What Do You Recommend that We Do in Life?
Jungto Society
5 December 2022
Advice on living skillfully and engaging in good conduct
South Korea President Meets with Buddhist and Other Religious Leaders in Wake of Itaewon Tragedy
Justin Whitaker
15 November 2022
South Korea’s President has reached out for help from the country’s major religious leaders
Buddhist Leaders Join Memorial for Victims of Deadly Halloween Tragedy in Seoul
Craig Lewis
4 November 2022
Buddhist leaders and sangha members gathered in central Seoul on Tuesday, among representatives of South Korea’s seven major religious orders, to memorialize the people who
The Best Farewell For the Deceased
Jungto Society
31 October 2022
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim shares a teaching on death and dying, acceptance and letting go.
How to Overcome the Fear of Death
Jungto Society
5 October 2022
A Dharma teaching on fear and equanimity in the face of impermanence
New Head of Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism Takes Office
Craig Lewis
28 September 2022
Ven. Jinwoo, the new president of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, South Korea’s largest Buddhist order, formally took office today, marking the official start
Engaged Buddhism: Ven. Pomnyun Sunim and JTS Volunteers Visit Sujata Academy Project in India
Craig Lewis
26 September 2022
The Korean Seon (Zen) master and engaged Buddhist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim, founder and chairman of the international relief organization Join Together Society (JTS), led a
The World is a Living Scripture
Grace Song
22 September 2022
Learning to see the Dharma in all of our daily experiences
Seoul International Buddhism Expo to Focus on Ritual
Justin Whitaker
20 September 2022
This year’s expo seeks to draw on ritual to bridge the gap between the lives of ordinary Koreans and the Buddhism offered by temples and monasteries
Engaged Buddhism: Ven. Pomnyun Sunim and JTS Volunteers Bring 100,000 Gas Stoves to Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh
Craig Lewis
19 September 2022
The Korean Seon (Zen) master and engaged Buddhist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim, founder and chairman of the international relief organization Join Together Society (JTS), led a
The Reason Why People Are Unhappy No Matter How Hard They Try to Be Happy
Jungto Society
15 September 2022
Approaching desire, attachment, and aversion in our Buddhist practice
From Courtesan to Won Buddhist Teacher: One Woman’s Response to Modernity in Korea
Grace Song
16 August 2022
On the life of an extraordinary Buddhist woman in Korea in the early years of the 20th century