Ven. Acariya Mun - Spiritual Biography + photos

took up the questioning in an effort to help him regain his mental
focus: “Don’t you mean that you were a boxer in lay life, but now
that you are a monk you no longer do that?”
“Yes. As a layman I was a boxer, but after ordaining as a
monk I stopped boxing.”
Ãcariya Mun saw that his condition didn’t look very good,
so he changed the subject, saying it was time to go on almsround.
Later, he told the other monk to go and question him privately,
since his fear of Ãcariya Mun prevented him from being coher-
ent. After the meal this monk found an opportunity to put his
questions in private. He discovered that the new monk had pre-
viously been a well-known boxer in the Suan Kulap boxing camp.
Becoming disillusioned with lay life, he ordained as a monk and
set off to find Ãcariya Mun.
Once he had the whole story, the monk related it to Ãcariya
Mun, who made no further comment. It was assumed that this
would be the end of the matter, especially since Ãcariya Mun
spoke directly to the former boxer during the evening meeting.
But that wasn’t to be the case. That night, Ãcariya Mun again
investigated the matter for himself. In the morning, he confronted
the former boxer once more in front of everyone.
“It’s not merely that you were once a boxer – something else
is hidden there as well. You should go and carefully reconsider this
whole affair. If it was simply a matter of being a boxer in lay life,
the matter should have been settled by now. It should not keep
recurring in this way.”
That was all he said.
Later, the monk who had become familiar with the former
boxer went to see him. After further questioning he discovered