
Suffering and the Significance of Insignificance
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim gives a Dharma teaching on living lightly with impermanence and change
The Korean Seon (Zen) master Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (법륜스님) wears many hats: Buddhist monk, Dharma teacher, author, environmentalist, social activist, and podcaster to name a few.
As a widely respected Dharma teacher and a tireless social activist in his native South Korea, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim has founded numerous Dharma-based organizations, initiatives, and projects that are active across the world. Among them, Jungto Society, a volunteer-based community founded on the Buddhist teachings and expressing equality, simple living, and sustainability, is dedicated to addressing modern social issues that lead to suffering, including environmental degradation, poverty, and conflict.
A regular speaker at public venues such as community centers, libraries, universities, and churches, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim is renowned for his sharp and insightful Dharma dialogues, offered free of charge and expressed in everyday terms for the average layperson, with the aim of sharing his Dharmic message of happiness and freedom with people from all walks of life, backgrounds, ages, and religious affiliations. He extends his reach to audiences and practitioners around the world through YouTube videos, podcasts, and live-streamed events.
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim gives a Dharma teaching on living lightly with impermanence and change
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim shares a Buddhist perspective on living life with joy and meaning
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim shares a Buddhist perspective on living life fully by letting go of suffering
Ven. Pomnyun Suni invites us to reassess our material desires and attachments through the lens of the climate crises
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim gives a Dharma teaching on living in the present and mindfully tempering our expectations
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim gives a Dharma teaching on the Buddhist practice of self-reliance
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim shares a Buddhist perspective on attachment and aversion, and living with equanimity.
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim shares a Buddhist perspective on understanding happiness and truth during a recent Dharma talk.
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim gives a Buddhist perspective on personal responsibility in relation to the climate crisis during a recent Dharma talk.
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim highlights the path to liberation through self-realization in a recent Dharma talk
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim examines the causes and conditions for liberation from suffering in a recent Dharma talk
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim offers a Buddhist view of social engagement and peace activism