find it, that’ll be excellent. Then we will all see buddho quickly
and easily.”
“Has your buddho been missing long?”
“To begin with, sit or walk for about 15 to 20 minutes at a
time. Buddho doesn’t want you to spend too much time search-
ing for it yet. It’s afraid you’ll grow tired and so be unable to keep
up with it. Losing interest, you will not want to search anymore.
Then you’ll miss it altogether. This is enough to get you started.
If I elaborate any further, you won’t remember it all, thus jeopard-
izing your chances of meeting buddho.”
With these instructions in mind, the villager returned home.
He didn’t take leave of Ãcariya Mun in any special way, because
that was not the hill tribe custom. Deciding that it was time to
go, he simply got up and left. As soon as he arrived at the vil-
lage, everyone gathered around to hear what had taken place. He
explained why Ãcariya Mun sat still with his eyes closed and
why he paced back and forth: he was searching for the precious
gem buddho and not, as they had presumed, because he was a
‘tiger in disguise’. He then explained Ãcariya Mun’s brief instruc-
tions on how to find buddho. Once the villagers knew the method,
everyone – from the headman on down to the women and older
children – began to practice, mentally repeating ‘buddho’.
Several days later, something truly amazing happened. The
Dhamma of the Lord Buddha arose clearly in the heart of one of
the villagers. While mentally repeating the word “buddho” over
and over again as Ãcariya Mun had suggested, one man in the
village found Dhamma: his heart attained a state of peace and
calm. A few days earlier, the man had dreamed that Ãcariya Mun
was placing a very large, bright-shining candle on top of his head.
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