Ven.Pomnyun_Sunim's Dharma Talk

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from Casual Conversation with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim(Apr 17, 2022) 🔹Question: Hello, Sunim. I'm currently living in South Korea. Thank you for this opportunity to ask a question. I had this question from my own virtual reality. In the last week's Dharma talk, Sunim talked about negative mental conditions for people in modern society, what we can do, an...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at Jogyesa Temple,Seoul (June 14, 2019) 🔹Question: I have experienced arguing with my husband over historical problems between Korea and Japan. And a few times we almost divorced because of that. Through the many arguments I realized both have strong [patriotism] towards own countries and different opinions based on the educat...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at George WashingtonUniversity (Oct. 8, 2014) 🔹Question: To what extend to you think the human body and the human mind can operate separately? Do you think that human body can become a separate entity to human mind? If it is possible how can we individuals be enlightened to do that?   🔻Jungto Dharma School(Introduction to Bud...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at St. ThomasEpiscopal Church in Sunnyvale, California (Nov. 8, 2014) 🔹Question: You are traveling around the world and meeting a lot of people. I looked up and searched Google and saw your schedule. It seems to be overwhelming for a person to be engaged in the very busy schedule. How do you manage and balance the number of ta...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at St. ThomasEpiscopal Church in Sunnyvale, California (Nov. 8, 2014) 🔹Question: We are going through a series of classes here at St. Thomas Church on the topic of dreams. Symbolism, how to interpret them, and neuro-biological reasons for dreams. Sosome personal questions for you. Do you dream? Could you share any of your drea...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at St. ThomasEpiscopal Church in Sunnyvale, California (Nov. 8, 2014) 🔹Question: I study psychology and I actually study goals and motivations, so I am very interested in this topic. You talked about desires. You said there are three categories of desire which was survival needs, relative needs or desire and excessive needs. B...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A session at Bethesda Chevy Chase Regional Service Center inWashington D.C. (September 18, 2019) 🔹Question:  Hi. I have a question about what you, from your perspective, what would you quantify as success in life, if not materialistic things, maybe career success and these kinds of ways to measure success? What do you personally, how do you quantify that? 🔻Jungto Dha...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session in UCLA (Nov. 16,2014) 🔹Question:  I recently listened to your lecture about careers. And I thought about my job in jewelry industry which in a way allures people to spend money to show off and put emphasis on outer beauty. But I really love my job and my goal is to become a jewelry designer. Whether my designs are for fashion...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from Casual Conversation with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim (November 14, 2020) 🔹Question:  Hello Sunim, I’m very happy to be here and talk to you. I was actually in South Korea for seven years. I worked at Samsung Electronics, then I finally moved to America in Seattle, Washington. So the first time I watched your dharma talk was in 2014 when you gave a talk at Goog...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A 2022.2.4 🔹Question:  It's a real pleasure to see you again, Sunim. I have two questions. The first question is last week you've responded about being in the death bed, diagnosed with acancer and still being grateful. How can I start training myself today so I can get to that state of gratefulness?   🔻Jungto Dharma School(Introduction to Buddhism):https://ww...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from Live Dharma Talk with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim(March 6, 2022) 🔹Question: Hello! It's nice to meet you in person. I'm Catholic and about to graduate from medical school. I am pro-choice and believe in using contraception. It's something thatI will recommend to my patients if medically necessary. Is it okay to be Catholic and have conflicting valu...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from Live Dharma Talk withVen. Pomnyun Sunim (March 6, 2022) 🔹Question: It seems like if I'm not mistaken, Russia's claim is they don't want Ukraine to join these western forces, which is like NATO, and Ukraine leader, including their president, is trying to protect their independence. So in that situation, ofcourse, the citizens are dying dail...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from Casual Conversation with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim(October 17, 2021) 🔹Question: During the past year I took your online Buddhism and Sutra classes. I gained a good understanding of original Buddhism and its teaching as a spiritual practice. Iwork as a mental health and addiction counselor. I’ve been applying what I’ve learned from Sutra and Dharma talks to m...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A 2023. 9. 18 🔹Question: Hi, thank you for the opportunity to ask a question. I'm actually a neurologist. I decided to go to a rural Florida to work in the community, thinking that I wanted to build a Parkinson's and movement disorder program from scratch. So, I was brought in and I received no support. It's because of the tight budget in the hospital. I t...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A 2024. 9. 23. 🔹Question:  Hello, Sunim. Thank you so much for being accessible to ordinary people like me. Thank you. What you just answered felt like you were talking to me directly. I feel like you answered my question. I live in Vancouver, Canada. My job is to help customers achieve their financial goals and their financial well being. So, I'm in a very compet...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A 2024. 8. 26 🔹Question: Good afternoon, Sunim. Thank you for answering my question and giving me another chance to ask. I suddenly had a couple of situations where I start to realize that I'm get older. I'm hitting 40 now, and the time shocked me. "Oh my God. I'm already at this age." I also did some review of my life and my current evaluation o...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at George WashingtonUniversity (Oct. 8, 2014) 🔹Question: I'm a medical doctor in Korea. As you know, the doctor's mistakes can be directly connected to patients' death or life. How can I manage it? Or how can I take care of it? 🔻Jungto Dharma School(Introduction to Buddhism):https://www.jungtosociety.org/jungto-dharma-school-...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at Union TheologicalSeminary (Oct. 2, 2014) 🔹Question: I'm very forgetful person. On daily bases, I've been able to handle it. But I'm a resercher. I'm doing my Ph. D in biomedical sciences. This forgetfulness is hindering to my profession. I'm getting scholarship. It's a good position. They're not...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q & A at Harvard University(Sep. 20, 2017) 🔹Question: I am thirty years old, employed for five years. And I worked very happily as a play and my work, my money, I was very happy. I did so many things. And what happenedrecently, my company, they are changing the structure that I don’t like to work there anymore. The company that I put ever...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s DharmaQ&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at Jogye-sa Temple,Seoul, South Korea (June 15, 2018) 🔹Question: My questionis, you live in a very modern society with lots of technology right at ourfingertips which allows us instant gratification. What I would like to know isif you have advice or thoughts about how we maintain our patience in the faceof this growing instant...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from Casual Conversation with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim (November 14, 2020) 🔹Question: I’m a scientist, and scientists in the United States at least are expected to work long hours including weekends and holidays. Though this culture is very normal, but in this pandemic time, it’s very difficult to work these hours. Because we have to split up our time with our c...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A “I Don't Like My New Job.” Selection from CasualConversation with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim (Septermber 19, 2021) 🔹Question:  I recently changed my job but I feel a strongfeeling of uncomfortable with my job. I’ve been trying many new things and different responsibilities but my current job is very different from any other job that I had been doing before. I don’t feel...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A 2021/11/14 🔹Question:  Hello, Sunim Thank you so much for taking thetime to talk to us. I have a similar question. I am an addiction counselor for a nonprofit. I have been doing this for about a year and a half since I graduated college. Your talk, last week, really helped me with feelings of jealousy over salary. And you helped me realize that this is still the job...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A “Due to Negative Feedback I'm Losing Career Confidence"Selection from Casual Conversation with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim (December 19, 2020) 🔹Question: By listening to your wisdom through Youtube for last 3 years, actually increased and improved the perspective of my ilfe dramatically. I've become much happier in my relationships with my husband, my parents, c...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A “I'm Confused by the Sudden Change at Work?” Selection from Casual Conversation with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim (May 16, 2021) 🔹Question: I'm working in a Japanese company. Under the company's system, all employees should move to another department every 5 to 7 years. Last month I was ordered to transfer department from May 1. I've been in my previous depart...