🔹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?

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🔹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 of stress. And I learned that not being attached to things could bring happiness and less stress but I still think I still have to have some goals that I want to achieve in my life. So how would it be possible to combine these two things in my everyday life?

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🔹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 helping.

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🔹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?

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🔹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?

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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'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 that, I was reallyenergetic. It's consatantly back and forth. I'm wondering if there's some kind of normality. Is it something I have to accept? Is there something I could practice like meditation to regulate it? that don’t know the ideas of Buddhism one facing an issue like an environmental crisis or global warming

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🔹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. My boyfriend said that if he ejaculates, he loses lots of strength and energy. So, I hope he’ll learn how to be abstinent to conserve his energy. We are spiritual people, so we want to experience tantric state. Please give us advice on this, Thank you.

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🔹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.

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🔹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?

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🔹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?

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