must sympathize with those who venerate and treasure Ãcariya
Mun’s relics.AS A LIVING TEACHER, Ãcariya Mun was extremely influential. He
had very effective methods for alleviating the mental stress and
feelings of anxiety experienced by his followers. Many people have
recounted instances when they were determined to commit evil,
or their minds were very hot and agitated, or they felt vengeful
enough to kill someone – and the mere thought of Ãcariya Mun
then was enough to cause these emotions and ideas to subside
immediately. It was as though he had doused their flaming hearts
with cool water, allowing them to realize their misunderstand-
ings. Their harmful thoughts had simply vanished. The sense of
relief they felt made them want to prostrate before him then and
there. Many lay followers have testified to this, and surely there
are many more unreported cases of devotees using the power of
remembering Ãcariya Mun to successfully counter their wrong-
ful intentions. Many monks, as well, have used the power of their
faith in him to restrain themselves in accordance with their spir-
itual calling.
During his lifetime Ãcariya Mun trained countless numbers
of people to be good, righteous individuals. At least forty years
of his life as a monk were spent engaged in teaching monks and la-
ity from all over the country. Just think of how many monks and
how many lay people must have trained under him in that forty
year period. If we consider only the monks, the disciples who
became accomplished in meditation and the way of practice were
already numerous. These monks have in turn become ãcariyas,