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Ven.Pomnyun_Sunim"s Dharma Talk

Pomnyunsunim(법륜스님)_podcast

Ven. Pomnyun Sunim(법륜스님) guides you to the path of freedom and happiness through Buddha"s teachings.

religion & spirituality buddhism

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00:08:41

What Is Fun for You in Life

Ven.Pomnyun_Sunim"s Dharma Talk ·

2025/10/31

🔹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

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00:26:43

Anxiety and Making Decisions

Ven.Pomnyun_Sunim"s Dharma Talk ·

2025/10/28

🔹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,

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00:30:28

Giving Without Expectations

Ven.Pomnyun_Sunim"s Dharma Talk ·

2025/10/24

🔹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

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00:04:33

We Can Live Much More Freely

Ven.Pomnyun_Sunim"s Dharma Talk ·

2025/10/21

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A (Selection from a Dharma Q & A at Harvard University(Sep. 20, 2017)🔻Jungto Dharma School(Introduction to Buddhism):https://www.jungtosociety.org/jungto-dharma-school-online-course/ 🔻 All Jungto Society’ssocial platforms: http://linktr.ee/jungtoint

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00:05:18

Be Here, Now and Me: the Way to Nirvana

Ven.Pomnyun_Sunim"s Dharma Talk ·

2025/10/17

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at Busan City Hall, Busan (June 15, 2019)🔻Jungto Dharma School(Introduction to Buddhism):https://www.jungtosociety.org/jungto-dharma-school-online-course/ 🔻 All Jungto Society’ssocial platforms: http://linktr.ee/jungtoint

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00:06:34

How Can I Break My Procrastination Habit?

Ven.Pomnyun_Sunim"s Dharma Talk ·

2025/10/14

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A 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🔻Jungto Dharma School(Introduction to

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00:11:58

I am fifteen and how can I follow what I feel right?

Ven.Pomnyun_Sunim"s Dharma Talk ·

2025/10/10

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A 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? 🔻Jungto Dharma School(Introduction

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00:08:02

What Is the purpose of humans?

Ven.Pomnyun_Sunim"s Dharma Talk ·

2025/10/07

🔹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

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00:14:51

What Is the Buddhist Community Doing to Help North...

Ven.Pomnyun_Sunim"s Dharma Talk ·

2025/10/03

🔹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 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

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00:09:49

How to Live Above the Ecological Baseline

Ven.Pomnyun_Sunim"s Dharma Talk ·

2025/09/30

🔹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.🔻Jungto Dharma

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00:08:23

How Can I Help My Patients Better?

Ven.Pomnyun_Sunim"s Dharma Talk ·

2025/09/26

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at George Washington University (Oct. 8, 2014)🔹Question: I'm working with terminally ill patients. I had many korean patients as well. At the end of life they were difficult of letting go of their lives. They make healthcarechoices that is critical that cause suffering. I come to an end where I cannot convince them to make the decision that I think it's best for them There was an incident. The paitent was 85 years old

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00:33:57

Whose Teaching Comes First? The Buddha or Freud?

Ven.Pomnyun_Sunim"s Dharma Talk ·

2025/09/23

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from Casual Conversation with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim (September 19, 2021)🔹Question: Today my question is about some of Sunim’s teaching that is very similar or overlaps with Sigmund Freud’s structural theory of personality especially the period from birth to 3 years of child’s life. According to both teachings, a child develops the unconscious mind or majority of personality traits during that period through the relationship with their mother. And that influence

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00:08:44

How Do I Know Whether I’m Making the Right Decision?

Ven.Pomnyun_Sunim"s Dharma Talk ·

2025/09/20

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at Jogyesa Temple,Seoul (June 14, 2019)🔹Question: I’m a very decisive person in my decision making all my life, and somehow it turns out alright for me. I’m 39 years old this year and I’m just wondering whether it’s my happy go lucky character that I always think it’s easy when I face difficulties in life. And my friends all say that it seems like I’m having an easy life. And whenever I face difficulties I will always just go

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00:11:56

I Feel Uncomfortable About My Friend's Views

Ven.Pomnyun_Sunim"s Dharma Talk ·

2025/08/29

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A 2022년02월20일🔹Question: Venerable Pumnyun Sunim, thank you for taking my question today. I am a public health professional. And I have an old friend who is active on social media. When he’son social media, he promotes views that I believe are unhealthy for him and for the people he interacts with online. I’m curious to know if you can give me some advice on how you think I should approach this situation in terms of protecting public health and also in terms of our

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00:28:30

What Is the Purpose of Life?

Ven.Pomnyun_Sunim"s Dharma Talk ·

2025/08/26

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A 2024. 8. 6🔹Question: Thank you, Sunim, for allowing me this opportunity to ask my question. I’ve been on this journey to discover my purpose and the meaning of my life for a while now. I’ve been getting into multiple discussions, reading a lot, and hearing a lot on this subject. Lately, I’ve been asking, “Does everyone have a purpose? Do I have a purpose? Was I born with a purpose?” And I saw a number of your videoswhich helped me make sense of it and understand that

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00:25:52

Why Are Creative People More Vulnerable to Mental...

Ven.Pomnyun_Sunim"s Dharma Talk ·

2025/08/22

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from Casual Conversation with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim(Apr 17, 2022)🔹Question: Hello, Sunim. I'm currently living in South Korea. Thank you for this opportunity to ask a question. I had this question from my own virtual reality. In the last week's Dharma talk, Sunim talked about negative mental conditions for people in modern society, what we can do, and why it's so prevalent in current times. I've noticed some people with mental afflictions tend

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00:05:44

How to Approach History as a Japanese living with a...

Ven.Pomnyun_Sunim"s Dharma Talk ·

2025/08/19

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at Jogyesa Temple,Seoul (June 14, 2019)🔹Question: I have experienced arguing with my husband over historical problems between Korea and Japan. And a few times we almost divorced because of that. Through the many arguments I realized both have strong [patriotism] towards own countries and different opinions based on the education we have been taught. And I feel so pathetic to fight over something we can’t change. What I really

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00:10:10

Can Body and Mind be Separated?

Ven.Pomnyun_Sunim"s Dharma Talk ·

2025/08/15

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at George WashingtonUniversity (Oct. 8, 2014)🔹Question: To what extend to you think the human body and the human mind can operate separately? Do you think that human body can become a separate entity to human mind? If it is possible how can we individuals be enlightened to do that? 🔻Jungto Dharma School(Introduction to Buddhism):https://www.jungtosociety.org/jungto-dharma-school-online-course/ 🔻 All Jungto Society’ssocial

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00:08:17

How can you manage many travels without getting tired?

Ven.Pomnyun_Sunim"s Dharma Talk ·

2025/08/12

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at St. ThomasEpiscopal Church in Sunnyvale, California (Nov. 8, 2014)🔹Question: You are traveling around the world and meeting a lot of people. I looked up and searched Google and saw your schedule. It seems to be overwhelming for a person to be engaged in the very busy schedule. How do you manage and balance the number of talks that put into your schedule? 🔻Jungto Dharma School(Introduction to

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00:07:30

What Do You Do with Your Dreams?

Ven.Pomnyun_Sunim"s Dharma Talk ·

2025/07/29

🔹Ven Pomnyun’s Dharma Q&A Selection from a Dharma Q&A session at St. ThomasEpiscopal Church in Sunnyvale, California (Nov. 8, 2014)🔹Question: We are going through a series of classes here at St. Thomas Church on the topic of dreams. Symbolism, how to interpret them, and neuro-biological reasons for dreams. Sosome personal questions for you. Do you dream? Could you share any of your dreams? What do you do with your dreams? 🔻Jungto Dharma School(Introduction to

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