Ven. Acariya Mun - Spiritual Biography + photos

Although my knowledge of these matters is not very astute,
I must admit that my heart is full of immense faith and respect for
Ãcariya Mun. If someone whom I trusted were to come to me and
suggest that I exchange my own life for that of Ãcariya Mun, so
he could return from the dead to teach again – pointing out that
with my stupidity I could never possibly teach others the way – I
would agree immediately, provided I could confirm what he said
to be true. If he could guarantee that Ãcariya Mun would return
in exchange for my life, I would quickly arrange for my own death
then and there without a second’s delay. In truth, I’ve been quite
troubled by my own stupidity for a long time now. Although no
one has ever requested that I exchange my life for Ãcariya Mun’s
return, I am constantly disappointed, that in writing his biography,
I am unable to remember so many things he kindly recounted to
me in such detail. Because of my poor memory, so much of what
he said has been lost. I feel rather apologetic even about what I
have been able to remember and write down. The little that has
stuck in my memory is a bit like a pet animal that sticks to its
owner, no matter what, and never runs away. In any case, what
is written here can merely serve to whet the reader’s appetite, as
words alone cannot properly convey the mystery of these things.
In modern-day Thailand, Ãcariya Mun was the person
responsible for reviving an interest in experiencing these inter-
nal and external insights, though very few people could hope to
perceive such mysterious phenomena nearly as well as he did. It’s
almost as though Ãcariya Mun was practicing for the sake of sharp
vision and clear understanding, while the rest of us were practic-
ing for the sake of blind ignorance, and were thus never able to see
as he did. The fact that so little has been written here about his