Ven. Acariya Mun - Spiritual Biography + photos

“Almost everything we use – from our food to our requisites to the robes we wear – must pass through various stages of preparati ...

his thoughts had not passed into oblivion, but could return again to haunt him. He was made aware of his mistake so that in the ...

ing dead are hardly worthy of admiration’.” After Ãcariya Mun finished speaking, a certain monk in the audi- ence thought to him ...

You are welcome to go anywhere to eat and sleep in comfort without having to trouble yourself with meditation prac- tice. If you ...

you believe it is true? If you don’t, perhaps you suppose the Buddha was lying to us. A person like you, who ordains as a dhutan ...

monk had accepted the truth, he finished speaking and adjourned the meeting. As it disbanded, there was a stir of excitement. Th ...

First and second generation disciples of âcariya Mun ...

of offending Ãcariya Mun. Like people everywhere with kilesas, they were emotionally susceptible to things in their environment. ...

The trouble is, most people react to talk about Nibbãna by feeling oddly dejected and dismayed. It doesn’t put them in a good mo ...

ing perfectly balanced, they are naturally centered in the Middle Way. Having no desires, no expectations, and no longings, they ...

conduct, plus what little wealth we do possess, will be sufficient to keep us happy. Clever people manage their lives in a way t ...

chance to answer all the correspondence he had received. He told Chao Khun Dhammachedi that he had read all his letters, but he ...

his worth as a monk is then devalued. So a monk must preserve his moral integrity. When May arrived Ãcariya Mun and the monks ac ...

ate time he bid farewell to his khandhas, which were the tools he relied on to develop virtue to perfection; and then passed awa ...

in ours. The sãsana is a doctrine that we can use to examine our- selves and others, enabling us to correctly choose the best po ...

realizing that the kamma he has already created is playing a role. What is that but total blindness? “Kamma exists as a part of ...

Chiang Mai again before he died. As it turned out, this was true Ãcariya Mun never again returned to Chiang Mai. After remainin ...

5 Unusual Questions, Enlightening Answers u pon arriving in Bangkok, Ãcariya Mun went to stay at Wat Boromaniwat monastery, foll ...

from the day of my ordination I have always maintained strict control over my mind, as it is the master of body and speech.” Que ...

“Treating an illness requires diagnosing its cause, then devis- ing an effective cure before it develops into a chronic conditio ...