Ven. Acariya Mun - Spiritual Biography + photos

When his citta finally withdrew, he found that he was still standing in the same position as before. His umbrella and alms bowl ...

he was convinced that nothing could possibly harm him. With this serene Dhamma filling his heart, he resumed his trek through th ...

reluctant to believe him because the ferocious man-eating tigers roaming that forest were renowned for waiting to ambush anyone ...

unperturbed – probably because he was so accustomed to seeing these creatures wherever he went. Peering into the cave, the tiger ...

the night, when Ãcariya Chob finally lay down to take a rest. Awaking at about three A.M., he lit a candle only to find the tige ...

no idea where it had gone. During the remainder of his stay in that cave, it never came to visit him again. Ãcariya Chob suspect ...

alms loved and respected him; so when they saw the English sol- diers being very meddlesome, they became concerned for his safet ...

the soldiers were viewing him as an enemy, Ãcariya Chob sat qui- etly, extending forth thoughts of loving kindness and recollect ...

border, something incredibly amazing happened to Ãcariya Chob. Please reserve judgment on this incident until you have read the ...

no resemblance to the hill tribes people of that region, quietly sit- ting at the side of the path, holding a tray of food offer ...

along that trail to offer it to a monk. How had he known in the first place that there would be a monk coming to receive it? The ...

tial nature of the food itself. He ate every last morsel of what was offered, and it turned out to be exactly the right amount t ...

ment of divine intervention. Although the wilderness he passed through teemed with dangerous wild animals like tigers, elephants ...

Conclusion Practicing monks in the lineage of Ãcariya Mun tend to prefer living in mountains and forests. Leading the way in thi ...

the best of his ability. And thus he gains new insights in his med- itation practice. Those monks who are naturally inclined to ...

Being reluctant to write any more on this subject, I leave it up to those practicing meditation to discover this knowledge for t ...

so became a spiritual refuge to monks, novices, and lay people for the rest of his long life. He was a man whose life was a brig ...

thus assuring that the Supreme Noble wealth of the Lord Buddha does not disappear. Many of his more junior disciples are still a ...

embraced and taken to heart they then exert a powerful influ- ence on that person, one no other force in the world can match. We ...

have continued to make a profound impression on me ever since. The Dhamma he presented to the monks at the start of his illness ...