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Is There Anything I Can Help Other People When I'm in A Much Better Situation?
🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A
2022. 2. 19
🔹Question : Hello Sunim. I live in Torrance, California. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to ask you a question.I have a sister who lives with her husband in country side inKorea.They used to be very rich but they lost all their fortune during IMF,so now, their financial situation is rather precarious.They have a son who is in mid 40s. He lives in Seoul with his wife and a daughter.He has a very seriousillness. He's losing his capability to take care of himself slowly and there's no treatment for that. So there's no hope for getting better. Her husband doesn't want to talk about their son's illness at all. He just ignores and doesn't offer any comfort to her son. So when my sister calls me on the phone,all her financial problems, her son's worsening disability, and her husband's indifferent attitude. So she has a lot of unhappy things going on in her life. And she says, "Sister, I envy you. You don't have any of my problems. That's why you're happy."That's true, really I'm very happy and I have none of her problems. I really don't know what to say to her. My question is when my situation is much better than hers, I don't experience any of her difficulties in her life, how can I offer any comfort to her? What is practical things I cando to reduce her unhappiness? Thank you. (Sunim) Do you want me to provide you words of comforts or provide you an objective analysis of the situation? (Questioner) What I want is when you're in a much better situation and when you hearsomeone's difficulty, I have so many problems, is there any thing I can offer to be helpful? Or I can say, "Yes, I studied Buddhism. I listen to the Dharma talk of Sunim. So all your problem is in your mind. This is the Buddhist truth." I don't think that's a very kind way to say things. So, both waysI want to hear. Thank you.
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2022. 2. 19
🔹Question : Hello Sunim. I live in Torrance, California. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to ask you a question.I have a sister who lives with her husband in country side inKorea.They used to be very rich but they lost all their fortune during IMF,so now, their financial situation is rather precarious.They have a son who is in mid 40s. He lives in Seoul with his wife and a daughter.He has a very seriousillness. He's losing his capability to take care of himself slowly and there's no treatment for that. So there's no hope for getting better. Her husband doesn't want to talk about their son's illness at all. He just ignores and doesn't offer any comfort to her son. So when my sister calls me on the phone,all her financial problems, her son's worsening disability, and her husband's indifferent attitude. So she has a lot of unhappy things going on in her life. And she says, "Sister, I envy you. You don't have any of my problems. That's why you're happy."That's true, really I'm very happy and I have none of her problems. I really don't know what to say to her. My question is when my situation is much better than hers, I don't experience any of her difficulties in her life, how can I offer any comfort to her? What is practical things I cando to reduce her unhappiness? Thank you. (Sunim) Do you want me to provide you words of comforts or provide you an objective analysis of the situation? (Questioner) What I want is when you're in a much better situation and when you hearsomeone's difficulty, I have so many problems, is there any thing I can offer to be helpful? Or I can say, "Yes, I studied Buddhism. I listen to the Dharma talk of Sunim. So all your problem is in your mind. This is the Buddhist truth." I don't think that's a very kind way to say things. So, both waysI want to hear. Thank you.
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🔻Jungto Dharma School(Introduction to Buddhism):https://www.jungtosociety.org/jungto-dharma-school-online-course/Â
🔻 Find more at thefollowing links:
http://www.jungtosociety.orgÂ
http://www.pomnyun.comÂ
https://www.instagram.com/jungto.society/Â
https://www.instagram.com/ven.pomnyun.sunim/Â
https://www.facebook.com/pomnyundailyquoteÂ
https://insighttimer.com/jungtokorea  Â
🔻 All Jungto Society’s social platforms: http://linktr.ee/jungtoint