Ven. Acariya Mun - Spiritual Biography + photos

forming special religious functions – or more commonly, by daily offerings of food to the monks. Some ghosts are able to receive ...

Ãcariya Mun was an expert in matters concerning ghosts, devas, brahmas, yakkhas, nãgas, and garuðas. Although he did not always ...

likely to show the same appreciation for your amazing talents as we, your disciples, do.” Ãcariya Mun was adamant in his respons ...

attained that kind of perception. But talking away indiscrimi- nately about such knowledge is quite abnormal, so normal people a ...

without allowing anyone to see the larger amount that I still had with me. That amount I’d keep well hidden from view to avoid a ...

I never considered the obvious adverse consequences that such a disclosure would have for the whole sãsana. Please be kind enoug ...

of cleverness that causes destruction in the world and damage to the sãsana, but cleverness that discriminates wisely, making de ...

it to become attached. Unless wisdom is present to effectively deal with them, such disturbing emotional attachments can never b ...

“A practicing monk who is striving to cross beyond the world of saÿsãra is engaged in the noblest form of endeavor. No other kin ...

“The effort that I put forth to attain Dhamma can be com- pared to a turbine, rotating non-stop, or to a ‘Wheel of Dhamma’ whirl ...

close attention to your actions, speech, and thoughts to determine the kind of results they produce. Are they producing Dhamma, ...

I myself, having a rather rough temperament, always preferred lis- tening to his fiery exhortations since they fit so well with ...

Taking several lay people along, the monks made the climb to the summit where they found a beautiful, spacious cave, exactly as ...

a very matter-of-fact way, as though he had actually seen it many times. Of course, he had never gone up there, the climb being ...

mention this to you so you can warn your disciples to con- duct themselves in a restrained manner that’s appealing to human bein ...

The Hypercritical Nàga At one point Ãcariya Mun spent some time living in Chiang Dao Cave – not the long cave in the middle of t ...

face of his meditation path to facilitate smooth, easy walking. As he moved stones around and put them neatly into place, the nã ...

That includes you as well, so you needn’t be upset thinking that I’ve come just to annoy you. “Physical activity is a normal fea ...

society – you’d see the world as one big garbage dump and your- self as pure solid gold. Such feelings of alienation are due to ...

“I apologize for speaking so candidly about the principles of Dhamma, but my intentions are good. Nothing malicious is intended ...