Ven. Acariya Mun - Spiritual Biography + photos

kilesa: Mental defilement. Kilesa are negative psychological and emo- tional forces existing within the hearts and minds of all ...

gating the increasingly more subtle defilements at the highest stage of the Transcendent Path (arahattamagga), their development ...

tion of what Nibbãna is, or is not, lies wholly beyond the range of conventional figures of speech. nimitta: Mental image; visio ...

rainy season retreat (vassa): The annual three-month-long meditation retreat observed by Buddhist monks in the Theravãdin tradit ...

harmonious being that is so wondrous as to be indescribable. Upon withdrawing from samãdhi, this calm, concentrated mental focus ...

creates these ideas and then hands them on to saññã, which inter- prets and elaborates on them, making assumptions about their s ...

realm of sensuous existence immediately above the human realm. Also known as rukkha or bhumma devas because of their natural aff ...

pain and suffering, and devoid of anything that can be identified as “self”. visuddhi: Perfect purity of mind. The pure nature o ...