teaching emanated directly from an absolutely pure heart, the
Dhamma he delivered was incomparably superb. This was magga
and phala, pure and simple, and his listeners were able to emulate
his teaching to perfection.
The Dhamma that Ãcariya Mun delivered was spontane-
ous Dhamma of the present moment – refined and purified in
his heart. He did not theorize or speculate when he spoke. His
audience already had their own doubts and uncertainties about
the practice, and further speculation would only have served to
increase those doubts. Instead, as they listened, his Dhamma
gradually dispelled their doubts. Those who heard his wonderful
expositions were able to use them as a way to significantly reduce
their kilesas. Beyond that, they could be used to conclusively elim-
inate all doubts.ÃCARIYA MUN CHANTED suttas every night for several hours. On
a night when no meeting was held, he left his meditation track
at about eight o’clock and entered his hut to quietly chant suttas
at length before resuming seated meditation until it was time to
retire. On meeting nights, his chanting began later, after the meet-
ing was over. This meant that his normal schedule was delayed
when there was a meeting so that he retired later than usual, at
midnight or one A.M.
One evening, hearing him softly chanting in his hut, I had
the mischievous urge to sneak up and listen. I wanted to find out
what suttas he chanted at such length every night. As soon as I
crept up close enough to hear him clearly, however, he stopped
chanting and remained silent. This did not look good, so I quickly