Ven. Acariya Mun - Spiritual Biography + photos

ment to them. Wisdom was the tool he used to excavate the entire root system of the kilesas, relentlessly destroying them trunk, ...

people were familiar with the routes. Since the villagers seldom made long treks to visit one another, the trails were often ove ...

without regrets. Even when living apart from him, they continued to feel an extraordinary sense of obligation to their teacher. ...

relying on the threat of danger to help the citta attain calm. These methods were all practiced with the same aim in mind – to t ...

accordingly, giving excellent results at every step along the path. This principle was embodied in the Lord Buddha, who was ear- ...

heart to turn inward where its true sanctuary lies, remaining there until calm and courage arise. Fears can be alleviated, or ev ...

exercise some forceful restraints on their excesses. In the case of dhutanga monks, this sometimes takes the form of self-impose ...

hearts, defilements easily arise and flourish, then wait there ready to cause harm whenever we’re off guard. We can never manage ...

the difficulties, battling pain and discomfort but never reversing course. Otherwise, the kilesas will make fun of them as they ...

helping his students constantly develop new skills to see through the cunning tricks of the kilesas and thus uproot and destroy ...

the whole world had momentarily vanished from their awareness. What remained was an awareness of the heart united in perfect har ...

to immediately determine the level of Dhamma he has realized from that description. When a student tells the teacher about his e ...

held with his disciples enabled them to develop close personal relationships with him. Due to the profound respect this tute- la ...

Although Ãcariya Mun realized full well that I was wildly opinionated, he did not scold me or try to force me to change my attit ...

Dhamma in their hearts, and are still teaching monks and laity today. Many lay devotees have continued to see steady progress in ...

plished meditator who always received special attention from Ãcariya Mun. She consulted him often, walking with difficulty from ...

understand that. But your heart is already filled by an exceed- ingly luminous radiance. How can you go further than that with m ...

the young novices on up to Ãcariya Mun, resembling the night sky’s array of stars and planets: some were bright, some less so. I ...

of success that many of them could not emulate. Her practice, no doubt, was a factor in his decision to live so long at Ban Nong ...

they had to rely on the ‘therapeutic qualities of Dhamma’ instead. This meant investigating painful feelings as they arose with ...