Won Buddhism Dharma Talks

With openness and reflection, Rev. WonGong shares one of Won Buddhism’s key insights: Our spiritual paths spring from and journey towards a single source. No matter where we begin or what traditions we explore, every tradition can help light our path towards peace, wellbeing, and liberation. https://www.wonbuddhismnc.org

Dharma Talk by Rev. Jieun Lee (Feb/06/2022) https://wondharmacenter.org/

Dharma Talk by Rev. Insun Park (Feb/06/2022) https://wonbuddhismnyc.org/ https://www.woninstitute.edu/

In this soul-searching dharma talk, practitioner Jared Heelis (Won Jae Ryong) uses his own spiritual journey to illustrate how our “I know” mind and “I don’t know” mind powerfully shape our lives and practice. Jared shows us that when we shift from the absolute to the formless, we too can step into the spacious practice of watching our mind and heart. https://www.wonbuddhismnc.org

Dharma Talk by Rev. Dosung Yoo (Jan/23/2022) @wondharmacenter https://wondharmacenter.org/

Dharma Talk by Rev. Jungsoo Jo (Jan/30/2022) @ Won Dharma Center

An enlightened buddha sees the world from a nondual lens, but for many of the rest of us, nonduality can seem abstract at best. In this dharma talk, longtime practitioner, Kathleen Herr (Won HerrJu) points out how familiar nondual experiences infuse our everyday lives, and as flecks of ultimate Truth, they can illuminate our spiritual path. — The Scripture of the Founding Master Chapter Seven: The...

Rev. ZiYoung opens the door of clarity in this enlightening dharma talk about “No-Self.” As  Rev. Kang explores the question, “Who am I?”, she examines the layers of delusion we often have about “self” that invariably cause us to suffer, and she encourages us to release them to reveal our true nature: numinous awareness. https://www.wonbuddhismnc.org

Sometimes, gifts come to us in unexpected ways. In this very introspective and vulnerable dharma talk, Rev. WonGong uses an unanticipated gift in her life as a touchstone to explore the power and practice of speech. With the precepts as guides, she invites us to consider ways for our speech to become mindful acts of gentleness and peace. https://www.wonbuddhismnc.org

In this insightful dharma talk, long-time practitioner, Michael Macklin (Won Hyoung) thoughtfully guides listeners through the key Won Buddhist teaching, The Truth of Il-Won Sang. As he highlights and explores the essential elements of this teaching, its inter-relationships are more brightly revealed, like a "…jewel in hand;" [http://wonscripture.org/Main/SubIndex/jungjun020101] https://www.wonbud...

Through her thoughtful and gentle reflection of a year at its end, Rev. WonGong of the North Carolina Temple honors the grace of the many sentient beings who have shared her life’s path, as well as the spacious moments she experienced in meditation and the tangible world. https://www.wonbuddhismnc.org

In this fascinating dharma talk, Rev. ZiYoung deftly compares the push and pull of magnets to the push and pull of our discriminating mind. Our judgments act like magnets that grasp and repel people and ideas; and when we release these polarized forces, our mind opens into all-embracing freedom, and our suffering ends. https://www.wonbuddhismnc.org

As we enter the last days of the year, Rev. WonGong invites us to explore the joys of simplified living. With clear thought and by example, she shows us that when we declutter our living spaces and our minds, we can follow in the footsteps of sages and teachers who released what entangled them and found freedom. https://www.wonbuddhismnc.org

With keen observation, Won Buddhist practitioner, Nate Jackson (Won JaySon), points out how an imbalance of the spiritual and material in our lives blocks our ability to be at peace with ourselves and the world. His journey writing a dharma talk is an invitation to join him on a journey of self-compassion - a medicine that can free us to release our self-critical mind. https://www.wonbuddhismnc.or...

Member's Talk by Kim Jones (Won Joong Shim)Nov/28/2021 https://wonbuddhismnyc.org/

Rev. WonGong of the North Carolina Temple begins this prayerful meditation on gratitude with a reflection on Ven. SeungSan, a leader of Won Buddhism in Korea, who passed a few days ago. Deep gratitude for fellow beings extends not only to those we venerate, but also those who challenge us. Rev. WonGong reminds us that, "We are what we think, we are what we say, we are what we chant." https://www.w...

Rev. WonGong of the North Carolina Temple shares the profound message we see in falling autumn leaves, that of "…drop, release, let go." People are like autumn leaves, individual and unique, yet all subject to the swirling winds of cause and effect. Like falling leaves we can let go and "go with the flow" of life. https://www.wonbuddhismnc.org

In this talk, Paula Sims (Won ShimJin) of the North Carolina Temple, takes us on a gentle journey in which she shares with us how prayer and gratitude has shaped her spiritual life. Paula describes how true prayer is much more than words, and how one-pointedness of mind developed through prayer can help us savor the joyfulness of gratitude. https://www.wonbuddhismnc.org Talk References: The Princi...

In this guided meditation, Rev. WonGong of the North Carolina Temple both elaborates upon, and also focuses the mind, to become aware of the Fourfold Grace here and now. http://wonscripture.org/Main/SubIndex/jungjun020201 Join her in surrendering to this grace which is so pervasive, like oxygen, that it may be under the radar in the midst of the busy and distracted now. https://www.wonbuddhismnc.o...

In this delightful dharma talk, Rev. WonGong So explores the topic, "a mind that responds but does not abide anywhere." Through the versatile lenses of poetry, stories, Buddhist teachings, and wifi settings, she turns something that might seem esoteric into an accessible subject for contemplation. https://www.wonbuddhismnc.org

On this beautiful November day in the month of gratitude, Rev. WonGong of the North Carolina Temple leads a guided meditation of gratitude, healing and peace. You are invited to sit quietly with our universal dharma community, resting in the still point of this present moment with the mantra, "I am grateful. All is grace." https://www.wonbuddhismnc.org

Dharma Talk by Rev. Dosung Yoo (Nov 07, 2011) https://wondharmacenter.org/

Dharma Talk by Rev. Grace Song (Nov/07/2021) wonbuddhismnyc.org

With a full heart Rev. WonGong expresses her deep gratitude for those who sustain the North Carolina Temple through monthly donations. She details how this community has been supported by hard-earned funds that came from minimum wage and odd jobs, to her intention to invest in the future by creating an endowment. Please consider making a contribution here: https://www.wonbuddhismnc.org

Rev. WonGong of the North Carolina Temple gives us an open and honest assessment of the quality of her own practice in this dharma talk. She has come to realize that measuring one's meditation practice can be as simple as observing just how many thoughts cary our minds away (the fewer the better). Rev. WonGong presents practical ways we can achieve a good quality meditation practice. https://www.w...