🔹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. And,according to my wife, you are not even really interested in art, music, sports, or games. So what is fun in life?

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🔹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 up of their entire life, and you can't experience someone's entire life. Do you agree with that, or do you have thoughts on that?

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🔹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, causality exists, which is why we should be kind, merciful, and benevolent to others. However, to me, this doesn't soundlike the concept of giving without expecting anything in return or philanthropic giving without expecting the reward. The most compelling and persuasive reason I found so far is that you should be merciful, do good, and be kind to your neighbor because you will get the immediate reward as soon as you do a good deed. It cleans your mind, cultivates moral sense, and elevates your spirit. And this reward is incomparable to anything in the world. I don't fully accept this argument because it suggests that we do good for ourselves.Wouldn't it be selfish? But the Buddha said, "In the heavens above and the earth beneath, I alone am the honored one." So, probably, it's ok. I would appreciate if you could shed light on this perspective. I'm afraid that this way of thinking may be arrogant because I may reject all other ideas taught bygreat teachers but stick to one reason that I found. So, your teaching will be appreciated.

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🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A

(Selection from a Dharma Q & A at Harvard University(Sep. 20, 2017)

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🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A

Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at Busan City Hall, Busan (June 15, 2019)

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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 habit into my future work. Do you have any suggestions

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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 supposed to go about it as your parents are on the opposite side of that?   

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🔹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, definitely the monthly salary. And every day I ask myself the question of what is the purpose of humans?So as a human, what should be a noble purpose that should pursue?   

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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 Korean defectors living in the country and that they have significant problems integrating into Koran society. What is the Buddhist community currently doing to help these people to better integrate? What do you think the Buddhist community can do in the future further help both believers and non-Buddhist followers alike from this-community? 

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🔹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 rights and world peace; and eradication of famine, disease, and illiteracy.

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