Ven. Acariya Mun - Spiritual Biography + photos

penetrates to its core and exposes its fundamental deception, avijjã
promptly dissipates, revealing the pure, unblemished citta, the true
Supreme Happiness, Nibbãna.
bhikkhu: A Buddhist monk; a male member of the Buddhist Sangha
who has gone forth into homelessness and received the higher ordi-
nation. In Theravãda countries today, bhikkhus form the nucleus of
the Buddhist community. Living entirely off donations of food and
other basic requisites, their monastic lifestyle is based on the princi-
ples of poverty, celibacy, virtue, and meditation.
bodhi: Awakening; enlightenment; transcendent wisdom. Bodhi is equated
with perfection of insight into the Four Noble Truths and the real-
ization of Nibbãna, the cessation of all suffering.
brahma (brahmã): Celestial beings who inhabit the first three realms of
the Fine Material World. Beings reborn into those sublime realms are
said to have some experience with the meditative absorptions (jhãna).
Consequently, brahmas have extremely refined bodies composed of
pure light and experience extremely refined degrees of mental pleas-
ure. When the good kamma that sent them to those realms is finally
exhausted, these beings pass away and are reborn again somewhere
else, in a realm of existence suitable to their remaining kamma.
Buddhasãsana: The Teachings of the Lord Buddha and, by extension,
the Buddhist religion in general (see sãsana).
buddho: Supremely enlightened. A traditional epithet for the Budhha,
buddho is a preparatory meditation-word (parikamma) that is repeated
mentally while reflecting on the Buddha’s special qualities. In its
simplest form, one focuses attention exclusively on the repetition of
“buddho”, continuously thinking the word “buddho” while in medi-
tation. One should simply be aware of each repetition of “buddho,
buddho, buddho” to the exclusion of all else. Once it becomes con-
tinuous, this simple repetition will produce results of peace and calm
in the heart.
citta: The citta is the mind’s essential knowing nature, the funda-
mental quality of knowing that underlies all sentient existence.