Ven. Acariya Mun - Spiritual Biography + photos

Ãcariya Mun had them take refuge in the Buddha, Dhamma, and
Sangha. He guided them in the correct way to practice, such as
paying daily homage to the Buddha and performing morning and
evening chanting, and they gladly followed his instructions. As
for Ãcariya Mun, he performed a kind of internal spiritual bless-
ing to help them; and the results were strange and marvelous to
witness. Before his arrival, many people died each day from the
smallpox. But from his arrival onwards, no one else died; and
those who were infected quickly recovered. More than that, no
new instances of the disease occurred, which astounded the vil-
lagers who had never seen or imagined such a miraculous reversal
of circumstances. As a result, the community developed enor-
mous faith in and devotion to Ãcariya Mun which have persisted
undiminished through each generation to the present day. This
includes the local monastery’s present-day abbot, who has a deep
respect for Ãcariya Mun. He always raises his joined palms in
homage before beginning to speak about him.
Incidents such as this were made possible by the power of
Dhamma in Ãcariya Mun’s heart which radiated forth to give
comfort and happiness to the world. Ãcariya Mun said that he set
aside three times each day to extend loving kindness to all living
beings. He would do this while sitting in meditation at midday,
before retiring in the evening, and after rising in the morning. In
addition to that, there were many times during the day when he
sent loving kindness out specifically to certain individuals. When
radiating all-encompassing loving kindness, he did so by focusing
his citta exclusively inward and then directing the flow of his citta
to permeate throughout all the worlds, both above and below, in
all directions without interruption. At that time his citta had the