Ven. Acariya Mun - Spiritual Biography + photos

by one group of people. Having experienced this incredible out- pouring of generosity firsthand, I want to express my admiration ...

monks and novices were camped out inside of Wat Suddhawat alone; several hundred more found shelter in nearby monaster- ies. In ...

I wish to apologize to the reader if this seems an exaggera- tion. I was somewhat carried away by a sense of pride I felt con- c ...

vided only for the relatively few, prominent administrative monks and those accompanying them. Once the pots of rice and stew ha ...

authorities; all monks and novices were calm, quiet, and very well- behaved. In any gathering of such size, it is unusual to mee ...

and novices attending the funeral ceremonies. It also enabled the announcer to call out their names correctly when required. Mon ...

crowd looked on with long, sad faces, tearful expressions occa- sionally erupting in cries of anguish. It was a chaotic scene, h ...

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A group photograph of âcariya Mun’s dhutanga kammaññhàna disciples gathered in front of his ornate funeral pyre. Opposite page: ...

Chao Khun Dhammachedi standing before âcariya Mun’s funeral pyre. His casket is laying endwise to the camera. ...

net and reached the safety of Nibbãna as well. But their time was not yet ripe. All they could do was extol his extraordinary vi ...

Mun’s funeral pyre was made with fragrant sandalwood that ardent devotees had specially ordered from across the Mekong River in ...

joyed beyond words. All clasped some small keepsake in their fists, guarding their treasure jealously, as though afraid someone ...

future rebirth as human beings. This is unlike the hearts of shame- less people who seem to be vying for rebirth in hell or the ...

teaching. In truth, his teaching so profoundly impressed me that I am convinced it was amatadhamma,^16 emanating from a heart of ...

7 The Legacy i n the period following his cremation, many of the monks in Ãcariya Mun’s lineage remained distraught as they cont ...

âcariya Mun (circa 1942) ...

prepare themselves for such an eventuality so that they may pros- per now and in the future. When Ãcariya Mun passed away, I saw ...

a crucial juncture in my own development as well. The kilesas and Dhamma are engaged in a full-scale war, and Ãcariya Mun had be ...

heard about this matter until some four years later when Khun Wan Khomanamun, owner of the Siriphon Phanit Store and the Suddhip ...