Ven.Pomnyun_Sunim's Dharma Talk

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A 2022. 7. 17 🔹Question :  Hello, Sunim. Thank you for taking the time to answer our questions. I often see Sunim suggesting that we could look to nature to draw a more universally acceptable definition of justice. For example, you’ve said that because animals in the wild don’t take care of their parents once they mature, we shouldn’t be seen as evil even if we choose...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from Casual Conversation with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim (October 10, 2021) 🔹Question :  My concern is I feel deeply annoyed andconcerned that people not taking the covid pandemic and climate change seriously. It's difficult for me to see people not wearing a mask or driving an SUV to kids' playgrounds. What can I do to counteract my annoyance, practice my...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at Jogyesa Temple, Seoul (June 14, 2019) 🔹Question :  I’m an artist. I’m working as a professionalballet dancer in Korea. I have a question related with art and creation. So I personally need to often detach from my emotions and feelings. So I need to do this quite often. I don’t know, just my emotions can get too wild somehow...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A 2018. 1. 16 🔹Question :  I play a sport here. I play baseball. I haveplayed baseball since I was three years old. Since that point, I have loved baseball. It has become a part of my identity. As I got older, got better at playing. It became a kind of physical meditation in a way that I could turn my mind off through playing the game. But then coming to college, I fo...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at Busan City Hall,Busan (June 15, 2019) 🔹Question :  Five months ago my boyfriend broke up with meand I was originally going to ask how do I get over my ex. And then I thought some more, I ask myself why am I not over him, and then I thought because I’m way too attached. Because maybe I don’t want to get over this guy, becaus...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at Busan City Hall,Busan (June 15, 2019) 🔹Question :  Thank you sir for receiving my question. Howcan someone manage grief or sadness if a family member marries and moves away to another country permanently? What can you do if you can’t see your daughter, your brother, your mother, or even your father for an extended lengthof...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from Casual Conversation with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim(November 14, 2020) 🔹Question :  Hello Sunim! It’s an honour for me to havethis opportunity to ask you questions. There is a research saying, during this pandemic, TV watching and online streaming have increased. I think it is true because most of us are staying at home. So I would like to ask you from theBud...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A 2024. 8. 11 🔹Question :  Personally, it’s my second time to meet withyou. So it’s nice meeting with you again, and thanks for coming all the way here to share your wisdom and advice. I would really appreciate your advice. I will share my story very briefly, my situation I’m faced with. I adopted two dogs from Korea that flew from Korea last year. One of them was fou...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from Casual Conversation with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim(September 20, 2023) in Columbus, Ohio. 🔹Question :  How should parents guide their children to beindependent?     🔻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 Jogyesa Temple,Seoul (June 14, 2019) 🔹Question :  My question is about non-attachment and goalsin life. I have noticed that having goals in relationship or career can bring a lot of stress. For example, when I was applying to do my exchange in Korea, I was worried something might go wrong with my application and I had a lot...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at Union TheologicalSeminary (Oct. 2, 2014)   🔹Question :  Few years ago, my brother was diagnosed with a mental illness. It's.... just really hard on my family. He's getting better now. As a sister I'm not sure what I can do to help him. I wanted to get your opinion. I try to encourage him but not sure that's...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from Casual Conversation with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim(September 9, 2023) in Seattle. 🔹Question :  I want to empty my mind and have no conflictin my mind. I tried to do that through meditation, but it didn't help. How can I empty my mind and maintain mindfulness?   🔻Jungto Dharma School(Introduction to Buddhism): https://www.jungtosociety.org/jungto-dharma-...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at Google (Nov. 10,2014)   🔹Question :  You said that to be happy, we have to removeour greediness. It sounds very simple, but in practice, it's very difficult to remove our greediness. So can you suggest how we can practice in real life to remove our greediness?   🔻Jungto Dharma School(Introduction to Buddhism): https://...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at Union TheologicalSeminary (Oct. 2, 2014) 🔹Question :  I'm extreme opposites. I'm extremely happy,then extremly depressed. I'm extremely energetic then extremely tired. Even through the years, I noticed the trends. Last year, I just left the entire year. Now, my energy is coming back. The previous year before tha...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A 2023. 5. 7 🔹Question :  Thank you for taking my question. I heard thatif I managed to be ascetic and conserve sexual energy, I could be more healthy and productive or even experience transcendence. There is some Tantric Buddhism to pursue this state, but in reality, it seems difficult to do so. Or we don’tknow the true benefit of it, so we’re not motivated to do so....

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A 2020. 10. 10 🔹Question : I’ve been practicing daily for about three years now. It feels a little bit more like a habit or like a routine these days. Because I feel like my progress has kind of plateaued a bit. I’m just wondering if that is typical and what advice you may have. 🔻Jungto Dharma School(Introduction to Buddhism):https://www.jungtosociety.org/jungto-dhar...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A 2022/4/3 🔹Question : Our desire to do better than this, is it wrong? Because Sunim said to me that I have some desire to do better is wrong. So is it wrong? 🔻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 Casual Conversation with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim(June 5, 2022) 🔹Question : In the Jungto Dharma School course, we learn that all beings and phenomena are impermanent. Is the phenomena or the states of enlightenment and nirvana permanent or impermanent? 🔻Jungto Dharma School(Introduction to Buddhism):https://www.jungtosociety.org/jungto-dharma-school-onlin...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A 2020. 3. 10. 🔹Question : I feel as aforeigner in Jungto, for being a foreigner, access to resources is more limited than at least somebody who speaks Korean well. So really my question is as a foreigner who doesn’t have easy access to checking in with the Dhamma teacher asking Dhamma teacher questions, or going to Korea and going to retreats there, how can I make su...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A 2023. 9. 9. 🔹Question : What is a teaching from your teachers or the scriptures that you’ve come back to again and again throughout your life more than others? 🔻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 2023. 1. 15 🔹Question : Thank you so much Sunim for Dharma School, and for Jungto volunteers. I’m very happy to have another opportunity to ask you a question. Because of our karma and the practice of repentance often requiring further practice and repeated effort until new habits are gained. Can you please speak to the harm that comes to others, as we are gaining t...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A 2022.2.20 🔹Question : Thank you for being with us today, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim. I’m having problems bowing 108 times for the 1000-Day Practice. I have trouble standing back up our of the bow. But more importantly after 108 bows, my legs shake for hours afterward, which has made it dangerous to help my friend transfer from his wheelchair, which usually happens half an h...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A 2023. 9. 9 🔹Question : I have a question about inner life. I’m relatively new to Dharma. We talk about letting go of myself and recognizing our oneness with everyone, even with those that I may contend with. Recently I have difficulty doing that, and I heard of the idea that if I didn’t recognize my own agency or free will, I might let go of myself more easily. But...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session in UCLA (Nov. 16,2014) 🔹Question :  My question is how do you plan for the futurewhile living in the moment? Because I know you’re teaching that when you’re living in the moment, you don’t think about the past or the future. I’m just wondering how do you plan yourself. 🔻Jungto Dharma School(Introduction to Buddhism):https://w...

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session in UCLA (Nov. 16,2014) 🔹Question : Regarding the belief that thoughts become things and that our subconscious mind controls 95%of our actions, how does one go about cleansing our thoughts and really being able to take out the negative patterns that we may have in terms of our thought progresses to essentially manifest positive...