Ven. Acariya Mun - Spiritual Biography + photos

and practice accordingly, you will experience the fruits of inner
happiness for yourself.
“From the day I first ordained as a monk, I have sincerely
practiced the way of Dhamma – never for a moment have I thought
ill of anyone. My motive in wanting to meet with you was not to
deceive you, or cause you harm, but to assist you as best I can with
all my heart. If you refuse to trust me, it will be difficult for you
to find anyone else so worthy of your complete faith. You said you
were aware of the universe trembling that night. That trembling,
do you think it was caused by the ‘Dhamma of deception’ arising
in the world? Is that why you’re so hesitant about taking to heart
the advice I have so graciously offered you? If you understand that
Dhamma is indeed the Dhamma of Truth, then you should con-
sider the trembling of the universe that night as a decisive factor
in your faith, and take comfort in the fact that you still have great
resources of merit. You are still able to listen to a timely exposi-
tion of Dhamma, even though your birth in that formless realm
of existence should render such a thing impossible. I consider it
my good fortune to be able to teach you now. You should feel
proud of your own good fortune in having someone to come and
rescue you from the hopeless gloom that your misguided think-
ing has caused. If you can think positively like this, I shall be
very pleased. Such thinking will not allow dukkha to bind you so
tightly that you can’t find a way out. It won’t allow Dhamma to
be seen as something mundane, or compassionate concern to be
seen as something malevolent.”
As she listened to Ãcariya Mun present these reasoned argu-
ments with such loving compassion, his spiritual partner felt as
though she was being bathed in a stream of celestial water. Grad-