“ALL BEINGS
ARE OF THEIR KAMMA“
ONE NIGHT, HAVING CONTINUED to practice peacefully for
many months, Acariya Mun experienced an unusually strong feeling of compassion
for his fellow monks.
By that time, amazing insights surfaced nightly in his
meditation practice.
He became keenly aware of many strange, wonderful
things – things he had never dreamed of seeing in his life.
On the night that he thought about his fellow monks,
his meditation had an exceptionally unusual quality to it.
His citta had attained an especially ethereal
refinement in samãdhi, resulting in many extraordinary insights.
Fully realizing the harmful effects that his own past
ignorance had caused him, he was moved to tears.
At the same time, he understood the value of the
effort he had struggled so diligently to maintain until he could reap the
amazing fruits of that diligence.
A deep appreciation for the Lord Buddha’s supreme
importance arose in his heart; for, it was he who compassionately proclaimed
the Dhamma so that others could follow in his footsteps, thus allowing them to
understand the complex nature of their own kamma, and that of all other living
beings as well.
Thus the vital significance of the Dhamma verse:
All beings are born of their kamma and kamma is their
one true possession, which succinctly sums up practically all the Buddha’s
teachings.
Those insights notwithstanding, Acariya Mun continued
to remind himself that despite their truly amazing character he had yet to
reach the end of the path and the cessation of dukkha.
To accomplish that he would need to pour all his
energy into the practice – with unstinting resolve.
In the meantime, he was pleased to see that the
chronic stomach ailment which he had suffered so long was now completely cured.
Ajahn Maha Boowa. Ajahn Mun's biography
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