contentment gave me the opportunity to get my balance on the
path of practice; and this, in turn, allowed me to look deeply into
the nature of the world and the nature of Dhamma in the way
I’ve already mentioned.”
The abbot asked many more questions of Ãcariya Mun, but
having covered the most important ones, I shall pass over the rest.WHILE STAYING IN BANGKOK, Ãcariya Mun was regularly invited out
to eat in private homes, but he declined, for he found it difficult
to take care of bodily necessities after he finished eating.
When he felt the time was appropriate, Ãcariya Mun left
Bangkok and headed for Korat where he had been invited to stay
by devotees in Nakhon Ratchasima. Staying at Wat Pa Salawan
monastery, he received numerous visitors who came to ask him
questions. There was one which was especially interesting that
Ãcariya Mun himself recounted to me – one which I have never
forgotten even though I tend to be forgetful. Perhaps I suspected
it would one day form part of his biography! This question was
asked as a means of discovering the true nature of Ãcariya Mun’s
attainment, and whether he was actually worthy of the popular
acclaim he received. The questioner was an ardent student of the
way of kammaååhãna who earnestly sought the truth.
Questioner: “When you accepted the invitation to come
to Korat, was it simply because you want to help your devotees
here, or have you also come hoping to strive for the attainment
of magga, phala, and Nibbãna?”
Ãcariya Mun: “Being neither hungry nor deluded, I am not
searching for anything that would create dukkha and cause me
trouble. Hungry people are never content as they are, so they