Ven.Pomnyun_Sunim's Dharma Talk

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma  Q&A “I am being too judgmental” Selection from Casual Conversation with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim (November 14, 2020) 🔹Question:   Hello Sunim, I've just graduated from something equivalent to Korean Middle School and will be going to high school soon. Today, my worry is about how I can be less judgmental and become more understanding to others. I think I tend to be quite jud...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A “Is There a Line Between Giving and Giving Too Much?” Selection from Casual Conversation with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim (September 20, 2023) 🔹Question:   I have been giving lots of my time and energy to a family member to a point it feels imbalanced. I started feeling resentful and bad about myself. What should I do? 🔻Jungto Dharma School (Introduction to Buddhism): https...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from Casual Conversation with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim #pseudo #crime #good_teacher   🔹Question:  My question relates to teaching, finding a teacher. How do you know if the teacher you find is a proper or good teacher?   🔻Jungto Dharma School (Introduction to Buddhism): https://www.jungtosociety.org/jungto-dharma-school-online-course/   🔻 Find more at the foll...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from Casual Conversation with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim #Freedom #Five precepts 🔹Question:   I'd always been driven by these big ideas, passion, all these abstract thoughts, goals, dreams and things like that. But a few months ago, I had been sick for a couple of months with COVID. I initially thought it'd be just like any other cold, but it put me in a really bi...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s DharmaQ&A Selection from Casual Conversation with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim (A ugust 7, 2021) #HumanRelationship #Emotional_Independence #MulticulturalSociety 🔹Question: My question today is about friendships or human relationships in general. As I get older, I don’t get to have the type of friendships that I used to have as a child. I understand that friends have their own lives and...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from Casual Conversation with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim  (2022.9.17) #understanding #nature #mental process #respect 🔹Question: I wasn't expecting to ask you a question, so I need to remember what I submitted. The point of the question is that I wanted to revisit the topic of nature with you. Last time, I tried, but I wanted to come back because I don't think my...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from Casual Conversation with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim (September 11, 2023) 🔹Question: What is true love? I am in love with someone who is much younger than I am. I am not sure if we should be together. I’m worried. 🔻Jungto Dharma School (Introduction to Buddhism): https://www.jungtosociety.org/jungto-dharma-school-online-course/   🔻 Find more at the following...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Ven. Pomnyun's Answer to "What's the Difference Between Like and Love?" Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at George Washington University (Oct. 8, 2014) 🔹Question: I have a question. I have dated with three girls so far. When I look back, none of them satisfied me. I can say I liked them, but I don't think I loved them at all. I want to know the difference bet...

🔹Ven. Pomnyun's Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at George Washington University (Oct. 8, 2014) 🔹Question: I was dating a guy little over four years ago. I got pregnant. Because where he was in his life, he did not want any more children. When I heard my boy's heartbeat I couldn't terminate. Should I insist on him to sign the birth certificate? My boy has a right to know wh...

🔹Ven. Pomnyun's Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at Google (Nov. 10, 2014) 🔹Question: I have a loved one and there was a misunderstanding. And there have been many, many years where I've tried to clear up the misunderstanding. And it hasn't clear up. So it's been difficult for me. And the question is, until when do I keep on trying? Or do I just, for my own emotional lightn...

🔹Ven. Pomnyun's Dharma Q&A   Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at UBC (Oct. 3, 2017) 🔹Question: You spoke I believe in the question by this gentleman here about a mother’s love for a child, but you also spoke in length about desire. And I suppose my question revolves around how you would compromise those two. How would you live a loving life while at the same time attempting to att...

🔹Ven. Pomnyun's Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at Busan City Hall, Busan (June 15, 2019) 🔹Question: my question is, Mister, what do you think about Yin Yang philosophy as there is a day and night, there is love and hate, and the complete contrary is the utopia. What do you think is the possibility to live only or if there is a possibility to live only with love as acc...

🔹Ven. Pomnyun's Dharma Q&A Ven. Pomnyun's Answer to “How To Deal With Lockdown Symptoms” Selection from Casual Conversation with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim (August 14, 2021) 🔹Question: I’m a city dweller in Sydney suffering from lockdown in the Covid. In the city there’s a lockdown now, we’ve been in lockdown for about 10-12 weeks and sometimes it’s really difficult. I suffer from stress or...

🔹Ven. Pomnyun's Dharma Q&A Ven. Pomnyun's Answer to "How Can I Maintain Peace of Mind While Trying to Achieve My Goals?" Selection from a Dharma Q&A session 🔹Question: I'm originally from India and currently living in Italy. So, it gives me immense pleasure to see your dedication and commitment. I have one question regarding my personal career goal. I'm currentl...

🔹Ven. Pomnyun's Dharma Q&A Ven. Pomnyun's Answer to " I Tend to Think Negatively and Worry A Lot" Selection from a Dharma Q&A session 🔹Question: As a practitioner, what efforts should I make after having self-awareness in order to reach nirvana? For example, I tend to think negatively and worry a lot. Those worries sometimes are overwhelming. When my parents in Korea do...

🔹Ven. Pomnyun's Dharma Q&A Ven. Pomnyun's Answer to “My Coworker Doesn’t Respect Me” Selection from Casual Conversation with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim (April 2, 2023) 🔹Question: "I feel no respect from my coworker. When I put up the painting I did with the residents on the all, my coworkers takes it down and put up the artwork she did with the residents. It has happened repeatedly. And...

🔹Ven. Pomnyun's Dharma Q&A Ven. Pomnyun's Answer to " I Am Having a Hard Time Finding a Job" Selection from a Dharma Q&A session Apr. 2. 2023 🔹Question: My question is related to a job search. I'm currently in Italy living with my family. After reflecting, I've made the decision to go back to Canada,in the next few months,to look for a job. I talked to my friend...

🔹Ven. Pomnyun's Dharma Q&A Ven. Pomnyun's Answer to "I Have Very Strong Likes and Dislikes" Selection from a Dharma Q&A session 🔹Question: I'm not saying I want to be up front with everybody or I'm not forcing people to follow my way. But either way, after the conversation, I still feel very puzzled or disturbed. I think all I want is to express myself honestly....

Ven. Pomnyun's Answer to "What to Do When Other Party Is Uncompromising" Selection from a Dharma Q&A session (Jan. 23, 2022) Question: How to resolve a situation when one side is being harmful and refusing to compromise. 🔻Jungto Dharma School (Introduction to Buddhism): https://www.jungtosociety.org/jungto-... 🔻 Find more at the following links: http://www.jungtosociety.org htt...

Ven. Pomnyun's Answer to "Laying Off My Employees is Stressful" Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at George Washington University (Oct. 8, 2014) Question: I work in Healthcare. I'm a manager. Sometimes I need to let people go because of performace. It's happening everyday. We had a case in the U.S on FedEx employee went back to the office after being fired and killed pe...

#InnerPeace #anxiety Ven. Pomnyun's Answer to "I Can’t Find Inner Peace." Selection from a Dharma Q&A session in UCLA (Nov. 16, 2014) 🔻Jungto Dharma School (Introduction to Buddhism): https://www.jungtosociety.org/jungto-... 🔻 Find more at the following links: http://www.jungtosociety.org http://www.pomnyun.com   / jungto.society     / ven.pomnyun.sunim     / pomnyundailyquote ...

#anxiety #suffering (Questioner) I've just started to start studying Buddhism. So I have a long way to go. One of the questions is just come up for me today is " Do you think that anxiety is a western society problem? I seem to be hearing a lot of people including friends and work colleagues often mentioning how they are suffering from anxiety. Or do you think people are misinterpreting t...

#WorkStress #COVID19 Ven. Pomnyun's Answer to " How should I react to my boss who asks too much work during this pandemic period?" 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...

#OvertimeWorking #ExtraWork Ven. Pomnyun's Answer to “I Get Frustrated When My Boss Assigns More Work to Me” Selection from Casual Conversation with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim (June 13, 2021) Question : I get frustrated and angry when my boss assigns more work to me. I notice that I get frustrated because I don't really care for my boss nor my work, and also because I don't like to stay late d...

Ven. Pomnyun's Answer to “How to deal with my anxiety about evaluation pressure at work?" Selection from Casual Conversation with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim (November 7, 2021) I love my job and luckily my coworkers are very supportive. But my job requires me to prove my ability through various evaluation systems all the time. While I try not to be bothered by the pressure too much, I often feel a...