🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A

Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at Bethesda ChevyChase Regional Service Center in Washington D.C. (September 18, 2019)

🔹Question :  I have a problem or I notice fear comes about in different parts of my interactions as I go throughout my day. And most specifically when I’m golfing, I get over a shot and I have, you know, what I wanna do with this shot. But when I go about the action of actually completing the shot, my mind goes blank. And I understand, you know, in golf, a lot of things in golf are connected to everything in my life. So I’m trying to make if there’s a connection in life where I’m fearful of something but (inaudible).

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🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A

Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at Union TheologicalSeminary (Oct. 2, 2014)

🔹Question :  I have a hard time saying no to people. I end up making promises I don’t want to keep. As a result, I hurt my own relationships with people. How can I effectively sayno?

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🔹Ven Pomnyun’s DharmaQ&A

Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at Jogye-sa Temple,Seoul, South Korea (June 15, 2018)

🔹Question :  My question is, you live in a very modern society with lots of technology right at our fingertips which allows us instant gratification. What I would like to know is if you have advice or thoughts about how we maintain our patience in theface of this growing instant gratification. Patience with the challenges we may face throughout our daily lives are even more complex. Things that we face that we may feel we have no control over.

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🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A

Selection from Casual Conversation with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim(October 10, 2021)

🔹Question :  In one of your lessons, you paint a picture of animals running headlong to a cliff-edge in their potential death without wondering why they do so. I fear we have the burden of death as a shadow, knowing we're going to die no matter what. The animals seem all to contend with which my heavenly influence of consciousness and actions. Some Buddhists talk about death, not just our inevitable demise but dying to edge of end in our life. It's second dying beingwith own anew from moment to moment. Do you see any value in this approach? How do you think we might contend with the shadow?

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🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A

Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at SouthdaleLibrary, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Sep 12, 2018)

🔹Question :  I would like to know how you feel about crystals and essential oils. If you use them and if you feel that, they can contribute to a mindfulness practice?

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🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A

Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at Jogye-sa Temple,Seoul, South Korea (June 15, 2018)

🔹Question: I always feel like I don’t have enough that I am not enough. I find myself trying to strive for more, to have more, to be more. So my question to you is : How do we knowhave enough or whether we should do more to strive for more? So what do you think is a worthwhile pursuit?

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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)

🔹Question: I find that when I’m alone I’m generally at peace, you know, in my day to day life. But whenever I’m in a relationship, I start to stress and think is this person what’s best for me. Is this person on my path, so to speak. I just want to know how to have more peaceful and connected relationship and get away from these kinds of thoughts.

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🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A

Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at Bethesda ChevyChase Regional Service Center in Washington D.C. (September 18, 2019)

🔹Question: Hi Sunim, it is very nice to meet you. I’m really a big fan of your work and then I watch a lot of your Youtube videos. So a hundred million accounts some of my watch aswell. So my questions is how do I really know what I want? So when I was 20 something I used to know, and I wanted to go to graduate school, I wanted to learn different languages, and I wanted to get that kind of job. So luckily I did a lot of them but then after that I don’t really know what I really want. So someone offered me a job outside of where I am right now, but I wasn’t sure if I want that or not. But it’s not only that. A lot of questions in life, it’s very difficult for me to figure out what I really want. And maybe it’s something related but it’s also difficult for me to make a decision. So I’m looking for a house to buy around here. For some people it takes one day or forsome people it takes one month, but for me it takes much more than a year I have not made my decision. So for big question like in life what I want, and small question, like decide which house I like, I want to get your advice on how Ican make my decision.

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🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A

Selection from Casual Conversation with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim(February 20, 2022)

🔹Question: My Son is on the Autism Spectrum. How can we help him to be back to normal self and when would that be?

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🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A

2018. 12. 16

🔹Question: I graduated college one year ago. I’m working a job that I like doing but doesn’t pay a lot of money. My family owns a business that I would make much more. I am verytalented at it, but I’m not 100% passionate about it. And I’m still trying to figure out what’s the best option for me. How do I decide which  one to go with?

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