deep state of samãdhi where he remained for about two hours. Then, his citta began withdrawing gradually from that state and p ...

“I have reached my final hour of birth in a human body. Having been completely cut off, perpetual existence in the conventional ...

were listening to Ãcariya Mun’s parting words and mourning his imminent departure. At that moment, all three elephants resem- bl ...

Dhamma around the time of his death, either just before or soon after. He said it was very strange that, in his parting instruct ...

Hungry Ghosts Giving helpful advice to nonphysical beings from many diverse realms of existence was a serious responsibility tha ...

sequences of their evil deeds. They clung to one desperate hope: if he could kindly inform living relatives of their plight, tho ...