Ven. Acariya Mun - Spiritual Biography + photos

in the world. The whole world dreads old age, sickness, and death, but I don’t fear them nearly so much as I fear evil and its a ...

linger on indefinitely. You should feel dismayed by your errant behavior and drop this dangerous practice. Only then can you hop ...

peace, serenity, and loving compassion that have long been my heart’s abode.” The nãga didn’t make any comment as Ãcariya Mun ex ...

grave kamma and I’ve yet to grow weary of my wretched condi- tion. I’m still debating this matter with myself and I haven’t come ...

be contented living under its protective influence. Never feeling distraught, never disturbed, you will remain even-tempered in ...

their children’s upbringing is not simply left to chance. Children begin to learn about basic common principles from a very tend ...

their bad tendencies – even before they have seen enough sat- isfactory results to encourage perseverance. Consequently, basic c ...

The Death of the Arahant While Ãcariya Mun lived in Chiang Dao Cave, numerous nimittas appeared in his meditation, some of them ...

“All Arahants possess superb qualities within their hearts that are most amazing – intrinsic virtues unsurpassed in the human an ...

an enormous boon for humans, devas, and brahmas alike. You are also well-versed in the universal language of the heart, which is ...

difficult to discern the exact moment when an Arahant reclining in the ‘lion’s posture’ passed away. His breathing was the only ...

Three Arahants attained total Nibbãna at the cave in Chiang Dao – two while reclining in the ‘lion’s posture’ and one while walk ...

which is far more diverse and extensive than the higher realms. But animals, humans, and devas all have one thing in common: the ...

it within the heart – there is no hope for those who merely lie around waiting for it to appear. Ãcariya Mun, the subject of thi ...

Ãcariya Mun once stayed with several other monks in a mountainous area full of malaria. One of the monks happened to contract th ...

as you are educated. In fact, you are weaker than a woman with no education at all! You’re a man and a Mahã, so why all this wea ...

Ãcariya Mun quickly found an excuse to leave and return to his hut, telling the monk not to worry – he would soon get better. He ...

Mun instinctively preferred to analyze the crisis with mindfulness and wisdom. When he was sick, or when his investigations unco ...

fronts the Truth of Dukkha – which is a genuine Truth. Mind- fulness and wisdom are then fully up to the task. They remain unsha ...

innermost thoughts. Monks who lacked mindfulness to supervise their thoughts, letting their minds wander constantly, often becam ...