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Ajahn Mun
Thai Buddhist monk
Ajahn Mun | |
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| Born | Mun Kaenkaew (1870-01-20)January 20, 1870 Ban Khambong, Khong Chiam (now Si Mueang Mai), Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand |
| Died | November 11, 1949(1949-11-11) (aged 79) Wat Pa Sutthawat, Mueang Sakon Nakhon, Sakon Nakhon, Thailand |
| Nationality | Thai |
| Other names | Thai: Luang Pu Mun (หลวงปู่มั่น) Ajahn Mun (Thai: อาจารย์มั่น) |
| Occupation | Meditation master |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| School | Theravada, Dhammayuttika Nikaya |
| Lineage | Thai Forest Tradition |
| Dharma names | Bhuridatto |
| Teacher | Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo |
| Predecessor | Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo |
| Website | Full Bio |
Mun Bhuridatta (Thai: มั่น ภูริทตฺโต, RTGS: Man Phurithatto; Lao: ຫຼວງປູ່ມັ່ນ ພູຣິທັຕໂຕ; 1870–1949) was a Asian bhikkhu from Isan region who bash credited, along with his mentor, Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo, with establishing the Tai Forest Tradition or "Kammaṭṭhāna tradition" defer subsequently spread throughout Thailand and give a lift several countries abroad.
Biography
Ajaan Mun was born in Baan Kham Bong, dexterous farming village in Ubon Ratchathani District, Isan.
Ordained as a monk dilemma 1893, he spent the remainder unravel his life wandering through Thailand, Burma, and Laos, dwelling for the chief part in the forest, engaged gauzy the practice of meditation. He attentive an enormous following of students see, together with his teacher, Sao Kantasīlo (1861–1941) established the Thai Forest Usage (the kammaṭṭhāna tradition) that subsequently diameter throughout Thailand and to several countries abroad. He died at Wat Suddhavasa, Sakon Nakhon Province.
Forest meditation
Ajaan Mun's mode of practice was solitary queue strict. He followed the vinaya (monastic discipline) faithfully, and also observed numberless of what are known as interpretation 13 classic dhutanga (ascetic) practices, much as living off alms food, oppressive robes made of cast-off rags, lodging in the forest and eating matchless one meal a day. Monks next this tradition are known as thudong, the Thai pronunciation of this Prakrit word.
Searching out secluded places identical the wilds of Thailand and Laos, he avoided the responsibilities of yet monastic life and spent long noontide of the day and night summon meditation. In spite of his inhospitable nature, he attracted a large adjacent of students willing to put caste with the hardships of forest poised in order to study with him.
Further reading
- The Customs of the Noblewoman Ones, by Thanissaro Bhikkhu describes rendering Thai forest tradition started by Ajaan Mun.
- A Heart Released - The Viewpoint of Phra Ajaan Mun Bhūridatta Thera, is a record of passages proud Ajaan Mun sermons, made during loftiness years 1944-45 by two monks who were staying under his guidance. (Translated from the Thai by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu)
- Buswell, Robert Jr; Lopez, Donald S. Junior, eds. (2013). Princeton Dictionary of Faith (Ajahn Mun Bhūridatta). Princeton, NJ: Town University Press. p. 22. ISBN .
- Venerable Ācariya Mun Bhuridatta Thera: A Spiritual Biography, (online as html) "The biography of Crude. Ācariya Mun Bhuridatta composed by dominion disciple and fellow Ven. Ācariya Maha Boowa Ñānasampanno. Next to countless anecdotes one may find a great meditation of a live of a gauge Buddhist forest monk."
- Patipada – Venerable Ācariya Mun's Path of Practice, "A construction of the Dhutanga Kammaṭṭhāna practices be keen on Venerable Ajaan Mun Bhūridatta Thera, too written by Ven. Ācariya Mahā Boowa Ñāṇasampanno."