Ven.Pomnyun_Sunim's Dharma Talk

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Nov 5, 2018 2018 Parliament of the World's Religions in Toronto, Canada 🔹Question: He is one of the leading figures in human rights and justice. It's our privilege to have him with us the Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, one of the most active Buddhist leaders inKorea. Venerable is the founder and chair of international relief agency, the Joint Together Society, a center...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A 2022. 3. 6 🔹Question:  Hello, Sunim! It's nice to meet you. I'm glad to get a chance to ask my question. When I heard about the war between Ukraine and Russia, I felt like I was witnessing peace crumbling. The U.S. cannot take the role of world police anymore. And the world now seems to be divided between allies and enemies of the U.S. How should we look at...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A 2023.06.04 🔹Question:  Hello, Sunim. It's always a great honor to beable to ask a question. Through your recent Dharma talks in your daily articles, I realized the seriousness of continuously escalating tension on the Korean Peninsula. As you've mentioned numerous times, in the midst of the US and China's global competition, it seems like South Korea is...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at Union TheologicalSeminary (Oct. 2, 2014) 🔹Question:  If there is anything you would recommend anyof us to do in our lifetimes. If there's one thing you would encourage us todo?   🔻Jungto Dharma School(Introduction to Buddhism):https://www.jungtosociety.org/jungto-dharma-school-online-course/   🔻 All Jungto Society’sso...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at Busan City Hall,Busan (June 15, 2019) 🔹Question:  Hello, Sunim. I am glad that you safely returned from your trip. Thank you for taking my question. My question is related to a close relative who is the same age as me. We grew up in the same town. So, we were very close to each other when we were children. My relative is ve...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at Union TheologicalSeminary (Oct. 2, 2014) 🔹Question:  I developed an issue of procrastination in mygraduate study. It's getting worse if I am facing stress. If I haveassignments. I start doing it on the very last day. I graduated. I'm going to work in research. I'm worried that I'm going to carry this bad hab...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A 2023. 09. 09. 🔹Question:  I immigrated to the United States when I waslittle and am in my late 30s now. I've somewhat attained my financial goal and recently, sold all my businesses. Right now, I'm in the process of managing my real estate, and helping out inside the house with my family. The problem I've run into is that, because I now have a lot of fre...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A 2017 . 10. 8 🔹Question:  Good evening, Venerable Pomnyun Sunim. Myquestion is about meaning. Many of us are searching for meaning because it is a key to happiness and important in its own right. But it's not always easy to keep the focus on finding meaning. Life gets in the way. Everyday we're all busy. Do you have advice on how we can keep a daily focus on...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A 2023. 9. 9 🔹Question: (Questioner) My question is how to practice more skilfully when strong feelings of self-doubt are present And following on other things you've shared how to really let go of those states of suffering.(Sunim) In which areas do you haveyour self doubt? (Questioner) Recently, I felt waves of it coming up and coloring a lot of different areas....

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A 2023. 9.11 🔹Question: The question that I wanted to ask is this: I feel like I have some emptiness or defect in my mind, and it affects many of the relationships that I’ve had or will have in the future. Is there any way I can overcome this, or how should I deal with it?   🔻Jungto Dharma School(Introduction to Buddhism):https://www.jungtosociety.org/jungto-dharma-s...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A 2023. 09. 22. 🔹Question:  My wife is a very big fan of yours. She listens to all your lectures, and when she shares with me, I find almost always agree with your analysis of human situation. My question for you is what in life is fun for you? Considering what I know, monk don’t have sex, drink, smoke, gamble, and eat samguepsal(pork belly, meat) but do simple diet....

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A  2023. 9 .11 🔹Question:  Thank you, Sunim. I have a few questions aboutmyself. I wanted to ask your opinion about something. I have a bit of a controversial belief that you can't truly understand someone because if you did, you would agree with them. I believe that you can't truly understand someone's perspective because someone's perspective is made...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A  2025. 3. 31. 🔹Question:  Thank you very much. I'm truly honored to havethis wonderful chance to ask a question. Here is my question. Through many Dharma talks that have been given by you, Venerable Pomnyun Sunim, I learned that even though theredoes not exist direct cause and effect, for example, if you do good things, the reward will come back eventually, caus...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A (Selection from a Dharma Q & A at Harvard University(Sep. 20, 2017) 🔻Jungto Dharma School(Introduction to Buddhism):https://www.jungtosociety.org/jungto-dharma-school-online-course/   🔻 All Jungto Society’ssocial platforms: http://linktr.ee/jungtoint 

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at Busan City Hall, Busan (June 15, 2019) 🔻Jungto Dharma School(Introduction to Buddhism):https://www.jungtosociety.org/jungto-dharma-school-online-course/   🔻 All Jungto Society’ssocial platforms: http://linktr.ee/jungtoint 

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at Union TheologicalSeminary (Oct. 2, 2014) 🔹Question: I developed an issue of procrastination in my graduate study. It's getting worse if I am facing stress. If I have assignments. I start doing it on the very last day. I graduated. I'm going towork in research. I'm worried that I'm going to carry this bad hab...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at University ofMichigan (Oct. 26, 2014) 🔹Question: I am fifteen and I like to watch classes of teachers about spirituals like self-empowerment. Whenever I try to, my parents and also their ideas affect how I have to live my life. If you wat to follow your own self like truth and what you feel right for you, how are you suppos...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at Google (Nov. 10,2014) 🔹Question: Hi. One of my favorite modern philosophers said that the three most dangerous human addictions today are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary. His name is Nassim Taleb. He’s Doctor Doom. So my question to you is most of us here have at least two out of those three addictions, definite...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at Jogye-sa Temple,Seoul, South Korea (June 15, 2018) 🔹Question: I have been here for about 8 years. I came over here as a teacher and am now a student. And I wanted to talk to you about North Korean defectors who are currently in Seoul or in South Koran in general. Given the fact that there are already over 30,000 North Korea...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at PrincetonUniversity (Oct. 1, 2014) 🔹Question: The Guiding Zen Master of Jungto Society Ven. Pomnyun Sunim is the founder and Guiding Zen Master of Jungto Society. He is not only a Buddhist monk and Zen master but also a social activist who leads various movements such as ecological awareness campaign; promotion of human rig...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at George Washington University (Oct. 8, 2014) 🔹Question: I'm working with terminally ill patients. I had many korean patients as well. At the end of life they were difficult of letting go of their lives. They make healthcarechoices that is critical that cause suffering. I come to an end where I cannot convince them to mak...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from Casual Conversation with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim (September 19, 2021) 🔹Question: Today my question is about some of Sunim’s teaching that is very similar or overlaps with Sigmund Freud’s structural theory of personality especially the period from birth to 3 years of child’s life. According to both teachings, a child develops the unconscious mind or majorit...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at Jogyesa Temple,Seoul (June 14, 2019) 🔹Question: I’m a very decisive person in my decision making all my life, and somehow it turns out alright for me. I’m 39 years old this year and I’m just wondering whether it’s my happy go lucky character that I always think it’s easy when I face difficulties in life. And my friends all...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A 2022년02월20일 🔹Question: Venerable Pumnyun Sunim, thank you for taking my question today. I am a public health professional. And I have an old friend who is active on social media. When he’son social media, he promotes views that I believe are unhealthy for him and for the people he interacts with online. I’m curious to know if you can give me some advice on how yo...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A 2024. 8. 6 🔹Question: Thank you, Sunim, for allowing me this opportunity to ask my question. I’ve been on this journey to discover my purpose and the meaning of my life for a while now. I’ve been getting into multiple discussions, reading a lot, and hearing a lot on this subject. Lately, I’ve been asking, “Does everyone have a purpose? Do I have a purpose? Was I bor...