Ven. Acariya Mun - Spiritual Biography + photos

will inevitably arise right where they are committed – in the
heart. The cause being wrong, the effect is bound to be harm-
ful. When we wrong someone, the harmful consequences from
that action are unavoidable, even in cases where we are unaware
of having wronged that person. The wrongdoer must necessar-
ily receive the full results of his actions. It’s no use thinking that
we can somehow avoid the unpleasant consequences – whatever
they are, they will definitely manifest themselves someday. By
remaining indifferent or negligent about wrongdoing, we face the
clear prospect of personal misfortune here and now in this life-
time. Looking any further ahead than this would merely amount
to grasping at shadows and missing the real issue. The sãsana is
not a shadowy specter, deluding people into ignorance. It’s a path
that unerringly reveals the Truth in all its many aspects. Follow-
ers of the sãsana, who deviate from the path and then unfairly
accuse it of having failed them, are inextricably compounding
their own miserable predicament. The sãsana, as always, remains
pure and unperturbed.
Ãcariya Mun always stressed that people who accept the
Truth, embodied in Buddhist principles, receive the blessings of
Dhamma. Being cool and calm themselves, all their relationships
tend to be the same as well. The world they live in is a peaceful
place where they are unlikely to suffer the kind of contentious
bickering that causes acrimony and engulfs both parties in heated
recriminations. The reason people never experience the happi-
ness they long for is that they allow a fiery, inflamed mentality
to dictate their attitude in everything from business dealings to
workplace, from legal proceedings to marketplace. Wherever they
go, whatever they do – they are as hot as fire, so they find it hard