# Acharn Mun biography - and the debate between World fellowship of Buddhists and Nyanaponika

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**World Fellowship of Buddhists Magazine**  
VolXIII no1 (BE2519/1976)  
**From Nyanaponika Mahathera**  
Forest Hermitage Kandy, Ceylon  
Commenting on the bio of A.Mun.

> "..the shock I felt when reading the statement in the 4th section (p.135) that “a number of Buddhas togther with their arahant disciples” had paid a visit to the Acharn to “offer their congratulations upon his achievement”. The controversy that understandably arises upon such a statement can I think be conclusively and decisively settled..[he then quotes sutta passage] Obviously , the statements abscribed to venerable Acharn Mun are in contradiction with the afore quoted sutta passage. There are also conflicts with other well-known utterances of the Master on the nature of Tathagatha, on Nibbana, and the khandhas..Admirers [of acharn Mun] will have to face the dilemma and solve it for themselves, honestly without misinterpreting the Buddha- word.

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