Ven. Acariya Mun - Spiritual Biography + photos

Ãcariya Mun’s relics possess many strange, amazing qual-
ities. One person who owned two of them made a solemn wish
that his two relics become three so that he would have one for
each of the “Three Jewels”: Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha. Soon
afterward a third relic materialized with the other two. Another
person with two relics made the same solemn wish, but instead
of increasing, the two fused into one, which greatly disappointed
him. This person told me what had happened and asked my
advice. I explained to him that whether one has three of Ãcariya
Mun’s relics, or one of them, or merely a bone fragment that has
yet to undergo any transformation, all are essentially relics from
his body. So no one should be disappointed if two became one,
for it’s a miraculous occurrence just the same. What could be
more amazing than that? Even the hair samples from Ãcariya
Mun’s head – which were collected when he shaved his head each
month, and which are now kept and revered by people in many
different places – have undergone a transformation similar to the
bone fragments. In either case, the result is the same: undergoing
an essential transformation, both become relics.
People who have genuine relics of Ãcariya Mun cherish
them so much that they keep very quiet about it. But, if some-
one inquires skeptically whether Ãcariya Mun’s bones really did
become relics, the same people will answer boldly in the affirma-
tive. Should they then be asked whether or not they possess any,
they will just smile and say they have so few they couldn’t possi-
bly give one away, thus precluding someone from asking. For this
reason, it is difficult to find out these days who actually possesses
Ãcariya Mun’s relics. Even if they were asked by a monk whom
they revere, they would probably give a rather vague answer. So we