Ven. Acariya Mun - Spiritual Biography + photos

ful. It didn’t require any special insight to tell from her expression
that she had been successful. Ãcariya Mun began questioning her
the moment she sat down.
“What happened? Did you manage to prevent yourself from
being reborn within your niece’s womb despite being very much
alive?”
“Yes, I severed that connection the very first night. As soon
as my citta ‘converged’ into a state of complete calm, focusing my
attention there, I saw exactly what I had seen before. So I concen-
trated on severing it with intuitive wisdom, just as you said, until
it finally snapped apart. Again last night I examined it thoroughly
and couldn’t find anything – it had simply disappeared. Today I
could not wait any longer. I just had to come and tell you about it.”
“Well, that is a good example of how very subtle the citta can
be. Only someone who practices meditation can become aware
of such things – there is no other way. You nearly fell prey to the
kilesas, which were preparing to shove you into your niece’s womb
without you being aware of it. It’s a good thing you uncovered it
in your meditation and managed to correct it in time.”
Shortly after the flow of her aunt’s citta to her womb had
been severed, the woman’s niece had a miscarriage, thus cutting
that connection for good.
Soon the monks in the monastery began pondering two
questions related to that incident: one to do with the rebirth of a
person who has yet to die, the other to do with miscarriages. The
old woman never told anyone in the village about what happened,
so no one else knew about it. But having heard the whole affair
as it was related to Ãcariya Mun, the monks were well informed
about the incident. This prompted several questions, so the monks