like that again. Why don’t you think and act in ways that the
Lord Buddha has taught us? What’s the matter with you? We’re
here to train ourselves in the way of Dhamma in order to get rid
of wrong attitudes and erroneous thinking. We are not here to
indulge our thoughts, burning ourselves with them the way you’ve
been doing.’ Those who wholeheartedly accepted the truth, lived
contentedly with him, and he didn’t say much to them. But any
furtiveness caused him deep misgivings, as though the offending
thoughts were fire burning him, and he would suddenly make a
surprising comment about it. If, however, the monk realized his
mistake and changed his attitude, then nothing further was said
and the matter rested there.”Powerful Magic
One evening, a group of hill tribesmen from a village near Ãcariya
Mun’s residence began wondering among themselves whether
Ãcariya Mun had any magic formulas to ward off and chase away
ghosts. So they decided to go the next day to ask if he had any-
thing he could give them. Early the next morning, Ãcariya Mun
related this incident to the monks living with him:
“Last night while sitting in meditation I overheard a group
of hill tribesmen in the village wondering if we monks might have
some magic formula for warding off and chasing away ghosts. They
intend to come here today to ask us about it. Should they come,
give them the formula “buddho, dhammo, sangho” to meditate on.
It’s an excellent formula against ghosts, for the only things that