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Jungto Dharma School\u2019s self-paced 20-week program includes all course materials and online tools, weekly online meetings with group members and facilitators, and live Dharma talks with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim. The course content encompasses foundation modules on understanding the Buddha\u2019s core teachings, and approaching key philosophical concepts, such as the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, causality, dependent origination, and enlightenment, and how these concepts and practices can be applied to everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The spring course is scheduled to begin on 12 March.
\u201cThroughout its 32-year history, Jungto Dharma School has helped countless people transform their lives.,\u201d Jungto Society said. \u201cThis 20-week program will help participants learn how to live freer and happier lives in accordance with Buddhist teachings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on January 8, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnder the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, you will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life,\u201d Jungto Society shared with BDG. \u201cAs a student of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrines (the Buddha\u2019s core teachings) but also gain practical wisdom to help you resolve various problems in your life. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungto Dharma School\u2019s self-paced 20-week program includes all course materials and online tools, weekly online meetings with group members and facilitators, and live Dharma talks with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim. The course content encompasses foundation modules on understanding the Buddha\u2019s core teachings, and approaching key philosophical concepts, such as the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, causality, dependent origination, and enlightenment, and how these concepts and practices can be applied to everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The spring course is scheduled to begin on 12 March.
\u201cThroughout its 32-year history, Jungto Dharma School has helped countless people transform their lives.,\u201d Jungto Society said. \u201cThis 20-week program will help participants learn how to live freer and happier lives in accordance with Buddhist teachings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on January 8, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, the guiding Dharma teacher of Jungto Society, first opened Jungto Dharma School some 31 years ago in Korea as way to share the original teachings of the Buddha with lay practitioners. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jungto Society created an online English-language syllabus\u2014Jungto Dharma School: Introduction to Buddhism I\u2014which is available to students of Buddhism all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnder the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, you will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life,\u201d Jungto Society shared with BDG. \u201cAs a student of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrines (the Buddha\u2019s core teachings) but also gain practical wisdom to help you resolve various problems in your life. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungto Dharma School\u2019s self-paced 20-week program includes all course materials and online tools, weekly online meetings with group members and facilitators, and live Dharma talks with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim. The course content encompasses foundation modules on understanding the Buddha\u2019s core teachings, and approaching key philosophical concepts, such as the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, causality, dependent origination, and enlightenment, and how these concepts and practices can be applied to everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The spring course is scheduled to begin on 12 March.
\u201cThroughout its 32-year history, Jungto Dharma School has helped countless people transform their lives.,\u201d Jungto Society said. \u201cThis 20-week program will help participants learn how to live freer and happier lives in accordance with Buddhist teachings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on January 8, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that its popular online Buddhist study and practice course, Jungto Dharma School, will return in March, with online registration now open to new students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, the guiding Dharma teacher of Jungto Society, first opened Jungto Dharma School some 31 years ago in Korea as way to share the original teachings of the Buddha with lay practitioners. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jungto Society created an online English-language syllabus\u2014Jungto Dharma School: Introduction to Buddhism I\u2014which is available to students of Buddhism all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnder the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, you will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life,\u201d Jungto Society shared with BDG. \u201cAs a student of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrines (the Buddha\u2019s core teachings) but also gain practical wisdom to help you resolve various problems in your life. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungto Dharma School\u2019s self-paced 20-week program includes all course materials and online tools, weekly online meetings with group members and facilitators, and live Dharma talks with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim. The course content encompasses foundation modules on understanding the Buddha\u2019s core teachings, and approaching key philosophical concepts, such as the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, causality, dependent origination, and enlightenment, and how these concepts and practices can be applied to everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The spring course is scheduled to begin on 12 March.
\u201cThroughout its 32-year history, Jungto Dharma School has helped countless people transform their lives.,\u201d Jungto Society said. \u201cThis 20-week program will help participants learn how to live freer and happier lives in accordance with Buddhist teachings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on January 8, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that its popular online Buddhist study and practice course, Jungto Dharma School, will return in March, with online registration now open to new students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, the guiding Dharma teacher of Jungto Society, first opened Jungto Dharma School some 31 years ago in Korea as way to share the original teachings of the Buddha with lay practitioners. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jungto Society created an online English-language syllabus\u2014Jungto Dharma School: Introduction to Buddhism I\u2014which is available to students of Buddhism all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnder the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, you will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life,\u201d Jungto Society shared with BDG. \u201cAs a student of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrines (the Buddha\u2019s core teachings) but also gain practical wisdom to help you resolve various problems in your life. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungto Dharma School\u2019s self-paced 20-week program includes all course materials and online tools, weekly online meetings with group members and facilitators, and live Dharma talks with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim. The course content encompasses foundation modules on understanding the Buddha\u2019s core teachings, and approaching key philosophical concepts, such as the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, causality, dependent origination, and enlightenment, and how these concepts and practices can be applied to everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The spring course is scheduled to begin on 12 March.
\u201cThroughout its 32-year history, Jungto Dharma School has helped countless people transform their lives.,\u201d Jungto Society said. \u201cThis 20-week program will help participants learn how to live freer and happier lives in accordance with Buddhist teachings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on January 8, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that its popular online Buddhist study and practice course, Jungto Dharma School, will return in March, with online registration now open to new students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, the guiding Dharma teacher of Jungto Society, first opened Jungto Dharma School some 31 years ago in Korea as way to share the original teachings of the Buddha with lay practitioners. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jungto Society created an online English-language syllabus\u2014Jungto Dharma School: Introduction to Buddhism I\u2014which is available to students of Buddhism all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnder the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, you will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life,\u201d Jungto Society shared with BDG. \u201cAs a student of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrines (the Buddha\u2019s core teachings) but also gain practical wisdom to help you resolve various problems in your life. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungto Dharma School\u2019s self-paced 20-week program includes all course materials and online tools, weekly online meetings with group members and facilitators, and live Dharma talks with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim. The course content encompasses foundation modules on understanding the Buddha\u2019s core teachings, and approaching key philosophical concepts, such as the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, causality, dependent origination, and enlightenment, and how these concepts and practices can be applied to everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The spring course is scheduled to begin on 12 March.
\u201cThroughout its 32-year history, Jungto Dharma School has helped countless people transform their lives.,\u201d Jungto Society said. \u201cThis 20-week program will help participants learn how to live freer and happier lives in accordance with Buddhist teachings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on January 8, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that its popular online Buddhist study and practice course, Jungto Dharma School, will return in March, with online registration now open to new students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, the guiding Dharma teacher of Jungto Society, first opened Jungto Dharma School some 31 years ago in Korea as way to share the original teachings of the Buddha with lay practitioners. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jungto Society created an online English-language syllabus\u2014Jungto Dharma School: Introduction to Buddhism I\u2014which is available to students of Buddhism all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnder the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, you will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life,\u201d Jungto Society shared with BDG. \u201cAs a student of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrines (the Buddha\u2019s core teachings) but also gain practical wisdom to help you resolve various problems in your life. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungto Dharma School\u2019s self-paced 20-week program includes all course materials and online tools, weekly online meetings with group members and facilitators, and live Dharma talks with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim. The course content encompasses foundation modules on understanding the Buddha\u2019s core teachings, and approaching key philosophical concepts, such as the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, causality, dependent origination, and enlightenment, and how these concepts and practices can be applied to everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The spring course is scheduled to begin on 12 March.
\u201cThroughout its 32-year history, Jungto Dharma School has helped countless people transform their lives.,\u201d Jungto Society said. \u201cThis 20-week program will help participants learn how to live freer and happier lives in accordance with Buddhist teachings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on January 8, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that its popular online Buddhist study and practice course, Jungto Dharma School, will return in March, with online registration now open to new students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, the guiding Dharma teacher of Jungto Society, first opened Jungto Dharma School some 31 years ago in Korea as way to share the original teachings of the Buddha with lay practitioners. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jungto Society created an online English-language syllabus\u2014Jungto Dharma School: Introduction to Buddhism I\u2014which is available to students of Buddhism all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnder the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, you will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life,\u201d Jungto Society shared with BDG. \u201cAs a student of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrines (the Buddha\u2019s core teachings) but also gain practical wisdom to help you resolve various problems in your life. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungto Dharma School\u2019s self-paced 20-week program includes all course materials and online tools, weekly online meetings with group members and facilitators, and live Dharma talks with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim. The course content encompasses foundation modules on understanding the Buddha\u2019s core teachings, and approaching key philosophical concepts, such as the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, causality, dependent origination, and enlightenment, and how these concepts and practices can be applied to everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The spring course is scheduled to begin on 12 March.
\u201cThroughout its 32-year history, Jungto Dharma School has helped countless people transform their lives.,\u201d Jungto Society said. \u201cThis 20-week program will help participants learn how to live freer and happier lives in accordance with Buddhist teachings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on January 8, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that its popular online Buddhist study and practice course, Jungto Dharma School, will return in March, with online registration now open to new students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, the guiding Dharma teacher of Jungto Society, first opened Jungto Dharma School some 31 years ago in Korea as way to share the original teachings of the Buddha with lay practitioners. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jungto Society created an online English-language syllabus\u2014Jungto Dharma School: Introduction to Buddhism I\u2014which is available to students of Buddhism all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnder the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, you will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life,\u201d Jungto Society shared with BDG. \u201cAs a student of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrines (the Buddha\u2019s core teachings) but also gain practical wisdom to help you resolve various problems in your life. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungto Dharma School\u2019s self-paced 20-week program includes all course materials and online tools, weekly online meetings with group members and facilitators, and live Dharma talks with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim. The course content encompasses foundation modules on understanding the Buddha\u2019s core teachings, and approaching key philosophical concepts, such as the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, causality, dependent origination, and enlightenment, and how these concepts and practices can be applied to everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The spring course is scheduled to begin on 12 March.
\u201cThroughout its 32-year history, Jungto Dharma School has helped countless people transform their lives.,\u201d Jungto Society said. \u201cThis 20-week program will help participants learn how to live freer and happier lives in accordance with Buddhist teachings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on January 8, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Online Dharma: Jungto Society Announces Second 2025 Student Intake for Jungto Dharma School with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim","post_excerpt":"The Korean Seon (Zen) master Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) wears many hats: Buddhist monk, teacher, author, environmentalist, and social activist, to name a few. As a widely respected Dharma teacher and a tireless socially engaged 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.\n\nThis column, shared by Jungto Society, presents a series of highlights from Ven. Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s writings, teachings, public talks, and regular live-streamed Dharma Q+A sessions, which are accessible across the globe.\n","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"online-dharma-jungto-society-announces-second-2025-student-intake-for-jungto-dharma-school-with-ven-pomnyun-sunim","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-11 18:24:23","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-11 23:24:23","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=29210","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":17946,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-01-10 17:13:25","post_date_gmt":"2024-01-10 22:13:25","post_content":"\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that its popular online Buddhist study and practice course, Jungto Dharma School, will return in March, with online registration now open to new students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, the guiding Dharma teacher of Jungto Society, first opened Jungto Dharma School some 31 years ago in Korea as way to share the original teachings of the Buddha with lay practitioners. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jungto Society created an online English-language syllabus\u2014Jungto Dharma School: Introduction to Buddhism I\u2014which is available to students of Buddhism all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnder the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, you will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life,\u201d Jungto Society shared with BDG. \u201cAs a student of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrines (the Buddha\u2019s core teachings) but also gain practical wisdom to help you resolve various problems in your life. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungto Dharma School\u2019s self-paced 20-week program includes all course materials and online tools, weekly online meetings with group members and facilitators, and live Dharma talks with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim. The course content encompasses foundation modules on understanding the Buddha\u2019s core teachings, and approaching key philosophical concepts, such as the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, causality, dependent origination, and enlightenment, and how these concepts and practices can be applied to everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The spring course is scheduled to begin on 12 March.
\u201cThroughout its 32-year history, Jungto Dharma School has helped countless people transform their lives.,\u201d Jungto Society said. \u201cThis 20-week program will help participants learn how to live freer and happier lives in accordance with Buddhist teachings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on January 8, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Online Dharma: Jungto Society Announces Second 2025 Student Intake for Jungto Dharma School with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim","post_excerpt":"The Korean Seon (Zen) master Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) wears many hats: Buddhist monk, teacher, author, environmentalist, and social activist, to name a few. As a widely respected Dharma teacher and a tireless socially engaged 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.\n\nThis column, shared by Jungto Society, presents a series of highlights from Ven. Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s writings, teachings, public talks, and regular live-streamed Dharma Q+A sessions, which are accessible across the globe.\n","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"online-dharma-jungto-society-announces-second-2025-student-intake-for-jungto-dharma-school-with-ven-pomnyun-sunim","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-11 18:24:23","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-11 23:24:23","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=29210","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":17946,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-01-10 17:13:25","post_date_gmt":"2024-01-10 22:13:25","post_content":"\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that its popular online Buddhist study and practice course, Jungto Dharma School, will return in March, with online registration now open to new students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, the guiding Dharma teacher of Jungto Society, first opened Jungto Dharma School some 31 years ago in Korea as way to share the original teachings of the Buddha with lay practitioners. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jungto Society created an online English-language syllabus\u2014Jungto Dharma School: Introduction to Buddhism I\u2014which is available to students of Buddhism all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnder the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, you will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life,\u201d Jungto Society shared with BDG. \u201cAs a student of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrines (the Buddha\u2019s core teachings) but also gain practical wisdom to help you resolve various problems in your life. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungto Dharma School\u2019s self-paced 20-week program includes all course materials and online tools, weekly online meetings with group members and facilitators, and live Dharma talks with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim. The course content encompasses foundation modules on understanding the Buddha\u2019s core teachings, and approaching key philosophical concepts, such as the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, causality, dependent origination, and enlightenment, and how these concepts and practices can be applied to everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The spring course is scheduled to begin on 12 March.
\u201cThroughout its 32-year history, Jungto Dharma School has helped countless people transform their lives.,\u201d Jungto Society said. \u201cThis 20-week program will help participants learn how to live freer and happier lives in accordance with Buddhist teachings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on January 8, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Online Dharma: Jungto Society Announces Second 2025 Student Intake for Jungto Dharma School with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim","post_excerpt":"The Korean Seon (Zen) master Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) wears many hats: Buddhist monk, teacher, author, environmentalist, and social activist, to name a few. As a widely respected Dharma teacher and a tireless socially engaged 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.\n\nThis column, shared by Jungto Society, presents a series of highlights from Ven. Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s writings, teachings, public talks, and regular live-streamed Dharma Q+A sessions, which are accessible across the globe.\n","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"online-dharma-jungto-society-announces-second-2025-student-intake-for-jungto-dharma-school-with-ven-pomnyun-sunim","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-11 18:24:23","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-11 23:24:23","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=29210","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":17946,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-01-10 17:13:25","post_date_gmt":"2024-01-10 22:13:25","post_content":"\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that its popular online Buddhist study and practice course, Jungto Dharma School, will return in March, with online registration now open to new students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, the guiding Dharma teacher of Jungto Society, first opened Jungto Dharma School some 31 years ago in Korea as way to share the original teachings of the Buddha with lay practitioners. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jungto Society created an online English-language syllabus\u2014Jungto Dharma School: Introduction to Buddhism I\u2014which is available to students of Buddhism all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnder the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, you will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life,\u201d Jungto Society shared with BDG. \u201cAs a student of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrines (the Buddha\u2019s core teachings) but also gain practical wisdom to help you resolve various problems in your life. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungto Dharma School\u2019s self-paced 20-week program includes all course materials and online tools, weekly online meetings with group members and facilitators, and live Dharma talks with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim. The course content encompasses foundation modules on understanding the Buddha\u2019s core teachings, and approaching key philosophical concepts, such as the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, causality, dependent origination, and enlightenment, and how these concepts and practices can be applied to everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The spring course is scheduled to begin on 12 March.
\u201cThroughout its 32-year history, Jungto Dharma School has helped countless people transform their lives.,\u201d Jungto Society said. \u201cThis 20-week program will help participants learn how to live freer and happier lives in accordance with Buddhist teachings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on January 8, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Online Dharma: Jungto Society Announces Second 2025 Student Intake for Jungto Dharma School with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim","post_excerpt":"The Korean Seon (Zen) master Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) wears many hats: Buddhist monk, teacher, author, environmentalist, and social activist, to name a few. As a widely respected Dharma teacher and a tireless socially engaged 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.\n\nThis column, shared by Jungto Society, presents a series of highlights from Ven. Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s writings, teachings, public talks, and regular live-streamed Dharma Q+A sessions, which are accessible across the globe.\n","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"online-dharma-jungto-society-announces-second-2025-student-intake-for-jungto-dharma-school-with-ven-pomnyun-sunim","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-11 18:24:23","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-11 23:24:23","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=29210","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":17946,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-01-10 17:13:25","post_date_gmt":"2024-01-10 22:13:25","post_content":"\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that its popular online Buddhist study and practice course, Jungto Dharma School, will return in March, with online registration now open to new students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, the guiding Dharma teacher of Jungto Society, first opened Jungto Dharma School some 31 years ago in Korea as way to share the original teachings of the Buddha with lay practitioners. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jungto Society created an online English-language syllabus\u2014Jungto Dharma School: Introduction to Buddhism I\u2014which is available to students of Buddhism all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnder the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, you will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life,\u201d Jungto Society shared with BDG. \u201cAs a student of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrines (the Buddha\u2019s core teachings) but also gain practical wisdom to help you resolve various problems in your life. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungto Dharma School\u2019s self-paced 20-week program includes all course materials and online tools, weekly online meetings with group members and facilitators, and live Dharma talks with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim. The course content encompasses foundation modules on understanding the Buddha\u2019s core teachings, and approaching key philosophical concepts, such as the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, causality, dependent origination, and enlightenment, and how these concepts and practices can be applied to everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The spring course is scheduled to begin on 12 March.
\u201cThroughout its 32-year history, Jungto Dharma School has helped countless people transform their lives.,\u201d Jungto Society said. \u201cThis 20-week program will help participants learn how to live freer and happier lives in accordance with Buddhist teachings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on January 8, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Online Dharma: Jungto Society Announces Second 2025 Student Intake for Jungto Dharma School with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim","post_excerpt":"The Korean Seon (Zen) master Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) wears many hats: Buddhist monk, teacher, author, environmentalist, and social activist, to name a few. As a widely respected Dharma teacher and a tireless socially engaged 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.\n\nThis column, shared by Jungto Society, presents a series of highlights from Ven. Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s writings, teachings, public talks, and regular live-streamed Dharma Q+A sessions, which are accessible across the globe.\n","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"online-dharma-jungto-society-announces-second-2025-student-intake-for-jungto-dharma-school-with-ven-pomnyun-sunim","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-11 18:24:23","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-11 23:24:23","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=29210","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":17946,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-01-10 17:13:25","post_date_gmt":"2024-01-10 22:13:25","post_content":"\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that its popular online Buddhist study and practice course, Jungto Dharma School, will return in March, with online registration now open to new students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, the guiding Dharma teacher of Jungto Society, first opened Jungto Dharma School some 31 years ago in Korea as way to share the original teachings of the Buddha with lay practitioners. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jungto Society created an online English-language syllabus\u2014Jungto Dharma School: Introduction to Buddhism I\u2014which is available to students of Buddhism all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnder the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, you will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life,\u201d Jungto Society shared with BDG. \u201cAs a student of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrines (the Buddha\u2019s core teachings) but also gain practical wisdom to help you resolve various problems in your life. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungto Dharma School\u2019s self-paced 20-week program includes all course materials and online tools, weekly online meetings with group members and facilitators, and live Dharma talks with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim. The course content encompasses foundation modules on understanding the Buddha\u2019s core teachings, and approaching key philosophical concepts, such as the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, causality, dependent origination, and enlightenment, and how these concepts and practices can be applied to everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The spring course is scheduled to begin on 12 March.
\u201cThroughout its 32-year history, Jungto Dharma School has helped countless people transform their lives.,\u201d Jungto Society said. \u201cThis 20-week program will help participants learn how to live freer and happier lives in accordance with Buddhist teachings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on January 8, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Online Dharma: Jungto Society Announces Second 2025 Student Intake for Jungto Dharma School with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim","post_excerpt":"The Korean Seon (Zen) master Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) wears many hats: Buddhist monk, teacher, author, environmentalist, and social activist, to name a few. As a widely respected Dharma teacher and a tireless socially engaged 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.\n\nThis column, shared by Jungto Society, presents a series of highlights from Ven. Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s writings, teachings, public talks, and regular live-streamed Dharma Q+A sessions, which are accessible across the globe.\n","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"online-dharma-jungto-society-announces-second-2025-student-intake-for-jungto-dharma-school-with-ven-pomnyun-sunim","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-11 18:24:23","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-11 23:24:23","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=29210","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":17946,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-01-10 17:13:25","post_date_gmt":"2024-01-10 22:13:25","post_content":"\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that its popular online Buddhist study and practice course, Jungto Dharma School, will return in March, with online registration now open to new students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, the guiding Dharma teacher of Jungto Society, first opened Jungto Dharma School some 31 years ago in Korea as way to share the original teachings of the Buddha with lay practitioners. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jungto Society created an online English-language syllabus\u2014Jungto Dharma School: Introduction to Buddhism I\u2014which is available to students of Buddhism all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnder the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, you will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life,\u201d Jungto Society shared with BDG. \u201cAs a student of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrines (the Buddha\u2019s core teachings) but also gain practical wisdom to help you resolve various problems in your life. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungto Dharma School\u2019s self-paced 20-week program includes all course materials and online tools, weekly online meetings with group members and facilitators, and live Dharma talks with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim. The course content encompasses foundation modules on understanding the Buddha\u2019s core teachings, and approaching key philosophical concepts, such as the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, causality, dependent origination, and enlightenment, and how these concepts and practices can be applied to everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The spring course is scheduled to begin on 12 March.
\u201cThroughout its 32-year history, Jungto Dharma School has helped countless people transform their lives.,\u201d Jungto Society said. \u201cThis 20-week program will help participants learn how to live freer and happier lives in accordance with Buddhist teachings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on January 8, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Online Dharma: Jungto Society Announces Second 2025 Student Intake for Jungto Dharma School with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim","post_excerpt":"The Korean Seon (Zen) master Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) wears many hats: Buddhist monk, teacher, author, environmentalist, and social activist, to name a few. As a widely respected Dharma teacher and a tireless socially engaged 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.\n\nThis column, shared by Jungto Society, presents a series of highlights from Ven. Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s writings, teachings, public talks, and regular live-streamed Dharma Q+A sessions, which are accessible across the globe.\n","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"online-dharma-jungto-society-announces-second-2025-student-intake-for-jungto-dharma-school-with-ven-pomnyun-sunim","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-11 18:24:23","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-11 23:24:23","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=29210","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":17946,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-01-10 17:13:25","post_date_gmt":"2024-01-10 22:13:25","post_content":"\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that its popular online Buddhist study and practice course, Jungto Dharma School, will return in March, with online registration now open to new students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, the guiding Dharma teacher of Jungto Society, first opened Jungto Dharma School some 31 years ago in Korea as way to share the original teachings of the Buddha with lay practitioners. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jungto Society created an online English-language syllabus\u2014Jungto Dharma School: Introduction to Buddhism I\u2014which is available to students of Buddhism all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnder the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, you will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life,\u201d Jungto Society shared with BDG. \u201cAs a student of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrines (the Buddha\u2019s core teachings) but also gain practical wisdom to help you resolve various problems in your life. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungto Dharma School\u2019s self-paced 20-week program includes all course materials and online tools, weekly online meetings with group members and facilitators, and live Dharma talks with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim. The course content encompasses foundation modules on understanding the Buddha\u2019s core teachings, and approaching key philosophical concepts, such as the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, causality, dependent origination, and enlightenment, and how these concepts and practices can be applied to everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The spring course is scheduled to begin on 12 March.
\u201cThroughout its 32-year history, Jungto Dharma School has helped countless people transform their lives.,\u201d Jungto Society said. \u201cThis 20-week program will help participants learn how to live freer and happier lives in accordance with Buddhist teachings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on January 8, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Online Dharma: Jungto Society Announces Second 2025 Student Intake for Jungto Dharma School with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim","post_excerpt":"The Korean Seon (Zen) master Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) wears many hats: Buddhist monk, teacher, author, environmentalist, and social activist, to name a few. As a widely respected Dharma teacher and a tireless socially engaged 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.\n\nThis column, shared by Jungto Society, presents a series of highlights from Ven. Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s writings, teachings, public talks, and regular live-streamed Dharma Q+A sessions, which are accessible across the globe.\n","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"online-dharma-jungto-society-announces-second-2025-student-intake-for-jungto-dharma-school-with-ven-pomnyun-sunim","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-11 18:24:23","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-11 23:24:23","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=29210","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":17946,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-01-10 17:13:25","post_date_gmt":"2024-01-10 22:13:25","post_content":"\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that its popular online Buddhist study and practice course, Jungto Dharma School, will return in March, with online registration now open to new students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, the guiding Dharma teacher of Jungto Society, first opened Jungto Dharma School some 31 years ago in Korea as way to share the original teachings of the Buddha with lay practitioners. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jungto Society created an online English-language syllabus\u2014Jungto Dharma School: Introduction to Buddhism I\u2014which is available to students of Buddhism all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnder the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, you will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life,\u201d Jungto Society shared with BDG. \u201cAs a student of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrines (the Buddha\u2019s core teachings) but also gain practical wisdom to help you resolve various problems in your life. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungto Dharma School\u2019s self-paced 20-week program includes all course materials and online tools, weekly online meetings with group members and facilitators, and live Dharma talks with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim. The course content encompasses foundation modules on understanding the Buddha\u2019s core teachings, and approaching key philosophical concepts, such as the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, causality, dependent origination, and enlightenment, and how these concepts and practices can be applied to everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The spring course is scheduled to begin on 12 March.
\u201cThroughout its 32-year history, Jungto Dharma School has helped countless people transform their lives.,\u201d Jungto Society said. \u201cThis 20-week program will help participants learn how to live freer and happier lives in accordance with Buddhist teachings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on January 8, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that its popular online Buddhist study and practice course, Jungto Dharma School, will return in March, with online registration now open to new students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, the guiding Dharma teacher of Jungto Society, first opened Jungto Dharma School some 31 years ago in Korea as way to share the original teachings of the Buddha with lay practitioners. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jungto Society created an online English-language syllabus\u2014Jungto Dharma School: Introduction to Buddhism I\u2014which is available to students of Buddhism all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnder the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, you will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life,\u201d Jungto Society shared with BDG. \u201cAs a student of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrines (the Buddha\u2019s core teachings) but also gain practical wisdom to help you resolve various problems in your life. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungto Dharma School\u2019s self-paced 20-week program includes all course materials and online tools, weekly online meetings with group members and facilitators, and live Dharma talks with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim. The course content encompasses foundation modules on understanding the Buddha\u2019s core teachings, and approaching key philosophical concepts, such as the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, causality, dependent origination, and enlightenment, and how these concepts and practices can be applied to everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The spring course is scheduled to begin on 12 March.
\u201cThroughout its 32-year history, Jungto Dharma School has helped countless people transform their lives.,\u201d Jungto Society said. \u201cThis 20-week program will help participants learn how to live freer and happier lives in accordance with Buddhist teachings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on January 8, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that its popular online Buddhist study and practice course, Jungto Dharma School, will return in March, with online registration now open to new students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, the guiding Dharma teacher of Jungto Society, first opened Jungto Dharma School some 31 years ago in Korea as way to share the original teachings of the Buddha with lay practitioners. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jungto Society created an online English-language syllabus\u2014Jungto Dharma School: Introduction to Buddhism I\u2014which is available to students of Buddhism all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnder the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, you will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life,\u201d Jungto Society shared with BDG. \u201cAs a student of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrines (the Buddha\u2019s core teachings) but also gain practical wisdom to help you resolve various problems in your life. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungto Dharma School\u2019s self-paced 20-week program includes all course materials and online tools, weekly online meetings with group members and facilitators, and live Dharma talks with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim. The course content encompasses foundation modules on understanding the Buddha\u2019s core teachings, and approaching key philosophical concepts, such as the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, causality, dependent origination, and enlightenment, and how these concepts and practices can be applied to everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The spring course is scheduled to begin on 12 March.
\u201cThroughout its 32-year history, Jungto Dharma School has helped countless people transform their lives.,\u201d Jungto Society said. \u201cThis 20-week program will help participants learn how to live freer and happier lives in accordance with Buddhist teachings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on January 8, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that its popular online Buddhist study and practice course, Jungto Dharma School, will return in March, with online registration now open to new students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, the guiding Dharma teacher of Jungto Society, first opened Jungto Dharma School some 31 years ago in Korea as way to share the original teachings of the Buddha with lay practitioners. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jungto Society created an online English-language syllabus\u2014Jungto Dharma School: Introduction to Buddhism I\u2014which is available to students of Buddhism all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnder the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, you will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life,\u201d Jungto Society shared with BDG. \u201cAs a student of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrines (the Buddha\u2019s core teachings) but also gain practical wisdom to help you resolve various problems in your life. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungto Dharma School\u2019s self-paced 20-week program includes all course materials and online tools, weekly online meetings with group members and facilitators, and live Dharma talks with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim. The course content encompasses foundation modules on understanding the Buddha\u2019s core teachings, and approaching key philosophical concepts, such as the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, causality, dependent origination, and enlightenment, and how these concepts and practices can be applied to everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The spring course is scheduled to begin on 12 March.
\u201cThroughout its 32-year history, Jungto Dharma School has helped countless people transform their lives.,\u201d Jungto Society said. \u201cThis 20-week program will help participants learn how to live freer and happier lives in accordance with Buddhist teachings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on January 8, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that its popular online Buddhist study and practice course, Jungto Dharma School, will return in March, with online registration now open to new students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, the guiding Dharma teacher of Jungto Society, first opened Jungto Dharma School some 31 years ago in Korea as way to share the original teachings of the Buddha with lay practitioners. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jungto Society created an online English-language syllabus\u2014Jungto Dharma School: Introduction to Buddhism I\u2014which is available to students of Buddhism all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnder the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, you will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life,\u201d Jungto Society shared with BDG. \u201cAs a student of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrines (the Buddha\u2019s core teachings) but also gain practical wisdom to help you resolve various problems in your life. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungto Dharma School\u2019s self-paced 20-week program includes all course materials and online tools, weekly online meetings with group members and facilitators, and live Dharma talks with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim. The course content encompasses foundation modules on understanding the Buddha\u2019s core teachings, and approaching key philosophical concepts, such as the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, causality, dependent origination, and enlightenment, and how these concepts and practices can be applied to everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The spring course is scheduled to begin on 12 March.
\u201cThroughout its 32-year history, Jungto Dharma School has helped countless people transform their lives.,\u201d Jungto Society said. \u201cThis 20-week program will help participants learn how to live freer and happier lives in accordance with Buddhist teachings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on January 8, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Original article written by Myungjoo Koh (Jungto\u2019s International Division, Pacific Asian Region) Edited by Yunhee Kim (Jungto\u2019s Korean Division, Kangwon-Eastern Kyungki Region, Yongin) Translated by Hajeong Lim (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region) & Sanghoon Han (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u2014 Picturing Aram and her husband running Jungto Dharma School classes together warmed my heart. Following the interview, her Myeongshimmun, \u201cDo what I can, here and now,\u201d stuck with me. When I was writing her interview piece, the unstable domestic politics and economies in Korea around the presidential impeachment gave me anxiety. Like Aram, I reminded myself of her Myeongshimmun. I watered my house plants and focused on the tasks in front of me. That helped keep me away from anxiety. \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original article written by Myungjoo Koh (Jungto\u2019s International Division, Pacific Asian Region) Edited by Yunhee Kim (Jungto\u2019s Korean Division, Kangwon-Eastern Kyungki Region, Yongin) Translated by Hajeong Lim (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region) & Sanghoon Han (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Translator\u2019s note: Aram Lee\u2019s spouse is currently enrolled in Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Picturing Aram and her husband running Jungto Dharma School classes together warmed my heart. Following the interview, her Myeongshimmun, \u201cDo what I can, here and now,\u201d stuck with me. When I was writing her interview piece, the unstable domestic politics and economies in Korea around the presidential impeachment gave me anxiety. Like Aram, I reminded myself of her Myeongshimmun. I watered my house plants and focused on the tasks in front of me. That helped keep me away from anxiety. \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original article written by Myungjoo Koh (Jungto\u2019s International Division, Pacific Asian Region) Edited by Yunhee Kim (Jungto\u2019s Korean Division, Kangwon-Eastern Kyungki Region, Yongin) Translated by Hajeong Lim (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region) & Sanghoon Han (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/p>\n","post_title":"Doing What I Can, Here and Now","post_excerpt":"The Korean Seon (Zen) master Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) wears many hats: Buddhist monk, teacher, author, environmentalist, and social activist, to name a few. As a widely respected Dharma teacher and a tireless socially engaged 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.\n\nThis column, shared by Jungto Society, presents a series of highlights from Ven. Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s writings, teachings, public talks, and regular live-streamed Dharma Q+A sessions, which are accessible across the globe.\n","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"doing-what-i-can-here-and-now","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-12-06 00:05:42","post_modified_gmt":"2025-12-06 05:05:42","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtointernational.org\/?p=29632","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":29210,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2025-06-06 18:19:08","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-06 23:19:08","post_content":"\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My husband still has not taken Jungto Dharma School yet. He has a laidback personality and doesn\u2019t want to be tied to a program with a fixed schedule. Instead, he occasionally attends short workshops and Venerable Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s English talks. I keep sending him videos and articles related to Venerable Pomnyun Sunim from time to time. Just as I used to skim past the things my older sister sent me, my husband now skims past what I send him. But just as there came a moment when I became curious about my sister\u2019s transformed way of life, I believe there will come a moment when my husband becomes curious about the changes in me. When that time comes, maybe we\u2019ll be able to host Jungto Dharma School classes together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Translator\u2019s note: Aram Lee\u2019s spouse is currently enrolled in Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Picturing Aram and her husband running Jungto Dharma School classes together warmed my heart. Following the interview, her Myeongshimmun, \u201cDo what I can, here and now,\u201d stuck with me. When I was writing her interview piece, the unstable domestic politics and economies in Korea around the presidential impeachment gave me anxiety. Like Aram, I reminded myself of her Myeongshimmun. I watered my house plants and focused on the tasks in front of me. That helped keep me away from anxiety. \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original article written by Myungjoo Koh (Jungto\u2019s International Division, Pacific Asian Region) Edited by Yunhee Kim (Jungto\u2019s Korean Division, Kangwon-Eastern Kyungki Region, Yongin) Translated by Hajeong Lim (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region) & Sanghoon Han (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, even when I argue heatedly, there are moments when I suddenly see myself from a third-person point of view, as if I\u2019ve stepped outside myself. When that happens, my husband says, \u201cYou are actually being self-aware,\u201d amused by the change in me. I also feel like I\u2019ve softened a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My husband still has not taken Jungto Dharma School yet. He has a laidback personality and doesn\u2019t want to be tied to a program with a fixed schedule. Instead, he occasionally attends short workshops and Venerable Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s English talks. I keep sending him videos and articles related to Venerable Pomnyun Sunim from time to time. Just as I used to skim past the things my older sister sent me, my husband now skims past what I send him. But just as there came a moment when I became curious about my sister\u2019s transformed way of life, I believe there will come a moment when my husband becomes curious about the changes in me. When that time comes, maybe we\u2019ll be able to host Jungto Dharma School classes together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Translator\u2019s note: Aram Lee\u2019s spouse is currently enrolled in Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Picturing Aram and her husband running Jungto Dharma School classes together warmed my heart. Following the interview, her Myeongshimmun, \u201cDo what I can, here and now,\u201d stuck with me. When I was writing her interview piece, the unstable domestic politics and economies in Korea around the presidential impeachment gave me anxiety. Like Aram, I reminded myself of her Myeongshimmun. I watered my house plants and focused on the tasks in front of me. That helped keep me away from anxiety. \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original article written by Myungjoo Koh (Jungto\u2019s International Division, Pacific Asian Region) Edited by Yunhee Kim (Jungto\u2019s Korean Division, Kangwon-Eastern Kyungki Region, Yongin) Translated by Hajeong Lim (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region) & Sanghoon Han (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In my marriage, I had always been self-righteous. When my husband wanted to purchase flower decorations for our wedding or repair a perfectly functioning bathroom just because he thought it looked old, those things seemed pointless to me. Whenever he was doing something useless or pointless from my perspective, I tried my very best to prove that I was right. If he didn\u2019t accept my ways the first time, I repeated the same arguments a second, third, however many times it took until he agreed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, even when I argue heatedly, there are moments when I suddenly see myself from a third-person point of view, as if I\u2019ve stepped outside myself. When that happens, my husband says, \u201cYou are actually being self-aware,\u201d amused by the change in me. I also feel like I\u2019ve softened a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My husband still has not taken Jungto Dharma School yet. He has a laidback personality and doesn\u2019t want to be tied to a program with a fixed schedule. Instead, he occasionally attends short workshops and Venerable Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s English talks. I keep sending him videos and articles related to Venerable Pomnyun Sunim from time to time. Just as I used to skim past the things my older sister sent me, my husband now skims past what I send him. But just as there came a moment when I became curious about my sister\u2019s transformed way of life, I believe there will come a moment when my husband becomes curious about the changes in me. When that time comes, maybe we\u2019ll be able to host Jungto Dharma School classes together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Translator\u2019s note: Aram Lee\u2019s spouse is currently enrolled in Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Picturing Aram and her husband running Jungto Dharma School classes together warmed my heart. Following the interview, her Myeongshimmun, \u201cDo what I can, here and now,\u201d stuck with me. When I was writing her interview piece, the unstable domestic politics and economies in Korea around the presidential impeachment gave me anxiety. Like Aram, I reminded myself of her Myeongshimmun. I watered my house plants and focused on the tasks in front of me. That helped keep me away from anxiety. \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original article written by Myungjoo Koh (Jungto\u2019s International Division, Pacific Asian Region) Edited by Yunhee Kim (Jungto\u2019s Korean Division, Kangwon-Eastern Kyungki Region, Yongin) Translated by Hajeong Lim (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region) & Sanghoon Han (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u25b2 Volunteering for the New Jersey Dharma Talk event in 2023, Aram Lee standing. To her left in the green sweater is her spouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In my marriage, I had always been self-righteous. When my husband wanted to purchase flower decorations for our wedding or repair a perfectly functioning bathroom just because he thought it looked old, those things seemed pointless to me. Whenever he was doing something useless or pointless from my perspective, I tried my very best to prove that I was right. If he didn\u2019t accept my ways the first time, I repeated the same arguments a second, third, however many times it took until he agreed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, even when I argue heatedly, there are moments when I suddenly see myself from a third-person point of view, as if I\u2019ve stepped outside myself. When that happens, my husband says, \u201cYou are actually being self-aware,\u201d amused by the change in me. I also feel like I\u2019ve softened a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My husband still has not taken Jungto Dharma School yet. He has a laidback personality and doesn\u2019t want to be tied to a program with a fixed schedule. Instead, he occasionally attends short workshops and Venerable Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s English talks. I keep sending him videos and articles related to Venerable Pomnyun Sunim from time to time. Just as I used to skim past the things my older sister sent me, my husband now skims past what I send him. But just as there came a moment when I became curious about my sister\u2019s transformed way of life, I believe there will come a moment when my husband becomes curious about the changes in me. When that time comes, maybe we\u2019ll be able to host Jungto Dharma School classes together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Translator\u2019s note: Aram Lee\u2019s spouse is currently enrolled in Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Picturing Aram and her husband running Jungto Dharma School classes together warmed my heart. Following the interview, her Myeongshimmun, \u201cDo what I can, here and now,\u201d stuck with me. When I was writing her interview piece, the unstable domestic politics and economies in Korea around the presidential impeachment gave me anxiety. Like Aram, I reminded myself of her Myeongshimmun. I watered my house plants and focused on the tasks in front of me. That helped keep me away from anxiety. \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original article written by Myungjoo Koh (Jungto\u2019s International Division, Pacific Asian Region) Edited by Yunhee Kim (Jungto\u2019s Korean Division, Kangwon-Eastern Kyungki Region, Yongin) Translated by Hajeong Lim (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region) & Sanghoon Han (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My Dream<\/strong> Another volunteer asked me, \u201cIs there something within Jungto Society you hope to do in the future?\u201d At first, nothing in particular came to mind. Then suddenly, I got an idea: hosting and facilitating Jungto Dharma School classes with my American spouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Volunteering for the New Jersey Dharma Talk event in 2023, Aram Lee standing. To her left in the green sweater is her spouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In my marriage, I had always been self-righteous. When my husband wanted to purchase flower decorations for our wedding or repair a perfectly functioning bathroom just because he thought it looked old, those things seemed pointless to me. Whenever he was doing something useless or pointless from my perspective, I tried my very best to prove that I was right. If he didn\u2019t accept my ways the first time, I repeated the same arguments a second, third, however many times it took until he agreed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, even when I argue heatedly, there are moments when I suddenly see myself from a third-person point of view, as if I\u2019ve stepped outside myself. When that happens, my husband says, \u201cYou are actually being self-aware,\u201d amused by the change in me. I also feel like I\u2019ve softened a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My husband still has not taken Jungto Dharma School yet. He has a laidback personality and doesn\u2019t want to be tied to a program with a fixed schedule. Instead, he occasionally attends short workshops and Venerable Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s English talks. I keep sending him videos and articles related to Venerable Pomnyun Sunim from time to time. Just as I used to skim past the things my older sister sent me, my husband now skims past what I send him. But just as there came a moment when I became curious about my sister\u2019s transformed way of life, I believe there will come a moment when my husband becomes curious about the changes in me. When that time comes, maybe we\u2019ll be able to host Jungto Dharma School classes together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Translator\u2019s note: Aram Lee\u2019s spouse is currently enrolled in Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Picturing Aram and her husband running Jungto Dharma School classes together warmed my heart. Following the interview, her Myeongshimmun, \u201cDo what I can, here and now,\u201d stuck with me. When I was writing her interview piece, the unstable domestic politics and economies in Korea around the presidential impeachment gave me anxiety. Like Aram, I reminded myself of her Myeongshimmun. I watered my house plants and focused on the tasks in front of me. That helped keep me away from anxiety. \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original article written by Myungjoo Koh (Jungto\u2019s International Division, Pacific Asian Region) Edited by Yunhee Kim (Jungto\u2019s Korean Division, Kangwon-Eastern Kyungki Region, Yongin) Translated by Hajeong Lim (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region) & Sanghoon Han (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/p>\n","post_title":"Doing What I Can, Here and Now","post_excerpt":"The Korean Seon (Zen) master Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) wears many hats: Buddhist monk, teacher, author, environmentalist, and social activist, to name a few. As a widely respected Dharma teacher and a tireless socially engaged 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.\n\nThis column, shared by Jungto Society, presents a series of highlights from Ven. Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s writings, teachings, public talks, and regular live-streamed Dharma Q+A sessions, which are accessible across the globe.\n","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"doing-what-i-can-here-and-now","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-12-06 00:05:42","post_modified_gmt":"2025-12-06 05:05:42","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtointernational.org\/?p=29632","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":29210,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2025-06-06 18:19:08","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-06 23:19:08","post_content":"\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This Myeongshimmun has been a great help in my daily life. Because my work has no fixed schedule, there are times when everything piles up all at once and other times when there is no work at all. I used to think I wouldn\u2019t be able to volunteer on a regular schedule, but I managed to overcome this thought by recalling the Myeongshimmun and telling myself, \u201cDon\u2019t look too far ahead. Just volunteer as much as you can right now.\u201d Once I actually began volunteering, my time management became more organized. When work piles up and I start to feel rushed, I recall the Myeongshimmun; developing new products and working with that mindset makes the work flow more smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My Dream<\/strong> Another volunteer asked me, \u201cIs there something within Jungto Society you hope to do in the future?\u201d At first, nothing in particular came to mind. Then suddenly, I got an idea: hosting and facilitating Jungto Dharma School classes with my American spouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Volunteering for the New Jersey Dharma Talk event in 2023, Aram Lee standing. To her left in the green sweater is her spouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In my marriage, I had always been self-righteous. When my husband wanted to purchase flower decorations for our wedding or repair a perfectly functioning bathroom just because he thought it looked old, those things seemed pointless to me. Whenever he was doing something useless or pointless from my perspective, I tried my very best to prove that I was right. If he didn\u2019t accept my ways the first time, I repeated the same arguments a second, third, however many times it took until he agreed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, even when I argue heatedly, there are moments when I suddenly see myself from a third-person point of view, as if I\u2019ve stepped outside myself. When that happens, my husband says, \u201cYou are actually being self-aware,\u201d amused by the change in me. I also feel like I\u2019ve softened a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My husband still has not taken Jungto Dharma School yet. He has a laidback personality and doesn\u2019t want to be tied to a program with a fixed schedule. Instead, he occasionally attends short workshops and Venerable Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s English talks. I keep sending him videos and articles related to Venerable Pomnyun Sunim from time to time. Just as I used to skim past the things my older sister sent me, my husband now skims past what I send him. But just as there came a moment when I became curious about my sister\u2019s transformed way of life, I believe there will come a moment when my husband becomes curious about the changes in me. When that time comes, maybe we\u2019ll be able to host Jungto Dharma School classes together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Translator\u2019s note: Aram Lee\u2019s spouse is currently enrolled in Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Picturing Aram and her husband running Jungto Dharma School classes together warmed my heart. Following the interview, her Myeongshimmun, \u201cDo what I can, here and now,\u201d stuck with me. When I was writing her interview piece, the unstable domestic politics and economies in Korea around the presidential impeachment gave me anxiety. Like Aram, I reminded myself of her Myeongshimmun. I watered my house plants and focused on the tasks in front of me. That helped keep me away from anxiety. \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original article written by Myungjoo Koh (Jungto\u2019s International Division, Pacific Asian Region) Edited by Yunhee Kim (Jungto\u2019s Korean Division, Kangwon-Eastern Kyungki Region, Yongin) Translated by Hajeong Lim (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region) & Sanghoon Han (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doing What I Can, Here and Now<\/strong> My Myeongshimmun (editor: directly translated as \u201cwords to remember\u201d \u2013 they serve as a personal mantra to orient each Jungto practitioner) is, \u201cDo what I can, here and now.\u201d After graduating from middle school, you go to high school; after graduating from high school, you go to college. I lived my life constantly planning ahead, believing something terrible would happen if I ever stopped moving forward. I thought I had to make plans and live strictly according to them. But I learned that life doesn\u2019t unfold just because you plan it that way, and that trying to simulate a distant future only heightens anxiety. When my mind becomes anxious by imagining the future, I recall my Myeongshimmun and focus on what I can do right now. The anxiety settles, and I become calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This Myeongshimmun has been a great help in my daily life. Because my work has no fixed schedule, there are times when everything piles up all at once and other times when there is no work at all. I used to think I wouldn\u2019t be able to volunteer on a regular schedule, but I managed to overcome this thought by recalling the Myeongshimmun and telling myself, \u201cDon\u2019t look too far ahead. Just volunteer as much as you can right now.\u201d Once I actually began volunteering, my time management became more organized. When work piles up and I start to feel rushed, I recall the Myeongshimmun; developing new products and working with that mindset makes the work flow more smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My Dream<\/strong> Another volunteer asked me, \u201cIs there something within Jungto Society you hope to do in the future?\u201d At first, nothing in particular came to mind. Then suddenly, I got an idea: hosting and facilitating Jungto Dharma School classes with my American spouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Volunteering for the New Jersey Dharma Talk event in 2023, Aram Lee standing. To her left in the green sweater is her spouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In my marriage, I had always been self-righteous. When my husband wanted to purchase flower decorations for our wedding or repair a perfectly functioning bathroom just because he thought it looked old, those things seemed pointless to me. Whenever he was doing something useless or pointless from my perspective, I tried my very best to prove that I was right. If he didn\u2019t accept my ways the first time, I repeated the same arguments a second, third, however many times it took until he agreed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, even when I argue heatedly, there are moments when I suddenly see myself from a third-person point of view, as if I\u2019ve stepped outside myself. When that happens, my husband says, \u201cYou are actually being self-aware,\u201d amused by the change in me. I also feel like I\u2019ve softened a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My husband still has not taken Jungto Dharma School yet. He has a laidback personality and doesn\u2019t want to be tied to a program with a fixed schedule. Instead, he occasionally attends short workshops and Venerable Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s English talks. I keep sending him videos and articles related to Venerable Pomnyun Sunim from time to time. Just as I used to skim past the things my older sister sent me, my husband now skims past what I send him. But just as there came a moment when I became curious about my sister\u2019s transformed way of life, I believe there will come a moment when my husband becomes curious about the changes in me. When that time comes, maybe we\u2019ll be able to host Jungto Dharma School classes together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Translator\u2019s note: Aram Lee\u2019s spouse is currently enrolled in Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Picturing Aram and her husband running Jungto Dharma School classes together warmed my heart. Following the interview, her Myeongshimmun, \u201cDo what I can, here and now,\u201d stuck with me. When I was writing her interview piece, the unstable domestic politics and economies in Korea around the presidential impeachment gave me anxiety. Like Aram, I reminded myself of her Myeongshimmun. I watered my house plants and focused on the tasks in front of me. That helped keep me away from anxiety. \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original article written by Myungjoo Koh (Jungto\u2019s International Division, Pacific Asian Region) Edited by Yunhee Kim (Jungto\u2019s Korean Division, Kangwon-Eastern Kyungki Region, Yongin) Translated by Hajeong Lim (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region) & Sanghoon Han (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b2 Jungto Dharma School\u2019s Graduation Ceremony, Aram Lee highlighted in blue<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doing What I Can, Here and Now<\/strong> My Myeongshimmun (editor: directly translated as \u201cwords to remember\u201d \u2013 they serve as a personal mantra to orient each Jungto practitioner) is, \u201cDo what I can, here and now.\u201d After graduating from middle school, you go to high school; after graduating from high school, you go to college. I lived my life constantly planning ahead, believing something terrible would happen if I ever stopped moving forward. I thought I had to make plans and live strictly according to them. But I learned that life doesn\u2019t unfold just because you plan it that way, and that trying to simulate a distant future only heightens anxiety. When my mind becomes anxious by imagining the future, I recall my Myeongshimmun and focus on what I can do right now. The anxiety settles, and I become calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This Myeongshimmun has been a great help in my daily life. Because my work has no fixed schedule, there are times when everything piles up all at once and other times when there is no work at all. I used to think I wouldn\u2019t be able to volunteer on a regular schedule, but I managed to overcome this thought by recalling the Myeongshimmun and telling myself, \u201cDon\u2019t look too far ahead. Just volunteer as much as you can right now.\u201d Once I actually began volunteering, my time management became more organized. When work piles up and I start to feel rushed, I recall the Myeongshimmun; developing new products and working with that mindset makes the work flow more smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My Dream<\/strong> Another volunteer asked me, \u201cIs there something within Jungto Society you hope to do in the future?\u201d At first, nothing in particular came to mind. Then suddenly, I got an idea: hosting and facilitating Jungto Dharma School classes with my American spouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Volunteering for the New Jersey Dharma Talk event in 2023, Aram Lee standing. To her left in the green sweater is her spouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In my marriage, I had always been self-righteous. When my husband wanted to purchase flower decorations for our wedding or repair a perfectly functioning bathroom just because he thought it looked old, those things seemed pointless to me. Whenever he was doing something useless or pointless from my perspective, I tried my very best to prove that I was right. If he didn\u2019t accept my ways the first time, I repeated the same arguments a second, third, however many times it took until he agreed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, even when I argue heatedly, there are moments when I suddenly see myself from a third-person point of view, as if I\u2019ve stepped outside myself. When that happens, my husband says, \u201cYou are actually being self-aware,\u201d amused by the change in me. I also feel like I\u2019ve softened a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My husband still has not taken Jungto Dharma School yet. He has a laidback personality and doesn\u2019t want to be tied to a program with a fixed schedule. Instead, he occasionally attends short workshops and Venerable Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s English talks. I keep sending him videos and articles related to Venerable Pomnyun Sunim from time to time. Just as I used to skim past the things my older sister sent me, my husband now skims past what I send him. But just as there came a moment when I became curious about my sister\u2019s transformed way of life, I believe there will come a moment when my husband becomes curious about the changes in me. When that time comes, maybe we\u2019ll be able to host Jungto Dharma School classes together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Translator\u2019s note: Aram Lee\u2019s spouse is currently enrolled in Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Picturing Aram and her husband running Jungto Dharma School classes together warmed my heart. Following the interview, her Myeongshimmun, \u201cDo what I can, here and now,\u201d stuck with me. When I was writing her interview piece, the unstable domestic politics and economies in Korea around the presidential impeachment gave me anxiety. Like Aram, I reminded myself of her Myeongshimmun. I watered my house plants and focused on the tasks in front of me. That helped keep me away from anxiety. \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original article written by Myungjoo Koh (Jungto\u2019s International Division, Pacific Asian Region) Edited by Yunhee Kim (Jungto\u2019s Korean Division, Kangwon-Eastern Kyungki Region, Yongin) Translated by Hajeong Lim (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region) & Sanghoon Han (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b2 Jungto Dharma School\u2019s Graduation Ceremony, Aram Lee highlighted in blue<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doing What I Can, Here and Now<\/strong> My Myeongshimmun (editor: directly translated as \u201cwords to remember\u201d \u2013 they serve as a personal mantra to orient each Jungto practitioner) is, \u201cDo what I can, here and now.\u201d After graduating from middle school, you go to high school; after graduating from high school, you go to college. I lived my life constantly planning ahead, believing something terrible would happen if I ever stopped moving forward. I thought I had to make plans and live strictly according to them. But I learned that life doesn\u2019t unfold just because you plan it that way, and that trying to simulate a distant future only heightens anxiety. When my mind becomes anxious by imagining the future, I recall my Myeongshimmun and focus on what I can do right now. The anxiety settles, and I become calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This Myeongshimmun has been a great help in my daily life. Because my work has no fixed schedule, there are times when everything piles up all at once and other times when there is no work at all. I used to think I wouldn\u2019t be able to volunteer on a regular schedule, but I managed to overcome this thought by recalling the Myeongshimmun and telling myself, \u201cDon\u2019t look too far ahead. Just volunteer as much as you can right now.\u201d Once I actually began volunteering, my time management became more organized. When work piles up and I start to feel rushed, I recall the Myeongshimmun; developing new products and working with that mindset makes the work flow more smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My Dream<\/strong> Another volunteer asked me, \u201cIs there something within Jungto Society you hope to do in the future?\u201d At first, nothing in particular came to mind. Then suddenly, I got an idea: hosting and facilitating Jungto Dharma School classes with my American spouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Volunteering for the New Jersey Dharma Talk event in 2023, Aram Lee standing. To her left in the green sweater is her spouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In my marriage, I had always been self-righteous. When my husband wanted to purchase flower decorations for our wedding or repair a perfectly functioning bathroom just because he thought it looked old, those things seemed pointless to me. Whenever he was doing something useless or pointless from my perspective, I tried my very best to prove that I was right. If he didn\u2019t accept my ways the first time, I repeated the same arguments a second, third, however many times it took until he agreed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, even when I argue heatedly, there are moments when I suddenly see myself from a third-person point of view, as if I\u2019ve stepped outside myself. When that happens, my husband says, \u201cYou are actually being self-aware,\u201d amused by the change in me. I also feel like I\u2019ve softened a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My husband still has not taken Jungto Dharma School yet. He has a laidback personality and doesn\u2019t want to be tied to a program with a fixed schedule. Instead, he occasionally attends short workshops and Venerable Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s English talks. I keep sending him videos and articles related to Venerable Pomnyun Sunim from time to time. Just as I used to skim past the things my older sister sent me, my husband now skims past what I send him. But just as there came a moment when I became curious about my sister\u2019s transformed way of life, I believe there will come a moment when my husband becomes curious about the changes in me. When that time comes, maybe we\u2019ll be able to host Jungto Dharma School classes together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Translator\u2019s note: Aram Lee\u2019s spouse is currently enrolled in Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Picturing Aram and her husband running Jungto Dharma School classes together warmed my heart. Following the interview, her Myeongshimmun, \u201cDo what I can, here and now,\u201d stuck with me. When I was writing her interview piece, the unstable domestic politics and economies in Korea around the presidential impeachment gave me anxiety. Like Aram, I reminded myself of her Myeongshimmun. I watered my house plants and focused on the tasks in front of me. That helped keep me away from anxiety. \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original article written by Myungjoo Koh (Jungto\u2019s International Division, Pacific Asian Region) Edited by Yunhee Kim (Jungto\u2019s Korean Division, Kangwon-Eastern Kyungki Region, Yongin) Translated by Hajeong Lim (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region) & Sanghoon Han (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b2 Jungto Dharma School\u2019s Graduation Ceremony, Aram Lee highlighted in blue<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doing What I Can, Here and Now<\/strong> My Myeongshimmun (editor: directly translated as \u201cwords to remember\u201d \u2013 they serve as a personal mantra to orient each Jungto practitioner) is, \u201cDo what I can, here and now.\u201d After graduating from middle school, you go to high school; after graduating from high school, you go to college. I lived my life constantly planning ahead, believing something terrible would happen if I ever stopped moving forward. I thought I had to make plans and live strictly according to them. But I learned that life doesn\u2019t unfold just because you plan it that way, and that trying to simulate a distant future only heightens anxiety. When my mind becomes anxious by imagining the future, I recall my Myeongshimmun and focus on what I can do right now. The anxiety settles, and I become calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This Myeongshimmun has been a great help in my daily life. Because my work has no fixed schedule, there are times when everything piles up all at once and other times when there is no work at all. I used to think I wouldn\u2019t be able to volunteer on a regular schedule, but I managed to overcome this thought by recalling the Myeongshimmun and telling myself, \u201cDon\u2019t look too far ahead. Just volunteer as much as you can right now.\u201d Once I actually began volunteering, my time management became more organized. When work piles up and I start to feel rushed, I recall the Myeongshimmun; developing new products and working with that mindset makes the work flow more smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My Dream<\/strong> Another volunteer asked me, \u201cIs there something within Jungto Society you hope to do in the future?\u201d At first, nothing in particular came to mind. Then suddenly, I got an idea: hosting and facilitating Jungto Dharma School classes with my American spouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Volunteering for the New Jersey Dharma Talk event in 2023, Aram Lee standing. To her left in the green sweater is her spouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In my marriage, I had always been self-righteous. When my husband wanted to purchase flower decorations for our wedding or repair a perfectly functioning bathroom just because he thought it looked old, those things seemed pointless to me. Whenever he was doing something useless or pointless from my perspective, I tried my very best to prove that I was right. If he didn\u2019t accept my ways the first time, I repeated the same arguments a second, third, however many times it took until he agreed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, even when I argue heatedly, there are moments when I suddenly see myself from a third-person point of view, as if I\u2019ve stepped outside myself. When that happens, my husband says, \u201cYou are actually being self-aware,\u201d amused by the change in me. I also feel like I\u2019ve softened a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My husband still has not taken Jungto Dharma School yet. He has a laidback personality and doesn\u2019t want to be tied to a program with a fixed schedule. Instead, he occasionally attends short workshops and Venerable Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s English talks. I keep sending him videos and articles related to Venerable Pomnyun Sunim from time to time. Just as I used to skim past the things my older sister sent me, my husband now skims past what I send him. But just as there came a moment when I became curious about my sister\u2019s transformed way of life, I believe there will come a moment when my husband becomes curious about the changes in me. When that time comes, maybe we\u2019ll be able to host Jungto Dharma School classes together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Translator\u2019s note: Aram Lee\u2019s spouse is currently enrolled in Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Picturing Aram and her husband running Jungto Dharma School classes together warmed my heart. Following the interview, her Myeongshimmun, \u201cDo what I can, here and now,\u201d stuck with me. When I was writing her interview piece, the unstable domestic politics and economies in Korea around the presidential impeachment gave me anxiety. Like Aram, I reminded myself of her Myeongshimmun. I watered my house plants and focused on the tasks in front of me. That helped keep me away from anxiety. \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original article written by Myungjoo Koh (Jungto\u2019s International Division, Pacific Asian Region) Edited by Yunhee Kim (Jungto\u2019s Korean Division, Kangwon-Eastern Kyungki Region, Yongin) Translated by Hajeong Lim (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region) & Sanghoon Han (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had thought that a life was inevitably full of pain, and happiness was only an abstract idea that does not actually exist. But while volunteering as a Jungto Dharma School facilitator, I realized that life could become calm and abundant even without chasing after a goal or striving to grow. Happiness became real to me. The world outside the well was vast, yet I had been living trapped inside it, mistaking that small space for the entire world and struggling in vain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\u25b2 Jungto Dharma School\u2019s Graduation Ceremony, Aram Lee highlighted in blue<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doing What I Can, Here and Now<\/strong> My Myeongshimmun (editor: directly translated as \u201cwords to remember\u201d \u2013 they serve as a personal mantra to orient each Jungto practitioner) is, \u201cDo what I can, here and now.\u201d After graduating from middle school, you go to high school; after graduating from high school, you go to college. I lived my life constantly planning ahead, believing something terrible would happen if I ever stopped moving forward. I thought I had to make plans and live strictly according to them. But I learned that life doesn\u2019t unfold just because you plan it that way, and that trying to simulate a distant future only heightens anxiety. When my mind becomes anxious by imagining the future, I recall my Myeongshimmun and focus on what I can do right now. The anxiety settles, and I become calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This Myeongshimmun has been a great help in my daily life. Because my work has no fixed schedule, there are times when everything piles up all at once and other times when there is no work at all. I used to think I wouldn\u2019t be able to volunteer on a regular schedule, but I managed to overcome this thought by recalling the Myeongshimmun and telling myself, \u201cDon\u2019t look too far ahead. Just volunteer as much as you can right now.\u201d Once I actually began volunteering, my time management became more organized. When work piles up and I start to feel rushed, I recall the Myeongshimmun; developing new products and working with that mindset makes the work flow more smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My Dream<\/strong> Another volunteer asked me, \u201cIs there something within Jungto Society you hope to do in the future?\u201d At first, nothing in particular came to mind. Then suddenly, I got an idea: hosting and facilitating Jungto Dharma School classes with my American spouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Volunteering for the New Jersey Dharma Talk event in 2023, Aram Lee standing. To her left in the green sweater is her spouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In my marriage, I had always been self-righteous. When my husband wanted to purchase flower decorations for our wedding or repair a perfectly functioning bathroom just because he thought it looked old, those things seemed pointless to me. Whenever he was doing something useless or pointless from my perspective, I tried my very best to prove that I was right. If he didn\u2019t accept my ways the first time, I repeated the same arguments a second, third, however many times it took until he agreed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, even when I argue heatedly, there are moments when I suddenly see myself from a third-person point of view, as if I\u2019ve stepped outside myself. When that happens, my husband says, \u201cYou are actually being self-aware,\u201d amused by the change in me. I also feel like I\u2019ve softened a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My husband still has not taken Jungto Dharma School yet. He has a laidback personality and doesn\u2019t want to be tied to a program with a fixed schedule. Instead, he occasionally attends short workshops and Venerable Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s English talks. I keep sending him videos and articles related to Venerable Pomnyun Sunim from time to time. Just as I used to skim past the things my older sister sent me, my husband now skims past what I send him. But just as there came a moment when I became curious about my sister\u2019s transformed way of life, I believe there will come a moment when my husband becomes curious about the changes in me. When that time comes, maybe we\u2019ll be able to host Jungto Dharma School classes together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Translator\u2019s note: Aram Lee\u2019s spouse is currently enrolled in Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Picturing Aram and her husband running Jungto Dharma School classes together warmed my heart. Following the interview, her Myeongshimmun, \u201cDo what I can, here and now,\u201d stuck with me. When I was writing her interview piece, the unstable domestic politics and economies in Korea around the presidential impeachment gave me anxiety. Like Aram, I reminded myself of her Myeongshimmun. I watered my house plants and focused on the tasks in front of me. That helped keep me away from anxiety. \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original article written by Myungjoo Koh (Jungto\u2019s International Division, Pacific Asian Region) Edited by Yunhee Kim (Jungto\u2019s Korean Division, Kangwon-Eastern Kyungki Region, Yongin) Translated by Hajeong Lim (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region) & Sanghoon Han (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My Mind Shattered into a Million Pieces and Reconfigured Anew<\/strong> Jungto Dharma School shattered my mind into many pieces and then reassembled it. My perspective on life was redefined. The Buddhist concepts of suffering and happiness once felt like wordplay to me. How could happiness and suffering be one and the same? But then I realized that when I was excitedly chasing after a big goal, I called it happiness, and when I couldn\u2019t, I called it suffering. I began to see where my suffering truly came from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had thought that a life was inevitably full of pain, and happiness was only an abstract idea that does not actually exist. But while volunteering as a Jungto Dharma School facilitator, I realized that life could become calm and abundant even without chasing after a goal or striving to grow. Happiness became real to me. The world outside the well was vast, yet I had been living trapped inside it, mistaking that small space for the entire world and struggling in vain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\u25b2 Jungto Dharma School\u2019s Graduation Ceremony, Aram Lee highlighted in blue<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doing What I Can, Here and Now<\/strong> My Myeongshimmun (editor: directly translated as \u201cwords to remember\u201d \u2013 they serve as a personal mantra to orient each Jungto practitioner) is, \u201cDo what I can, here and now.\u201d After graduating from middle school, you go to high school; after graduating from high school, you go to college. I lived my life constantly planning ahead, believing something terrible would happen if I ever stopped moving forward. I thought I had to make plans and live strictly according to them. But I learned that life doesn\u2019t unfold just because you plan it that way, and that trying to simulate a distant future only heightens anxiety. When my mind becomes anxious by imagining the future, I recall my Myeongshimmun and focus on what I can do right now. The anxiety settles, and I become calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This Myeongshimmun has been a great help in my daily life. Because my work has no fixed schedule, there are times when everything piles up all at once and other times when there is no work at all. I used to think I wouldn\u2019t be able to volunteer on a regular schedule, but I managed to overcome this thought by recalling the Myeongshimmun and telling myself, \u201cDon\u2019t look too far ahead. Just volunteer as much as you can right now.\u201d Once I actually began volunteering, my time management became more organized. When work piles up and I start to feel rushed, I recall the Myeongshimmun; developing new products and working with that mindset makes the work flow more smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My Dream<\/strong> Another volunteer asked me, \u201cIs there something within Jungto Society you hope to do in the future?\u201d At first, nothing in particular came to mind. Then suddenly, I got an idea: hosting and facilitating Jungto Dharma School classes with my American spouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Volunteering for the New Jersey Dharma Talk event in 2023, Aram Lee standing. To her left in the green sweater is her spouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In my marriage, I had always been self-righteous. When my husband wanted to purchase flower decorations for our wedding or repair a perfectly functioning bathroom just because he thought it looked old, those things seemed pointless to me. Whenever he was doing something useless or pointless from my perspective, I tried my very best to prove that I was right. If he didn\u2019t accept my ways the first time, I repeated the same arguments a second, third, however many times it took until he agreed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, even when I argue heatedly, there are moments when I suddenly see myself from a third-person point of view, as if I\u2019ve stepped outside myself. When that happens, my husband says, \u201cYou are actually being self-aware,\u201d amused by the change in me. I also feel like I\u2019ve softened a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My husband still has not taken Jungto Dharma School yet. He has a laidback personality and doesn\u2019t want to be tied to a program with a fixed schedule. Instead, he occasionally attends short workshops and Venerable Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s English talks. I keep sending him videos and articles related to Venerable Pomnyun Sunim from time to time. Just as I used to skim past the things my older sister sent me, my husband now skims past what I send him. But just as there came a moment when I became curious about my sister\u2019s transformed way of life, I believe there will come a moment when my husband becomes curious about the changes in me. When that time comes, maybe we\u2019ll be able to host Jungto Dharma School classes together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Translator\u2019s note: Aram Lee\u2019s spouse is currently enrolled in Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Picturing Aram and her husband running Jungto Dharma School classes together warmed my heart. Following the interview, her Myeongshimmun, \u201cDo what I can, here and now,\u201d stuck with me. When I was writing her interview piece, the unstable domestic politics and economies in Korea around the presidential impeachment gave me anxiety. Like Aram, I reminded myself of her Myeongshimmun. I watered my house plants and focused on the tasks in front of me. That helped keep me away from anxiety. \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original article written by Myungjoo Koh (Jungto\u2019s International Division, Pacific Asian Region) Edited by Yunhee Kim (Jungto\u2019s Korean Division, Kangwon-Eastern Kyungki Region, Yongin) Translated by Hajeong Lim (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region) & Sanghoon Han (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u25b2 Jungto pilgrimage to India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
My Mind Shattered into a Million Pieces and Reconfigured Anew<\/strong> Jungto Dharma School shattered my mind into many pieces and then reassembled it. My perspective on life was redefined. The Buddhist concepts of suffering and happiness once felt like wordplay to me. How could happiness and suffering be one and the same? But then I realized that when I was excitedly chasing after a big goal, I called it happiness, and when I couldn\u2019t, I called it suffering. I began to see where my suffering truly came from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had thought that a life was inevitably full of pain, and happiness was only an abstract idea that does not actually exist. But while volunteering as a Jungto Dharma School facilitator, I realized that life could become calm and abundant even without chasing after a goal or striving to grow. Happiness became real to me. The world outside the well was vast, yet I had been living trapped inside it, mistaking that small space for the entire world and struggling in vain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\u25b2 Jungto Dharma School\u2019s Graduation Ceremony, Aram Lee highlighted in blue<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doing What I Can, Here and Now<\/strong> My Myeongshimmun (editor: directly translated as \u201cwords to remember\u201d \u2013 they serve as a personal mantra to orient each Jungto practitioner) is, \u201cDo what I can, here and now.\u201d After graduating from middle school, you go to high school; after graduating from high school, you go to college. I lived my life constantly planning ahead, believing something terrible would happen if I ever stopped moving forward. I thought I had to make plans and live strictly according to them. But I learned that life doesn\u2019t unfold just because you plan it that way, and that trying to simulate a distant future only heightens anxiety. When my mind becomes anxious by imagining the future, I recall my Myeongshimmun and focus on what I can do right now. The anxiety settles, and I become calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This Myeongshimmun has been a great help in my daily life. Because my work has no fixed schedule, there are times when everything piles up all at once and other times when there is no work at all. I used to think I wouldn\u2019t be able to volunteer on a regular schedule, but I managed to overcome this thought by recalling the Myeongshimmun and telling myself, \u201cDon\u2019t look too far ahead. Just volunteer as much as you can right now.\u201d Once I actually began volunteering, my time management became more organized. When work piles up and I start to feel rushed, I recall the Myeongshimmun; developing new products and working with that mindset makes the work flow more smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My Dream<\/strong> Another volunteer asked me, \u201cIs there something within Jungto Society you hope to do in the future?\u201d At first, nothing in particular came to mind. Then suddenly, I got an idea: hosting and facilitating Jungto Dharma School classes with my American spouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Volunteering for the New Jersey Dharma Talk event in 2023, Aram Lee standing. To her left in the green sweater is her spouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In my marriage, I had always been self-righteous. When my husband wanted to purchase flower decorations for our wedding or repair a perfectly functioning bathroom just because he thought it looked old, those things seemed pointless to me. Whenever he was doing something useless or pointless from my perspective, I tried my very best to prove that I was right. If he didn\u2019t accept my ways the first time, I repeated the same arguments a second, third, however many times it took until he agreed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, even when I argue heatedly, there are moments when I suddenly see myself from a third-person point of view, as if I\u2019ve stepped outside myself. When that happens, my husband says, \u201cYou are actually being self-aware,\u201d amused by the change in me. I also feel like I\u2019ve softened a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My husband still has not taken Jungto Dharma School yet. He has a laidback personality and doesn\u2019t want to be tied to a program with a fixed schedule. Instead, he occasionally attends short workshops and Venerable Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s English talks. I keep sending him videos and articles related to Venerable Pomnyun Sunim from time to time. Just as I used to skim past the things my older sister sent me, my husband now skims past what I send him. But just as there came a moment when I became curious about my sister\u2019s transformed way of life, I believe there will come a moment when my husband becomes curious about the changes in me. When that time comes, maybe we\u2019ll be able to host Jungto Dharma School classes together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Translator\u2019s note: Aram Lee\u2019s spouse is currently enrolled in Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Picturing Aram and her husband running Jungto Dharma School classes together warmed my heart. Following the interview, her Myeongshimmun, \u201cDo what I can, here and now,\u201d stuck with me. When I was writing her interview piece, the unstable domestic politics and economies in Korea around the presidential impeachment gave me anxiety. Like Aram, I reminded myself of her Myeongshimmun. I watered my house plants and focused on the tasks in front of me. That helped keep me away from anxiety. \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original article written by Myungjoo Koh (Jungto\u2019s International Division, Pacific Asian Region) Edited by Yunhee Kim (Jungto\u2019s Korean Division, Kangwon-Eastern Kyungki Region, Yongin) Translated by Hajeong Lim (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region) & Sanghoon Han (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Curious about her transformation, and reassured by the low commitment of needing to attend for \u201cjust one month, four sessions total,\u201d I decided to join the Happiness School with a light heart. The one-month program brought me many surprises. I became deeply interested in the foundation of this study and wanted to learn more. I went on to complete Jungto Dharma School programs and the training program for volunteers, and even participated in Jungto pilgrimage to the sacred sites in India. After serving as a facilitator five times, I now volunteer as an interviewer and as a coordinator for Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Jungto pilgrimage to India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
My Mind Shattered into a Million Pieces and Reconfigured Anew<\/strong> Jungto Dharma School shattered my mind into many pieces and then reassembled it. My perspective on life was redefined. The Buddhist concepts of suffering and happiness once felt like wordplay to me. How could happiness and suffering be one and the same? But then I realized that when I was excitedly chasing after a big goal, I called it happiness, and when I couldn\u2019t, I called it suffering. I began to see where my suffering truly came from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had thought that a life was inevitably full of pain, and happiness was only an abstract idea that does not actually exist. But while volunteering as a Jungto Dharma School facilitator, I realized that life could become calm and abundant even without chasing after a goal or striving to grow. Happiness became real to me. The world outside the well was vast, yet I had been living trapped inside it, mistaking that small space for the entire world and struggling in vain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\u25b2 Jungto Dharma School\u2019s Graduation Ceremony, Aram Lee highlighted in blue<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doing What I Can, Here and Now<\/strong> My Myeongshimmun (editor: directly translated as \u201cwords to remember\u201d \u2013 they serve as a personal mantra to orient each Jungto practitioner) is, \u201cDo what I can, here and now.\u201d After graduating from middle school, you go to high school; after graduating from high school, you go to college. I lived my life constantly planning ahead, believing something terrible would happen if I ever stopped moving forward. I thought I had to make plans and live strictly according to them. But I learned that life doesn\u2019t unfold just because you plan it that way, and that trying to simulate a distant future only heightens anxiety. When my mind becomes anxious by imagining the future, I recall my Myeongshimmun and focus on what I can do right now. The anxiety settles, and I become calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This Myeongshimmun has been a great help in my daily life. Because my work has no fixed schedule, there are times when everything piles up all at once and other times when there is no work at all. I used to think I wouldn\u2019t be able to volunteer on a regular schedule, but I managed to overcome this thought by recalling the Myeongshimmun and telling myself, \u201cDon\u2019t look too far ahead. Just volunteer as much as you can right now.\u201d Once I actually began volunteering, my time management became more organized. When work piles up and I start to feel rushed, I recall the Myeongshimmun; developing new products and working with that mindset makes the work flow more smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My Dream<\/strong> Another volunteer asked me, \u201cIs there something within Jungto Society you hope to do in the future?\u201d At first, nothing in particular came to mind. Then suddenly, I got an idea: hosting and facilitating Jungto Dharma School classes with my American spouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Volunteering for the New Jersey Dharma Talk event in 2023, Aram Lee standing. To her left in the green sweater is her spouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In my marriage, I had always been self-righteous. When my husband wanted to purchase flower decorations for our wedding or repair a perfectly functioning bathroom just because he thought it looked old, those things seemed pointless to me. Whenever he was doing something useless or pointless from my perspective, I tried my very best to prove that I was right. If he didn\u2019t accept my ways the first time, I repeated the same arguments a second, third, however many times it took until he agreed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, even when I argue heatedly, there are moments when I suddenly see myself from a third-person point of view, as if I\u2019ve stepped outside myself. When that happens, my husband says, \u201cYou are actually being self-aware,\u201d amused by the change in me. I also feel like I\u2019ve softened a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My husband still has not taken Jungto Dharma School yet. He has a laidback personality and doesn\u2019t want to be tied to a program with a fixed schedule. Instead, he occasionally attends short workshops and Venerable Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s English talks. I keep sending him videos and articles related to Venerable Pomnyun Sunim from time to time. Just as I used to skim past the things my older sister sent me, my husband now skims past what I send him. But just as there came a moment when I became curious about my sister\u2019s transformed way of life, I believe there will come a moment when my husband becomes curious about the changes in me. When that time comes, maybe we\u2019ll be able to host Jungto Dharma School classes together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Translator\u2019s note: Aram Lee\u2019s spouse is currently enrolled in Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Picturing Aram and her husband running Jungto Dharma School classes together warmed my heart. Following the interview, her Myeongshimmun, \u201cDo what I can, here and now,\u201d stuck with me. When I was writing her interview piece, the unstable domestic politics and economies in Korea around the presidential impeachment gave me anxiety. Like Aram, I reminded myself of her Myeongshimmun. I watered my house plants and focused on the tasks in front of me. That helped keep me away from anxiety. \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original article written by Myungjoo Koh (Jungto\u2019s International Division, Pacific Asian Region) Edited by Yunhee Kim (Jungto\u2019s Korean Division, Kangwon-Eastern Kyungki Region, Yongin) Translated by Hajeong Lim (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region) & Sanghoon Han (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This time, however, I was intrigued, because my sister had changed so much. When she got divorced three years earlier, she had seemed on the verge of breaking down at any moment. But when I saw her again three years later, she was a completely different person. During a family trip, she performed 300 prostrations each day as part of her 1,000-day practice, and she could even talk comfortably on the phone with her ex-husband, whom I thought she would never speak to again. Watching her sweat through her 300 prostrations in the heat, I thought, \u201cShe\u2019s being so showy,\u201d yet I couldn\u2019t help but admire her confidence and composure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Curious about her transformation, and reassured by the low commitment of needing to attend for \u201cjust one month, four sessions total,\u201d I decided to join the Happiness School with a light heart. The one-month program brought me many surprises. I became deeply interested in the foundation of this study and wanted to learn more. I went on to complete Jungto Dharma School programs and the training program for volunteers, and even participated in Jungto pilgrimage to the sacred sites in India. After serving as a facilitator five times, I now volunteer as an interviewer and as a coordinator for Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Jungto pilgrimage to India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
My Mind Shattered into a Million Pieces and Reconfigured Anew<\/strong> Jungto Dharma School shattered my mind into many pieces and then reassembled it. My perspective on life was redefined. The Buddhist concepts of suffering and happiness once felt like wordplay to me. How could happiness and suffering be one and the same? But then I realized that when I was excitedly chasing after a big goal, I called it happiness, and when I couldn\u2019t, I called it suffering. I began to see where my suffering truly came from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had thought that a life was inevitably full of pain, and happiness was only an abstract idea that does not actually exist. But while volunteering as a Jungto Dharma School facilitator, I realized that life could become calm and abundant even without chasing after a goal or striving to grow. Happiness became real to me. The world outside the well was vast, yet I had been living trapped inside it, mistaking that small space for the entire world and struggling in vain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\u25b2 Jungto Dharma School\u2019s Graduation Ceremony, Aram Lee highlighted in blue<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doing What I Can, Here and Now<\/strong> My Myeongshimmun (editor: directly translated as \u201cwords to remember\u201d \u2013 they serve as a personal mantra to orient each Jungto practitioner) is, \u201cDo what I can, here and now.\u201d After graduating from middle school, you go to high school; after graduating from high school, you go to college. I lived my life constantly planning ahead, believing something terrible would happen if I ever stopped moving forward. I thought I had to make plans and live strictly according to them. But I learned that life doesn\u2019t unfold just because you plan it that way, and that trying to simulate a distant future only heightens anxiety. When my mind becomes anxious by imagining the future, I recall my Myeongshimmun and focus on what I can do right now. The anxiety settles, and I become calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This Myeongshimmun has been a great help in my daily life. Because my work has no fixed schedule, there are times when everything piles up all at once and other times when there is no work at all. I used to think I wouldn\u2019t be able to volunteer on a regular schedule, but I managed to overcome this thought by recalling the Myeongshimmun and telling myself, \u201cDon\u2019t look too far ahead. Just volunteer as much as you can right now.\u201d Once I actually began volunteering, my time management became more organized. When work piles up and I start to feel rushed, I recall the Myeongshimmun; developing new products and working with that mindset makes the work flow more smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My Dream<\/strong> Another volunteer asked me, \u201cIs there something within Jungto Society you hope to do in the future?\u201d At first, nothing in particular came to mind. Then suddenly, I got an idea: hosting and facilitating Jungto Dharma School classes with my American spouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Volunteering for the New Jersey Dharma Talk event in 2023, Aram Lee standing. To her left in the green sweater is her spouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In my marriage, I had always been self-righteous. When my husband wanted to purchase flower decorations for our wedding or repair a perfectly functioning bathroom just because he thought it looked old, those things seemed pointless to me. Whenever he was doing something useless or pointless from my perspective, I tried my very best to prove that I was right. If he didn\u2019t accept my ways the first time, I repeated the same arguments a second, third, however many times it took until he agreed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, even when I argue heatedly, there are moments when I suddenly see myself from a third-person point of view, as if I\u2019ve stepped outside myself. When that happens, my husband says, \u201cYou are actually being self-aware,\u201d amused by the change in me. I also feel like I\u2019ve softened a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My husband still has not taken Jungto Dharma School yet. He has a laidback personality and doesn\u2019t want to be tied to a program with a fixed schedule. Instead, he occasionally attends short workshops and Venerable Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s English talks. I keep sending him videos and articles related to Venerable Pomnyun Sunim from time to time. Just as I used to skim past the things my older sister sent me, my husband now skims past what I send him. But just as there came a moment when I became curious about my sister\u2019s transformed way of life, I believe there will come a moment when my husband becomes curious about the changes in me. When that time comes, maybe we\u2019ll be able to host Jungto Dharma School classes together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Translator\u2019s note: Aram Lee\u2019s spouse is currently enrolled in Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Picturing Aram and her husband running Jungto Dharma School classes together warmed my heart. Following the interview, her Myeongshimmun, \u201cDo what I can, here and now,\u201d stuck with me. When I was writing her interview piece, the unstable domestic politics and economies in Korea around the presidential impeachment gave me anxiety. Like Aram, I reminded myself of her Myeongshimmun. I watered my house plants and focused on the tasks in front of me. That helped keep me away from anxiety. \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original article written by Myungjoo Koh (Jungto\u2019s International Division, Pacific Asian Region) Edited by Yunhee Kim (Jungto\u2019s Korean Division, Kangwon-Eastern Kyungki Region, Yongin) Translated by Hajeong Lim (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region) & Sanghoon Han (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/p>\n","post_title":"Doing What I Can, Here and Now","post_excerpt":"The Korean Seon (Zen) master Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) wears many hats: Buddhist monk, teacher, author, environmentalist, and social activist, to name a few. As a widely respected Dharma teacher and a tireless socially engaged 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.\n\nThis column, shared by Jungto Society, presents a series of highlights from Ven. Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s writings, teachings, public talks, and regular live-streamed Dharma Q+A sessions, which are accessible across the globe.\n","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"doing-what-i-can-here-and-now","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-12-06 00:05:42","post_modified_gmt":"2025-12-06 05:05:42","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtointernational.org\/?p=29632","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":29210,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2025-06-06 18:19:08","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-06 23:19:08","post_content":"\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s Okay to Stop<\/strong> Around that time, my older sister sent me a registration link for the Happiness School, a Venerable Pomnyun Sunim-led program in Korea where participants learn to find their path to happiness. She had often sent me videos of Buddhist teachings or links to Jungto Dharma School, but since I held a negative view of religion, I ignored them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This time, however, I was intrigued, because my sister had changed so much. When she got divorced three years earlier, she had seemed on the verge of breaking down at any moment. But when I saw her again three years later, she was a completely different person. During a family trip, she performed 300 prostrations each day as part of her 1,000-day practice, and she could even talk comfortably on the phone with her ex-husband, whom I thought she would never speak to again. Watching her sweat through her 300 prostrations in the heat, I thought, \u201cShe\u2019s being so showy,\u201d yet I couldn\u2019t help but admire her confidence and composure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Curious about her transformation, and reassured by the low commitment of needing to attend for \u201cjust one month, four sessions total,\u201d I decided to join the Happiness School with a light heart. The one-month program brought me many surprises. I became deeply interested in the foundation of this study and wanted to learn more. I went on to complete Jungto Dharma School programs and the training program for volunteers, and even participated in Jungto pilgrimage to the sacred sites in India. After serving as a facilitator five times, I now volunteer as an interviewer and as a coordinator for Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Jungto pilgrimage to India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
My Mind Shattered into a Million Pieces and Reconfigured Anew<\/strong> Jungto Dharma School shattered my mind into many pieces and then reassembled it. My perspective on life was redefined. The Buddhist concepts of suffering and happiness once felt like wordplay to me. How could happiness and suffering be one and the same? But then I realized that when I was excitedly chasing after a big goal, I called it happiness, and when I couldn\u2019t, I called it suffering. I began to see where my suffering truly came from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had thought that a life was inevitably full of pain, and happiness was only an abstract idea that does not actually exist. But while volunteering as a Jungto Dharma School facilitator, I realized that life could become calm and abundant even without chasing after a goal or striving to grow. Happiness became real to me. The world outside the well was vast, yet I had been living trapped inside it, mistaking that small space for the entire world and struggling in vain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\u25b2 Jungto Dharma School\u2019s Graduation Ceremony, Aram Lee highlighted in blue<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doing What I Can, Here and Now<\/strong> My Myeongshimmun (editor: directly translated as \u201cwords to remember\u201d \u2013 they serve as a personal mantra to orient each Jungto practitioner) is, \u201cDo what I can, here and now.\u201d After graduating from middle school, you go to high school; after graduating from high school, you go to college. I lived my life constantly planning ahead, believing something terrible would happen if I ever stopped moving forward. I thought I had to make plans and live strictly according to them. But I learned that life doesn\u2019t unfold just because you plan it that way, and that trying to simulate a distant future only heightens anxiety. When my mind becomes anxious by imagining the future, I recall my Myeongshimmun and focus on what I can do right now. The anxiety settles, and I become calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This Myeongshimmun has been a great help in my daily life. Because my work has no fixed schedule, there are times when everything piles up all at once and other times when there is no work at all. I used to think I wouldn\u2019t be able to volunteer on a regular schedule, but I managed to overcome this thought by recalling the Myeongshimmun and telling myself, \u201cDon\u2019t look too far ahead. Just volunteer as much as you can right now.\u201d Once I actually began volunteering, my time management became more organized. When work piles up and I start to feel rushed, I recall the Myeongshimmun; developing new products and working with that mindset makes the work flow more smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My Dream<\/strong> Another volunteer asked me, \u201cIs there something within Jungto Society you hope to do in the future?\u201d At first, nothing in particular came to mind. Then suddenly, I got an idea: hosting and facilitating Jungto Dharma School classes with my American spouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Volunteering for the New Jersey Dharma Talk event in 2023, Aram Lee standing. To her left in the green sweater is her spouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In my marriage, I had always been self-righteous. When my husband wanted to purchase flower decorations for our wedding or repair a perfectly functioning bathroom just because he thought it looked old, those things seemed pointless to me. Whenever he was doing something useless or pointless from my perspective, I tried my very best to prove that I was right. If he didn\u2019t accept my ways the first time, I repeated the same arguments a second, third, however many times it took until he agreed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, even when I argue heatedly, there are moments when I suddenly see myself from a third-person point of view, as if I\u2019ve stepped outside myself. When that happens, my husband says, \u201cYou are actually being self-aware,\u201d amused by the change in me. I also feel like I\u2019ve softened a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My husband still has not taken Jungto Dharma School yet. He has a laidback personality and doesn\u2019t want to be tied to a program with a fixed schedule. Instead, he occasionally attends short workshops and Venerable Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s English talks. I keep sending him videos and articles related to Venerable Pomnyun Sunim from time to time. Just as I used to skim past the things my older sister sent me, my husband now skims past what I send him. But just as there came a moment when I became curious about my sister\u2019s transformed way of life, I believe there will come a moment when my husband becomes curious about the changes in me. When that time comes, maybe we\u2019ll be able to host Jungto Dharma School classes together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Translator\u2019s note: Aram Lee\u2019s spouse is currently enrolled in Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Picturing Aram and her husband running Jungto Dharma School classes together warmed my heart. Following the interview, her Myeongshimmun, \u201cDo what I can, here and now,\u201d stuck with me. When I was writing her interview piece, the unstable domestic politics and economies in Korea around the presidential impeachment gave me anxiety. Like Aram, I reminded myself of her Myeongshimmun. I watered my house plants and focused on the tasks in front of me. That helped keep me away from anxiety. \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original article written by Myungjoo Koh (Jungto\u2019s International Division, Pacific Asian Region) Edited by Yunhee Kim (Jungto\u2019s Korean Division, Kangwon-Eastern Kyungki Region, Yongin) Translated by Hajeong Lim (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region) & Sanghoon Han (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Work no longer felt enjoyable. I stayed at the company only for the paycheck, with no better option. In my mid-30s, the thought of living like that for decades to come felt exhausting and painful. As a head designer, it wasn\u2019t easy to change jobs either. For around five years, I constantly asked myself, \u201dShould I quit? How will I make a living? It\u2019s such a waste to give it up!\u201d Wanting to escape the rat race of corporate life, I boldly quit my job, but running my own business turned out to be an even bigger challenge. While I was deeply focused on my business, the pandemic hit. The projects I had been preparing disappeared overnight. It felt empty, yet in a way, I was also relieved. Thanks to COVID-19, I finally had a legitimate reason to take a break and rest with peace of mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s Okay to Stop<\/strong> Around that time, my older sister sent me a registration link for the Happiness School, a Venerable Pomnyun Sunim-led program in Korea where participants learn to find their path to happiness. She had often sent me videos of Buddhist teachings or links to Jungto Dharma School, but since I held a negative view of religion, I ignored them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This time, however, I was intrigued, because my sister had changed so much. When she got divorced three years earlier, she had seemed on the verge of breaking down at any moment. But when I saw her again three years later, she was a completely different person. During a family trip, she performed 300 prostrations each day as part of her 1,000-day practice, and she could even talk comfortably on the phone with her ex-husband, whom I thought she would never speak to again. Watching her sweat through her 300 prostrations in the heat, I thought, \u201cShe\u2019s being so showy,\u201d yet I couldn\u2019t help but admire her confidence and composure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Curious about her transformation, and reassured by the low commitment of needing to attend for \u201cjust one month, four sessions total,\u201d I decided to join the Happiness School with a light heart. The one-month program brought me many surprises. I became deeply interested in the foundation of this study and wanted to learn more. I went on to complete Jungto Dharma School programs and the training program for volunteers, and even participated in Jungto pilgrimage to the sacred sites in India. After serving as a facilitator five times, I now volunteer as an interviewer and as a coordinator for Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Jungto pilgrimage to India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
My Mind Shattered into a Million Pieces and Reconfigured Anew<\/strong> Jungto Dharma School shattered my mind into many pieces and then reassembled it. My perspective on life was redefined. The Buddhist concepts of suffering and happiness once felt like wordplay to me. How could happiness and suffering be one and the same? But then I realized that when I was excitedly chasing after a big goal, I called it happiness, and when I couldn\u2019t, I called it suffering. I began to see where my suffering truly came from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had thought that a life was inevitably full of pain, and happiness was only an abstract idea that does not actually exist. But while volunteering as a Jungto Dharma School facilitator, I realized that life could become calm and abundant even without chasing after a goal or striving to grow. Happiness became real to me. The world outside the well was vast, yet I had been living trapped inside it, mistaking that small space for the entire world and struggling in vain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\u25b2 Jungto Dharma School\u2019s Graduation Ceremony, Aram Lee highlighted in blue<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doing What I Can, Here and Now<\/strong> My Myeongshimmun (editor: directly translated as \u201cwords to remember\u201d \u2013 they serve as a personal mantra to orient each Jungto practitioner) is, \u201cDo what I can, here and now.\u201d After graduating from middle school, you go to high school; after graduating from high school, you go to college. I lived my life constantly planning ahead, believing something terrible would happen if I ever stopped moving forward. I thought I had to make plans and live strictly according to them. But I learned that life doesn\u2019t unfold just because you plan it that way, and that trying to simulate a distant future only heightens anxiety. When my mind becomes anxious by imagining the future, I recall my Myeongshimmun and focus on what I can do right now. The anxiety settles, and I become calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This Myeongshimmun has been a great help in my daily life. Because my work has no fixed schedule, there are times when everything piles up all at once and other times when there is no work at all. I used to think I wouldn\u2019t be able to volunteer on a regular schedule, but I managed to overcome this thought by recalling the Myeongshimmun and telling myself, \u201cDon\u2019t look too far ahead. Just volunteer as much as you can right now.\u201d Once I actually began volunteering, my time management became more organized. When work piles up and I start to feel rushed, I recall the Myeongshimmun; developing new products and working with that mindset makes the work flow more smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My Dream<\/strong> Another volunteer asked me, \u201cIs there something within Jungto Society you hope to do in the future?\u201d At first, nothing in particular came to mind. Then suddenly, I got an idea: hosting and facilitating Jungto Dharma School classes with my American spouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Volunteering for the New Jersey Dharma Talk event in 2023, Aram Lee standing. To her left in the green sweater is her spouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In my marriage, I had always been self-righteous. When my husband wanted to purchase flower decorations for our wedding or repair a perfectly functioning bathroom just because he thought it looked old, those things seemed pointless to me. Whenever he was doing something useless or pointless from my perspective, I tried my very best to prove that I was right. If he didn\u2019t accept my ways the first time, I repeated the same arguments a second, third, however many times it took until he agreed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, even when I argue heatedly, there are moments when I suddenly see myself from a third-person point of view, as if I\u2019ve stepped outside myself. When that happens, my husband says, \u201cYou are actually being self-aware,\u201d amused by the change in me. I also feel like I\u2019ve softened a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My husband still has not taken Jungto Dharma School yet. He has a laidback personality and doesn\u2019t want to be tied to a program with a fixed schedule. Instead, he occasionally attends short workshops and Venerable Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s English talks. I keep sending him videos and articles related to Venerable Pomnyun Sunim from time to time. Just as I used to skim past the things my older sister sent me, my husband now skims past what I send him. But just as there came a moment when I became curious about my sister\u2019s transformed way of life, I believe there will come a moment when my husband becomes curious about the changes in me. When that time comes, maybe we\u2019ll be able to host Jungto Dharma School classes together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Translator\u2019s note: Aram Lee\u2019s spouse is currently enrolled in Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Picturing Aram and her husband running Jungto Dharma School classes together warmed my heart. Following the interview, her Myeongshimmun, \u201cDo what I can, here and now,\u201d stuck with me. When I was writing her interview piece, the unstable domestic politics and economies in Korea around the presidential impeachment gave me anxiety. Like Aram, I reminded myself of her Myeongshimmun. I watered my house plants and focused on the tasks in front of me. That helped keep me away from anxiety. \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original article written by Myungjoo Koh (Jungto\u2019s International Division, Pacific Asian Region) Edited by Yunhee Kim (Jungto\u2019s Korean Division, Kangwon-Eastern Kyungki Region, Yongin) Translated by Hajeong Lim (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region) & Sanghoon Han (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/p>\n","post_title":"Doing What I Can, Here and Now","post_excerpt":"The Korean Seon (Zen) master Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) wears many hats: Buddhist monk, teacher, author, environmentalist, and social activist, to name a few. As a widely respected Dharma teacher and a tireless socially engaged 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.\n\nThis column, shared by Jungto Society, presents a series of highlights from Ven. Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s writings, teachings, public talks, and regular live-streamed Dharma Q+A sessions, which are accessible across the globe.\n","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"doing-what-i-can-here-and-now","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-12-06 00:05:42","post_modified_gmt":"2025-12-06 05:05:42","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtointernational.org\/?p=29632","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":29210,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2025-06-06 18:19:08","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-06 23:19:08","post_content":"\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, once I became the head designer\u2014a position that had always seemed so glamorous\u2014the headaches began. I had already reached the goal I\u2019d set for myself as a designer, and as a manager, I now had to handle sales, market trends, factory management, and internal politics. Solving each issue gave me brief joy and excitement, but it never lasted long. I felt I should keep moving upward, but I had already achieved my goal and didn\u2019t know what the next one was. Maintaining my current position alone required a great deal of energy. I felt stagnant and thirsty for growth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Work no longer felt enjoyable. I stayed at the company only for the paycheck, with no better option. In my mid-30s, the thought of living like that for decades to come felt exhausting and painful. As a head designer, it wasn\u2019t easy to change jobs either. For around five years, I constantly asked myself, \u201dShould I quit? How will I make a living? It\u2019s such a waste to give it up!\u201d Wanting to escape the rat race of corporate life, I boldly quit my job, but running my own business turned out to be an even bigger challenge. While I was deeply focused on my business, the pandemic hit. The projects I had been preparing disappeared overnight. It felt empty, yet in a way, I was also relieved. Thanks to COVID-19, I finally had a legitimate reason to take a break and rest with peace of mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s Okay to Stop<\/strong> Around that time, my older sister sent me a registration link for the Happiness School, a Venerable Pomnyun Sunim-led program in Korea where participants learn to find their path to happiness. She had often sent me videos of Buddhist teachings or links to Jungto Dharma School, but since I held a negative view of religion, I ignored them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This time, however, I was intrigued, because my sister had changed so much. When she got divorced three years earlier, she had seemed on the verge of breaking down at any moment. But when I saw her again three years later, she was a completely different person. During a family trip, she performed 300 prostrations each day as part of her 1,000-day practice, and she could even talk comfortably on the phone with her ex-husband, whom I thought she would never speak to again. Watching her sweat through her 300 prostrations in the heat, I thought, \u201cShe\u2019s being so showy,\u201d yet I couldn\u2019t help but admire her confidence and composure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Curious about her transformation, and reassured by the low commitment of needing to attend for \u201cjust one month, four sessions total,\u201d I decided to join the Happiness School with a light heart. The one-month program brought me many surprises. I became deeply interested in the foundation of this study and wanted to learn more. I went on to complete Jungto Dharma School programs and the training program for volunteers, and even participated in Jungto pilgrimage to the sacred sites in India. After serving as a facilitator five times, I now volunteer as an interviewer and as a coordinator for Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Jungto pilgrimage to India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
My Mind Shattered into a Million Pieces and Reconfigured Anew<\/strong> Jungto Dharma School shattered my mind into many pieces and then reassembled it. My perspective on life was redefined. The Buddhist concepts of suffering and happiness once felt like wordplay to me. How could happiness and suffering be one and the same? But then I realized that when I was excitedly chasing after a big goal, I called it happiness, and when I couldn\u2019t, I called it suffering. I began to see where my suffering truly came from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had thought that a life was inevitably full of pain, and happiness was only an abstract idea that does not actually exist. But while volunteering as a Jungto Dharma School facilitator, I realized that life could become calm and abundant even without chasing after a goal or striving to grow. Happiness became real to me. The world outside the well was vast, yet I had been living trapped inside it, mistaking that small space for the entire world and struggling in vain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\u25b2 Jungto Dharma School\u2019s Graduation Ceremony, Aram Lee highlighted in blue<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doing What I Can, Here and Now<\/strong> My Myeongshimmun (editor: directly translated as \u201cwords to remember\u201d \u2013 they serve as a personal mantra to orient each Jungto practitioner) is, \u201cDo what I can, here and now.\u201d After graduating from middle school, you go to high school; after graduating from high school, you go to college. I lived my life constantly planning ahead, believing something terrible would happen if I ever stopped moving forward. I thought I had to make plans and live strictly according to them. But I learned that life doesn\u2019t unfold just because you plan it that way, and that trying to simulate a distant future only heightens anxiety. When my mind becomes anxious by imagining the future, I recall my Myeongshimmun and focus on what I can do right now. The anxiety settles, and I become calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This Myeongshimmun has been a great help in my daily life. Because my work has no fixed schedule, there are times when everything piles up all at once and other times when there is no work at all. I used to think I wouldn\u2019t be able to volunteer on a regular schedule, but I managed to overcome this thought by recalling the Myeongshimmun and telling myself, \u201cDon\u2019t look too far ahead. Just volunteer as much as you can right now.\u201d Once I actually began volunteering, my time management became more organized. When work piles up and I start to feel rushed, I recall the Myeongshimmun; developing new products and working with that mindset makes the work flow more smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My Dream<\/strong> Another volunteer asked me, \u201cIs there something within Jungto Society you hope to do in the future?\u201d At first, nothing in particular came to mind. Then suddenly, I got an idea: hosting and facilitating Jungto Dharma School classes with my American spouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Volunteering for the New Jersey Dharma Talk event in 2023, Aram Lee standing. To her left in the green sweater is her spouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In my marriage, I had always been self-righteous. When my husband wanted to purchase flower decorations for our wedding or repair a perfectly functioning bathroom just because he thought it looked old, those things seemed pointless to me. Whenever he was doing something useless or pointless from my perspective, I tried my very best to prove that I was right. If he didn\u2019t accept my ways the first time, I repeated the same arguments a second, third, however many times it took until he agreed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, even when I argue heatedly, there are moments when I suddenly see myself from a third-person point of view, as if I\u2019ve stepped outside myself. When that happens, my husband says, \u201cYou are actually being self-aware,\u201d amused by the change in me. I also feel like I\u2019ve softened a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My husband still has not taken Jungto Dharma School yet. He has a laidback personality and doesn\u2019t want to be tied to a program with a fixed schedule. Instead, he occasionally attends short workshops and Venerable Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s English talks. I keep sending him videos and articles related to Venerable Pomnyun Sunim from time to time. Just as I used to skim past the things my older sister sent me, my husband now skims past what I send him. But just as there came a moment when I became curious about my sister\u2019s transformed way of life, I believe there will come a moment when my husband becomes curious about the changes in me. When that time comes, maybe we\u2019ll be able to host Jungto Dharma School classes together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Translator\u2019s note: Aram Lee\u2019s spouse is currently enrolled in Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Picturing Aram and her husband running Jungto Dharma School classes together warmed my heart. Following the interview, her Myeongshimmun, \u201cDo what I can, here and now,\u201d stuck with me. When I was writing her interview piece, the unstable domestic politics and economies in Korea around the presidential impeachment gave me anxiety. Like Aram, I reminded myself of her Myeongshimmun. I watered my house plants and focused on the tasks in front of me. That helped keep me away from anxiety. \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original article written by Myungjoo Koh (Jungto\u2019s International Division, Pacific Asian Region) Edited by Yunhee Kim (Jungto\u2019s Korean Division, Kangwon-Eastern Kyungki Region, Yongin) Translated by Hajeong Lim (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region) & Sanghoon Han (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u25b2 Featured in an online magazine as head designer <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
However, once I became the head designer\u2014a position that had always seemed so glamorous\u2014the headaches began. I had already reached the goal I\u2019d set for myself as a designer, and as a manager, I now had to handle sales, market trends, factory management, and internal politics. Solving each issue gave me brief joy and excitement, but it never lasted long. I felt I should keep moving upward, but I had already achieved my goal and didn\u2019t know what the next one was. Maintaining my current position alone required a great deal of energy. I felt stagnant and thirsty for growth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Work no longer felt enjoyable. I stayed at the company only for the paycheck, with no better option. In my mid-30s, the thought of living like that for decades to come felt exhausting and painful. As a head designer, it wasn\u2019t easy to change jobs either. For around five years, I constantly asked myself, \u201dShould I quit? How will I make a living? It\u2019s such a waste to give it up!\u201d Wanting to escape the rat race of corporate life, I boldly quit my job, but running my own business turned out to be an even bigger challenge. While I was deeply focused on my business, the pandemic hit. The projects I had been preparing disappeared overnight. It felt empty, yet in a way, I was also relieved. Thanks to COVID-19, I finally had a legitimate reason to take a break and rest with peace of mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s Okay to Stop<\/strong> Around that time, my older sister sent me a registration link for the Happiness School, a Venerable Pomnyun Sunim-led program in Korea where participants learn to find their path to happiness. She had often sent me videos of Buddhist teachings or links to Jungto Dharma School, but since I held a negative view of religion, I ignored them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This time, however, I was intrigued, because my sister had changed so much. When she got divorced three years earlier, she had seemed on the verge of breaking down at any moment. But when I saw her again three years later, she was a completely different person. During a family trip, she performed 300 prostrations each day as part of her 1,000-day practice, and she could even talk comfortably on the phone with her ex-husband, whom I thought she would never speak to again. Watching her sweat through her 300 prostrations in the heat, I thought, \u201cShe\u2019s being so showy,\u201d yet I couldn\u2019t help but admire her confidence and composure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Curious about her transformation, and reassured by the low commitment of needing to attend for \u201cjust one month, four sessions total,\u201d I decided to join the Happiness School with a light heart. The one-month program brought me many surprises. I became deeply interested in the foundation of this study and wanted to learn more. I went on to complete Jungto Dharma School programs and the training program for volunteers, and even participated in Jungto pilgrimage to the sacred sites in India. After serving as a facilitator five times, I now volunteer as an interviewer and as a coordinator for Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Jungto pilgrimage to India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
My Mind Shattered into a Million Pieces and Reconfigured Anew<\/strong> Jungto Dharma School shattered my mind into many pieces and then reassembled it. My perspective on life was redefined. The Buddhist concepts of suffering and happiness once felt like wordplay to me. How could happiness and suffering be one and the same? But then I realized that when I was excitedly chasing after a big goal, I called it happiness, and when I couldn\u2019t, I called it suffering. I began to see where my suffering truly came from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had thought that a life was inevitably full of pain, and happiness was only an abstract idea that does not actually exist. But while volunteering as a Jungto Dharma School facilitator, I realized that life could become calm and abundant even without chasing after a goal or striving to grow. Happiness became real to me. The world outside the well was vast, yet I had been living trapped inside it, mistaking that small space for the entire world and struggling in vain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\u25b2 Jungto Dharma School\u2019s Graduation Ceremony, Aram Lee highlighted in blue<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doing What I Can, Here and Now<\/strong> My Myeongshimmun (editor: directly translated as \u201cwords to remember\u201d \u2013 they serve as a personal mantra to orient each Jungto practitioner) is, \u201cDo what I can, here and now.\u201d After graduating from middle school, you go to high school; after graduating from high school, you go to college. I lived my life constantly planning ahead, believing something terrible would happen if I ever stopped moving forward. I thought I had to make plans and live strictly according to them. But I learned that life doesn\u2019t unfold just because you plan it that way, and that trying to simulate a distant future only heightens anxiety. When my mind becomes anxious by imagining the future, I recall my Myeongshimmun and focus on what I can do right now. The anxiety settles, and I become calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This Myeongshimmun has been a great help in my daily life. Because my work has no fixed schedule, there are times when everything piles up all at once and other times when there is no work at all. I used to think I wouldn\u2019t be able to volunteer on a regular schedule, but I managed to overcome this thought by recalling the Myeongshimmun and telling myself, \u201cDon\u2019t look too far ahead. Just volunteer as much as you can right now.\u201d Once I actually began volunteering, my time management became more organized. When work piles up and I start to feel rushed, I recall the Myeongshimmun; developing new products and working with that mindset makes the work flow more smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My Dream<\/strong> Another volunteer asked me, \u201cIs there something within Jungto Society you hope to do in the future?\u201d At first, nothing in particular came to mind. Then suddenly, I got an idea: hosting and facilitating Jungto Dharma School classes with my American spouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Volunteering for the New Jersey Dharma Talk event in 2023, Aram Lee standing. To her left in the green sweater is her spouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In my marriage, I had always been self-righteous. When my husband wanted to purchase flower decorations for our wedding or repair a perfectly functioning bathroom just because he thought it looked old, those things seemed pointless to me. Whenever he was doing something useless or pointless from my perspective, I tried my very best to prove that I was right. If he didn\u2019t accept my ways the first time, I repeated the same arguments a second, third, however many times it took until he agreed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, even when I argue heatedly, there are moments when I suddenly see myself from a third-person point of view, as if I\u2019ve stepped outside myself. When that happens, my husband says, \u201cYou are actually being self-aware,\u201d amused by the change in me. I also feel like I\u2019ve softened a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My husband still has not taken Jungto Dharma School yet. He has a laidback personality and doesn\u2019t want to be tied to a program with a fixed schedule. Instead, he occasionally attends short workshops and Venerable Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s English talks. I keep sending him videos and articles related to Venerable Pomnyun Sunim from time to time. Just as I used to skim past the things my older sister sent me, my husband now skims past what I send him. But just as there came a moment when I became curious about my sister\u2019s transformed way of life, I believe there will come a moment when my husband becomes curious about the changes in me. When that time comes, maybe we\u2019ll be able to host Jungto Dharma School classes together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Translator\u2019s note: Aram Lee\u2019s spouse is currently enrolled in Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Picturing Aram and her husband running Jungto Dharma School classes together warmed my heart. Following the interview, her Myeongshimmun, \u201cDo what I can, here and now,\u201d stuck with me. When I was writing her interview piece, the unstable domestic politics and economies in Korea around the presidential impeachment gave me anxiety. Like Aram, I reminded myself of her Myeongshimmun. I watered my house plants and focused on the tasks in front of me. That helped keep me away from anxiety. \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original article written by Myungjoo Koh (Jungto\u2019s International Division, Pacific Asian Region) Edited by Yunhee Kim (Jungto\u2019s Korean Division, Kangwon-Eastern Kyungki Region, Yongin) Translated by Hajeong Lim (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region) & Sanghoon Han (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u25b2 Featured in an online magazine as head designer <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
However, once I became the head designer\u2014a position that had always seemed so glamorous\u2014the headaches began. I had already reached the goal I\u2019d set for myself as a designer, and as a manager, I now had to handle sales, market trends, factory management, and internal politics. Solving each issue gave me brief joy and excitement, but it never lasted long. I felt I should keep moving upward, but I had already achieved my goal and didn\u2019t know what the next one was. Maintaining my current position alone required a great deal of energy. I felt stagnant and thirsty for growth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Work no longer felt enjoyable. I stayed at the company only for the paycheck, with no better option. In my mid-30s, the thought of living like that for decades to come felt exhausting and painful. As a head designer, it wasn\u2019t easy to change jobs either. For around five years, I constantly asked myself, \u201dShould I quit? How will I make a living? It\u2019s such a waste to give it up!\u201d Wanting to escape the rat race of corporate life, I boldly quit my job, but running my own business turned out to be an even bigger challenge. While I was deeply focused on my business, the pandemic hit. The projects I had been preparing disappeared overnight. It felt empty, yet in a way, I was also relieved. Thanks to COVID-19, I finally had a legitimate reason to take a break and rest with peace of mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s Okay to Stop<\/strong> Around that time, my older sister sent me a registration link for the Happiness School, a Venerable Pomnyun Sunim-led program in Korea where participants learn to find their path to happiness. She had often sent me videos of Buddhist teachings or links to Jungto Dharma School, but since I held a negative view of religion, I ignored them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This time, however, I was intrigued, because my sister had changed so much. When she got divorced three years earlier, she had seemed on the verge of breaking down at any moment. But when I saw her again three years later, she was a completely different person. During a family trip, she performed 300 prostrations each day as part of her 1,000-day practice, and she could even talk comfortably on the phone with her ex-husband, whom I thought she would never speak to again. Watching her sweat through her 300 prostrations in the heat, I thought, \u201cShe\u2019s being so showy,\u201d yet I couldn\u2019t help but admire her confidence and composure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Curious about her transformation, and reassured by the low commitment of needing to attend for \u201cjust one month, four sessions total,\u201d I decided to join the Happiness School with a light heart. The one-month program brought me many surprises. I became deeply interested in the foundation of this study and wanted to learn more. I went on to complete Jungto Dharma School programs and the training program for volunteers, and even participated in Jungto pilgrimage to the sacred sites in India. After serving as a facilitator five times, I now volunteer as an interviewer and as a coordinator for Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Jungto pilgrimage to India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
My Mind Shattered into a Million Pieces and Reconfigured Anew<\/strong> Jungto Dharma School shattered my mind into many pieces and then reassembled it. My perspective on life was redefined. The Buddhist concepts of suffering and happiness once felt like wordplay to me. How could happiness and suffering be one and the same? But then I realized that when I was excitedly chasing after a big goal, I called it happiness, and when I couldn\u2019t, I called it suffering. I began to see where my suffering truly came from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had thought that a life was inevitably full of pain, and happiness was only an abstract idea that does not actually exist. But while volunteering as a Jungto Dharma School facilitator, I realized that life could become calm and abundant even without chasing after a goal or striving to grow. Happiness became real to me. The world outside the well was vast, yet I had been living trapped inside it, mistaking that small space for the entire world and struggling in vain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\u25b2 Jungto Dharma School\u2019s Graduation Ceremony, Aram Lee highlighted in blue<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doing What I Can, Here and Now<\/strong> My Myeongshimmun (editor: directly translated as \u201cwords to remember\u201d \u2013 they serve as a personal mantra to orient each Jungto practitioner) is, \u201cDo what I can, here and now.\u201d After graduating from middle school, you go to high school; after graduating from high school, you go to college. I lived my life constantly planning ahead, believing something terrible would happen if I ever stopped moving forward. I thought I had to make plans and live strictly according to them. But I learned that life doesn\u2019t unfold just because you plan it that way, and that trying to simulate a distant future only heightens anxiety. When my mind becomes anxious by imagining the future, I recall my Myeongshimmun and focus on what I can do right now. The anxiety settles, and I become calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This Myeongshimmun has been a great help in my daily life. Because my work has no fixed schedule, there are times when everything piles up all at once and other times when there is no work at all. I used to think I wouldn\u2019t be able to volunteer on a regular schedule, but I managed to overcome this thought by recalling the Myeongshimmun and telling myself, \u201cDon\u2019t look too far ahead. Just volunteer as much as you can right now.\u201d Once I actually began volunteering, my time management became more organized. When work piles up and I start to feel rushed, I recall the Myeongshimmun; developing new products and working with that mindset makes the work flow more smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My Dream<\/strong> Another volunteer asked me, \u201cIs there something within Jungto Society you hope to do in the future?\u201d At first, nothing in particular came to mind. Then suddenly, I got an idea: hosting and facilitating Jungto Dharma School classes with my American spouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Volunteering for the New Jersey Dharma Talk event in 2023, Aram Lee standing. To her left in the green sweater is her spouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In my marriage, I had always been self-righteous. When my husband wanted to purchase flower decorations for our wedding or repair a perfectly functioning bathroom just because he thought it looked old, those things seemed pointless to me. Whenever he was doing something useless or pointless from my perspective, I tried my very best to prove that I was right. If he didn\u2019t accept my ways the first time, I repeated the same arguments a second, third, however many times it took until he agreed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, even when I argue heatedly, there are moments when I suddenly see myself from a third-person point of view, as if I\u2019ve stepped outside myself. When that happens, my husband says, \u201cYou are actually being self-aware,\u201d amused by the change in me. I also feel like I\u2019ve softened a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My husband still has not taken Jungto Dharma School yet. He has a laidback personality and doesn\u2019t want to be tied to a program with a fixed schedule. Instead, he occasionally attends short workshops and Venerable Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s English talks. I keep sending him videos and articles related to Venerable Pomnyun Sunim from time to time. Just as I used to skim past the things my older sister sent me, my husband now skims past what I send him. But just as there came a moment when I became curious about my sister\u2019s transformed way of life, I believe there will come a moment when my husband becomes curious about the changes in me. When that time comes, maybe we\u2019ll be able to host Jungto Dharma School classes together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Translator\u2019s note: Aram Lee\u2019s spouse is currently enrolled in Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Picturing Aram and her husband running Jungto Dharma School classes together warmed my heart. Following the interview, her Myeongshimmun, \u201cDo what I can, here and now,\u201d stuck with me. When I was writing her interview piece, the unstable domestic politics and economies in Korea around the presidential impeachment gave me anxiety. Like Aram, I reminded myself of her Myeongshimmun. I watered my house plants and focused on the tasks in front of me. That helped keep me away from anxiety. \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original article written by Myungjoo Koh (Jungto\u2019s International Division, Pacific Asian Region) Edited by Yunhee Kim (Jungto\u2019s Korean Division, Kangwon-Eastern Kyungki Region, Yongin) Translated by Hajeong Lim (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region) & Sanghoon Han (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u25b2 Featured in an online magazine as head designer <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
However, once I became the head designer\u2014a position that had always seemed so glamorous\u2014the headaches began. I had already reached the goal I\u2019d set for myself as a designer, and as a manager, I now had to handle sales, market trends, factory management, and internal politics. Solving each issue gave me brief joy and excitement, but it never lasted long. I felt I should keep moving upward, but I had already achieved my goal and didn\u2019t know what the next one was. Maintaining my current position alone required a great deal of energy. I felt stagnant and thirsty for growth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Work no longer felt enjoyable. I stayed at the company only for the paycheck, with no better option. In my mid-30s, the thought of living like that for decades to come felt exhausting and painful. As a head designer, it wasn\u2019t easy to change jobs either. For around five years, I constantly asked myself, \u201dShould I quit? How will I make a living? It\u2019s such a waste to give it up!\u201d Wanting to escape the rat race of corporate life, I boldly quit my job, but running my own business turned out to be an even bigger challenge. While I was deeply focused on my business, the pandemic hit. The projects I had been preparing disappeared overnight. It felt empty, yet in a way, I was also relieved. Thanks to COVID-19, I finally had a legitimate reason to take a break and rest with peace of mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s Okay to Stop<\/strong> Around that time, my older sister sent me a registration link for the Happiness School, a Venerable Pomnyun Sunim-led program in Korea where participants learn to find their path to happiness. She had often sent me videos of Buddhist teachings or links to Jungto Dharma School, but since I held a negative view of religion, I ignored them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This time, however, I was intrigued, because my sister had changed so much. When she got divorced three years earlier, she had seemed on the verge of breaking down at any moment. But when I saw her again three years later, she was a completely different person. During a family trip, she performed 300 prostrations each day as part of her 1,000-day practice, and she could even talk comfortably on the phone with her ex-husband, whom I thought she would never speak to again. Watching her sweat through her 300 prostrations in the heat, I thought, \u201cShe\u2019s being so showy,\u201d yet I couldn\u2019t help but admire her confidence and composure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Curious about her transformation, and reassured by the low commitment of needing to attend for \u201cjust one month, four sessions total,\u201d I decided to join the Happiness School with a light heart. The one-month program brought me many surprises. I became deeply interested in the foundation of this study and wanted to learn more. I went on to complete Jungto Dharma School programs and the training program for volunteers, and even participated in Jungto pilgrimage to the sacred sites in India. After serving as a facilitator five times, I now volunteer as an interviewer and as a coordinator for Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Jungto pilgrimage to India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
My Mind Shattered into a Million Pieces and Reconfigured Anew<\/strong> Jungto Dharma School shattered my mind into many pieces and then reassembled it. My perspective on life was redefined. The Buddhist concepts of suffering and happiness once felt like wordplay to me. How could happiness and suffering be one and the same? But then I realized that when I was excitedly chasing after a big goal, I called it happiness, and when I couldn\u2019t, I called it suffering. I began to see where my suffering truly came from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had thought that a life was inevitably full of pain, and happiness was only an abstract idea that does not actually exist. But while volunteering as a Jungto Dharma School facilitator, I realized that life could become calm and abundant even without chasing after a goal or striving to grow. Happiness became real to me. The world outside the well was vast, yet I had been living trapped inside it, mistaking that small space for the entire world and struggling in vain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\u25b2 Jungto Dharma School\u2019s Graduation Ceremony, Aram Lee highlighted in blue<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doing What I Can, Here and Now<\/strong> My Myeongshimmun (editor: directly translated as \u201cwords to remember\u201d \u2013 they serve as a personal mantra to orient each Jungto practitioner) is, \u201cDo what I can, here and now.\u201d After graduating from middle school, you go to high school; after graduating from high school, you go to college. I lived my life constantly planning ahead, believing something terrible would happen if I ever stopped moving forward. I thought I had to make plans and live strictly according to them. But I learned that life doesn\u2019t unfold just because you plan it that way, and that trying to simulate a distant future only heightens anxiety. When my mind becomes anxious by imagining the future, I recall my Myeongshimmun and focus on what I can do right now. The anxiety settles, and I become calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This Myeongshimmun has been a great help in my daily life. Because my work has no fixed schedule, there are times when everything piles up all at once and other times when there is no work at all. I used to think I wouldn\u2019t be able to volunteer on a regular schedule, but I managed to overcome this thought by recalling the Myeongshimmun and telling myself, \u201cDon\u2019t look too far ahead. Just volunteer as much as you can right now.\u201d Once I actually began volunteering, my time management became more organized. When work piles up and I start to feel rushed, I recall the Myeongshimmun; developing new products and working with that mindset makes the work flow more smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My Dream<\/strong> Another volunteer asked me, \u201cIs there something within Jungto Society you hope to do in the future?\u201d At first, nothing in particular came to mind. Then suddenly, I got an idea: hosting and facilitating Jungto Dharma School classes with my American spouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Volunteering for the New Jersey Dharma Talk event in 2023, Aram Lee standing. To her left in the green sweater is her spouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In my marriage, I had always been self-righteous. When my husband wanted to purchase flower decorations for our wedding or repair a perfectly functioning bathroom just because he thought it looked old, those things seemed pointless to me. Whenever he was doing something useless or pointless from my perspective, I tried my very best to prove that I was right. If he didn\u2019t accept my ways the first time, I repeated the same arguments a second, third, however many times it took until he agreed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, even when I argue heatedly, there are moments when I suddenly see myself from a third-person point of view, as if I\u2019ve stepped outside myself. When that happens, my husband says, \u201cYou are actually being self-aware,\u201d amused by the change in me. I also feel like I\u2019ve softened a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My husband still has not taken Jungto Dharma School yet. He has a laidback personality and doesn\u2019t want to be tied to a program with a fixed schedule. Instead, he occasionally attends short workshops and Venerable Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s English talks. I keep sending him videos and articles related to Venerable Pomnyun Sunim from time to time. Just as I used to skim past the things my older sister sent me, my husband now skims past what I send him. But just as there came a moment when I became curious about my sister\u2019s transformed way of life, I believe there will come a moment when my husband becomes curious about the changes in me. When that time comes, maybe we\u2019ll be able to host Jungto Dharma School classes together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Translator\u2019s note: Aram Lee\u2019s spouse is currently enrolled in Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Picturing Aram and her husband running Jungto Dharma School classes together warmed my heart. Following the interview, her Myeongshimmun, \u201cDo what I can, here and now,\u201d stuck with me. When I was writing her interview piece, the unstable domestic politics and economies in Korea around the presidential impeachment gave me anxiety. Like Aram, I reminded myself of her Myeongshimmun. I watered my house plants and focused on the tasks in front of me. That helped keep me away from anxiety. \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original article written by Myungjoo Koh (Jungto\u2019s International Division, Pacific Asian Region) Edited by Yunhee Kim (Jungto\u2019s Korean Division, Kangwon-Eastern Kyungki Region, Yongin) Translated by Hajeong Lim (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region) & Sanghoon Han (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have been living in New York for the last 23 years, working as a bag designer. I grew up in Korea, where I saw limited career prospects due to gender discrimination. I decided to study abroad in the United States, which turned out to be the right choice for me. In the early 2000s, the U.S. economy was booming, and demand for designer products was high. The bags I designed sold well in the U.S. market, and orders poured in from department stores. The company I worked for valued performance over gender, age, or race. I was promoted, and my salary increased significantly. I enjoyed every moment and felt unstoppable in my career, becoming head designer in my early 30s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\n\u25b2 Featured in an online magazine as head designer <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
However, once I became the head designer\u2014a position that had always seemed so glamorous\u2014the headaches began. I had already reached the goal I\u2019d set for myself as a designer, and as a manager, I now had to handle sales, market trends, factory management, and internal politics. Solving each issue gave me brief joy and excitement, but it never lasted long. I felt I should keep moving upward, but I had already achieved my goal and didn\u2019t know what the next one was. Maintaining my current position alone required a great deal of energy. I felt stagnant and thirsty for growth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Work no longer felt enjoyable. I stayed at the company only for the paycheck, with no better option. In my mid-30s, the thought of living like that for decades to come felt exhausting and painful. As a head designer, it wasn\u2019t easy to change jobs either. For around five years, I constantly asked myself, \u201dShould I quit? How will I make a living? It\u2019s such a waste to give it up!\u201d Wanting to escape the rat race of corporate life, I boldly quit my job, but running my own business turned out to be an even bigger challenge. While I was deeply focused on my business, the pandemic hit. The projects I had been preparing disappeared overnight. It felt empty, yet in a way, I was also relieved. Thanks to COVID-19, I finally had a legitimate reason to take a break and rest with peace of mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s Okay to Stop<\/strong> Around that time, my older sister sent me a registration link for the Happiness School, a Venerable Pomnyun Sunim-led program in Korea where participants learn to find their path to happiness. She had often sent me videos of Buddhist teachings or links to Jungto Dharma School, but since I held a negative view of religion, I ignored them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This time, however, I was intrigued, because my sister had changed so much. When she got divorced three years earlier, she had seemed on the verge of breaking down at any moment. But when I saw her again three years later, she was a completely different person. During a family trip, she performed 300 prostrations each day as part of her 1,000-day practice, and she could even talk comfortably on the phone with her ex-husband, whom I thought she would never speak to again. Watching her sweat through her 300 prostrations in the heat, I thought, \u201cShe\u2019s being so showy,\u201d yet I couldn\u2019t help but admire her confidence and composure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Curious about her transformation, and reassured by the low commitment of needing to attend for \u201cjust one month, four sessions total,\u201d I decided to join the Happiness School with a light heart. The one-month program brought me many surprises. I became deeply interested in the foundation of this study and wanted to learn more. I went on to complete Jungto Dharma School programs and the training program for volunteers, and even participated in Jungto pilgrimage to the sacred sites in India. After serving as a facilitator five times, I now volunteer as an interviewer and as a coordinator for Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Jungto pilgrimage to India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
My Mind Shattered into a Million Pieces and Reconfigured Anew<\/strong> Jungto Dharma School shattered my mind into many pieces and then reassembled it. My perspective on life was redefined. The Buddhist concepts of suffering and happiness once felt like wordplay to me. How could happiness and suffering be one and the same? But then I realized that when I was excitedly chasing after a big goal, I called it happiness, and when I couldn\u2019t, I called it suffering. I began to see where my suffering truly came from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had thought that a life was inevitably full of pain, and happiness was only an abstract idea that does not actually exist. But while volunteering as a Jungto Dharma School facilitator, I realized that life could become calm and abundant even without chasing after a goal or striving to grow. Happiness became real to me. The world outside the well was vast, yet I had been living trapped inside it, mistaking that small space for the entire world and struggling in vain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\u25b2 Jungto Dharma School\u2019s Graduation Ceremony, Aram Lee highlighted in blue<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doing What I Can, Here and Now<\/strong> My Myeongshimmun (editor: directly translated as \u201cwords to remember\u201d \u2013 they serve as a personal mantra to orient each Jungto practitioner) is, \u201cDo what I can, here and now.\u201d After graduating from middle school, you go to high school; after graduating from high school, you go to college. I lived my life constantly planning ahead, believing something terrible would happen if I ever stopped moving forward. I thought I had to make plans and live strictly according to them. But I learned that life doesn\u2019t unfold just because you plan it that way, and that trying to simulate a distant future only heightens anxiety. When my mind becomes anxious by imagining the future, I recall my Myeongshimmun and focus on what I can do right now. The anxiety settles, and I become calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This Myeongshimmun has been a great help in my daily life. Because my work has no fixed schedule, there are times when everything piles up all at once and other times when there is no work at all. I used to think I wouldn\u2019t be able to volunteer on a regular schedule, but I managed to overcome this thought by recalling the Myeongshimmun and telling myself, \u201cDon\u2019t look too far ahead. Just volunteer as much as you can right now.\u201d Once I actually began volunteering, my time management became more organized. When work piles up and I start to feel rushed, I recall the Myeongshimmun; developing new products and working with that mindset makes the work flow more smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My Dream<\/strong> Another volunteer asked me, \u201cIs there something within Jungto Society you hope to do in the future?\u201d At first, nothing in particular came to mind. Then suddenly, I got an idea: hosting and facilitating Jungto Dharma School classes with my American spouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Volunteering for the New Jersey Dharma Talk event in 2023, Aram Lee standing. To her left in the green sweater is her spouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In my marriage, I had always been self-righteous. When my husband wanted to purchase flower decorations for our wedding or repair a perfectly functioning bathroom just because he thought it looked old, those things seemed pointless to me. Whenever he was doing something useless or pointless from my perspective, I tried my very best to prove that I was right. If he didn\u2019t accept my ways the first time, I repeated the same arguments a second, third, however many times it took until he agreed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, even when I argue heatedly, there are moments when I suddenly see myself from a third-person point of view, as if I\u2019ve stepped outside myself. When that happens, my husband says, \u201cYou are actually being self-aware,\u201d amused by the change in me. I also feel like I\u2019ve softened a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My husband still has not taken Jungto Dharma School yet. He has a laidback personality and doesn\u2019t want to be tied to a program with a fixed schedule. Instead, he occasionally attends short workshops and Venerable Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s English talks. I keep sending him videos and articles related to Venerable Pomnyun Sunim from time to time. Just as I used to skim past the things my older sister sent me, my husband now skims past what I send him. But just as there came a moment when I became curious about my sister\u2019s transformed way of life, I believe there will come a moment when my husband becomes curious about the changes in me. When that time comes, maybe we\u2019ll be able to host Jungto Dharma School classes together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Translator\u2019s note: Aram Lee\u2019s spouse is currently enrolled in Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Picturing Aram and her husband running Jungto Dharma School classes together warmed my heart. Following the interview, her Myeongshimmun, \u201cDo what I can, here and now,\u201d stuck with me. When I was writing her interview piece, the unstable domestic politics and economies in Korea around the presidential impeachment gave me anxiety. Like Aram, I reminded myself of her Myeongshimmun. I watered my house plants and focused on the tasks in front of me. That helped keep me away from anxiety. \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original article written by Myungjoo Koh (Jungto\u2019s International Division, Pacific Asian Region) Edited by Yunhee Kim (Jungto\u2019s Korean Division, Kangwon-Eastern Kyungki Region, Yongin) Translated by Hajeong Lim (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region) & Sanghoon Han (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have been living in New York for the last 23 years, working as a bag designer. I grew up in Korea, where I saw limited career prospects due to gender discrimination. I decided to study abroad in the United States, which turned out to be the right choice for me. In the early 2000s, the U.S. economy was booming, and demand for designer products was high. The bags I designed sold well in the U.S. market, and orders poured in from department stores. The company I worked for valued performance over gender, age, or race. I was promoted, and my salary increased significantly. I enjoyed every moment and felt unstoppable in my career, becoming head designer in my early 30s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\n\u25b2 Featured in an online magazine as head designer <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
However, once I became the head designer\u2014a position that had always seemed so glamorous\u2014the headaches began. I had already reached the goal I\u2019d set for myself as a designer, and as a manager, I now had to handle sales, market trends, factory management, and internal politics. Solving each issue gave me brief joy and excitement, but it never lasted long. I felt I should keep moving upward, but I had already achieved my goal and didn\u2019t know what the next one was. Maintaining my current position alone required a great deal of energy. I felt stagnant and thirsty for growth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Work no longer felt enjoyable. I stayed at the company only for the paycheck, with no better option. In my mid-30s, the thought of living like that for decades to come felt exhausting and painful. As a head designer, it wasn\u2019t easy to change jobs either. For around five years, I constantly asked myself, \u201dShould I quit? How will I make a living? It\u2019s such a waste to give it up!\u201d Wanting to escape the rat race of corporate life, I boldly quit my job, but running my own business turned out to be an even bigger challenge. While I was deeply focused on my business, the pandemic hit. The projects I had been preparing disappeared overnight. It felt empty, yet in a way, I was also relieved. Thanks to COVID-19, I finally had a legitimate reason to take a break and rest with peace of mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s Okay to Stop<\/strong> Around that time, my older sister sent me a registration link for the Happiness School, a Venerable Pomnyun Sunim-led program in Korea where participants learn to find their path to happiness. She had often sent me videos of Buddhist teachings or links to Jungto Dharma School, but since I held a negative view of religion, I ignored them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This time, however, I was intrigued, because my sister had changed so much. When she got divorced three years earlier, she had seemed on the verge of breaking down at any moment. But when I saw her again three years later, she was a completely different person. During a family trip, she performed 300 prostrations each day as part of her 1,000-day practice, and she could even talk comfortably on the phone with her ex-husband, whom I thought she would never speak to again. Watching her sweat through her 300 prostrations in the heat, I thought, \u201cShe\u2019s being so showy,\u201d yet I couldn\u2019t help but admire her confidence and composure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Curious about her transformation, and reassured by the low commitment of needing to attend for \u201cjust one month, four sessions total,\u201d I decided to join the Happiness School with a light heart. The one-month program brought me many surprises. I became deeply interested in the foundation of this study and wanted to learn more. I went on to complete Jungto Dharma School programs and the training program for volunteers, and even participated in Jungto pilgrimage to the sacred sites in India. After serving as a facilitator five times, I now volunteer as an interviewer and as a coordinator for Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Jungto pilgrimage to India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
My Mind Shattered into a Million Pieces and Reconfigured Anew<\/strong> Jungto Dharma School shattered my mind into many pieces and then reassembled it. My perspective on life was redefined. The Buddhist concepts of suffering and happiness once felt like wordplay to me. How could happiness and suffering be one and the same? But then I realized that when I was excitedly chasing after a big goal, I called it happiness, and when I couldn\u2019t, I called it suffering. I began to see where my suffering truly came from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had thought that a life was inevitably full of pain, and happiness was only an abstract idea that does not actually exist. But while volunteering as a Jungto Dharma School facilitator, I realized that life could become calm and abundant even without chasing after a goal or striving to grow. Happiness became real to me. The world outside the well was vast, yet I had been living trapped inside it, mistaking that small space for the entire world and struggling in vain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\u25b2 Jungto Dharma School\u2019s Graduation Ceremony, Aram Lee highlighted in blue<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doing What I Can, Here and Now<\/strong> My Myeongshimmun (editor: directly translated as \u201cwords to remember\u201d \u2013 they serve as a personal mantra to orient each Jungto practitioner) is, \u201cDo what I can, here and now.\u201d After graduating from middle school, you go to high school; after graduating from high school, you go to college. I lived my life constantly planning ahead, believing something terrible would happen if I ever stopped moving forward. I thought I had to make plans and live strictly according to them. But I learned that life doesn\u2019t unfold just because you plan it that way, and that trying to simulate a distant future only heightens anxiety. When my mind becomes anxious by imagining the future, I recall my Myeongshimmun and focus on what I can do right now. The anxiety settles, and I become calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This Myeongshimmun has been a great help in my daily life. Because my work has no fixed schedule, there are times when everything piles up all at once and other times when there is no work at all. I used to think I wouldn\u2019t be able to volunteer on a regular schedule, but I managed to overcome this thought by recalling the Myeongshimmun and telling myself, \u201cDon\u2019t look too far ahead. Just volunteer as much as you can right now.\u201d Once I actually began volunteering, my time management became more organized. When work piles up and I start to feel rushed, I recall the Myeongshimmun; developing new products and working with that mindset makes the work flow more smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My Dream<\/strong> Another volunteer asked me, \u201cIs there something within Jungto Society you hope to do in the future?\u201d At first, nothing in particular came to mind. Then suddenly, I got an idea: hosting and facilitating Jungto Dharma School classes with my American spouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Volunteering for the New Jersey Dharma Talk event in 2023, Aram Lee standing. To her left in the green sweater is her spouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In my marriage, I had always been self-righteous. When my husband wanted to purchase flower decorations for our wedding or repair a perfectly functioning bathroom just because he thought it looked old, those things seemed pointless to me. Whenever he was doing something useless or pointless from my perspective, I tried my very best to prove that I was right. If he didn\u2019t accept my ways the first time, I repeated the same arguments a second, third, however many times it took until he agreed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, even when I argue heatedly, there are moments when I suddenly see myself from a third-person point of view, as if I\u2019ve stepped outside myself. When that happens, my husband says, \u201cYou are actually being self-aware,\u201d amused by the change in me. I also feel like I\u2019ve softened a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My husband still has not taken Jungto Dharma School yet. He has a laidback personality and doesn\u2019t want to be tied to a program with a fixed schedule. Instead, he occasionally attends short workshops and Venerable Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s English talks. I keep sending him videos and articles related to Venerable Pomnyun Sunim from time to time. Just as I used to skim past the things my older sister sent me, my husband now skims past what I send him. But just as there came a moment when I became curious about my sister\u2019s transformed way of life, I believe there will come a moment when my husband becomes curious about the changes in me. When that time comes, maybe we\u2019ll be able to host Jungto Dharma School classes together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Translator\u2019s note: Aram Lee\u2019s spouse is currently enrolled in Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Picturing Aram and her husband running Jungto Dharma School classes together warmed my heart. Following the interview, her Myeongshimmun, \u201cDo what I can, here and now,\u201d stuck with me. When I was writing her interview piece, the unstable domestic politics and economies in Korea around the presidential impeachment gave me anxiety. Like Aram, I reminded myself of her Myeongshimmun. I watered my house plants and focused on the tasks in front of me. That helped keep me away from anxiety. \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original article written by Myungjoo Koh (Jungto\u2019s International Division, Pacific Asian Region) Edited by Yunhee Kim (Jungto\u2019s Korean Division, Kangwon-Eastern Kyungki Region, Yongin) Translated by Hajeong Lim (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region) & Sanghoon Han (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s Okay to Stop<\/strong> Around that time, my older sister sent me a registration link for the Happiness School, a Venerable Pomnyun Sunim-led program in Korea where participants learn to find their path to happiness. She had often sent me videos of Buddhist teachings or links to Jungto Dharma School, but since I held a negative view of religion, I ignored them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I have been living in New York for the last 23 years, working as a bag designer. I grew up in Korea, where I saw limited career prospects due to gender discrimination. I decided to study abroad in the United States, which turned out to be the right choice for me. In the early 2000s, the U.S. economy was booming, and demand for designer products was high. The bags I designed sold well in the U.S. market, and orders poured in from department stores. The company I worked for valued performance over gender, age, or race. I was promoted, and my salary increased significantly. I enjoyed every moment and felt unstoppable in my career, becoming head designer in my early 30s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\n\u25b2 Featured in an online magazine as head designer <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
However, once I became the head designer\u2014a position that had always seemed so glamorous\u2014the headaches began. I had already reached the goal I\u2019d set for myself as a designer, and as a manager, I now had to handle sales, market trends, factory management, and internal politics. Solving each issue gave me brief joy and excitement, but it never lasted long. I felt I should keep moving upward, but I had already achieved my goal and didn\u2019t know what the next one was. Maintaining my current position alone required a great deal of energy. I felt stagnant and thirsty for growth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Work no longer felt enjoyable. I stayed at the company only for the paycheck, with no better option. In my mid-30s, the thought of living like that for decades to come felt exhausting and painful. As a head designer, it wasn\u2019t easy to change jobs either. For around five years, I constantly asked myself, \u201dShould I quit? How will I make a living? It\u2019s such a waste to give it up!\u201d Wanting to escape the rat race of corporate life, I boldly quit my job, but running my own business turned out to be an even bigger challenge. While I was deeply focused on my business, the pandemic hit. The projects I had been preparing disappeared overnight. It felt empty, yet in a way, I was also relieved. Thanks to COVID-19, I finally had a legitimate reason to take a break and rest with peace of mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s Okay to Stop<\/strong> Around that time, my older sister sent me a registration link for the Happiness School, a Venerable Pomnyun Sunim-led program in Korea where participants learn to find their path to happiness. She had often sent me videos of Buddhist teachings or links to Jungto Dharma School, but since I held a negative view of religion, I ignored them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This time, however, I was intrigued, because my sister had changed so much. When she got divorced three years earlier, she had seemed on the verge of breaking down at any moment. But when I saw her again three years later, she was a completely different person. During a family trip, she performed 300 prostrations each day as part of her 1,000-day practice, and she could even talk comfortably on the phone with her ex-husband, whom I thought she would never speak to again. Watching her sweat through her 300 prostrations in the heat, I thought, \u201cShe\u2019s being so showy,\u201d yet I couldn\u2019t help but admire her confidence and composure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Curious about her transformation, and reassured by the low commitment of needing to attend for \u201cjust one month, four sessions total,\u201d I decided to join the Happiness School with a light heart. The one-month program brought me many surprises. I became deeply interested in the foundation of this study and wanted to learn more. I went on to complete Jungto Dharma School programs and the training program for volunteers, and even participated in Jungto pilgrimage to the sacred sites in India. After serving as a facilitator five times, I now volunteer as an interviewer and as a coordinator for Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Jungto pilgrimage to India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
My Mind Shattered into a Million Pieces and Reconfigured Anew<\/strong> Jungto Dharma School shattered my mind into many pieces and then reassembled it. My perspective on life was redefined. The Buddhist concepts of suffering and happiness once felt like wordplay to me. How could happiness and suffering be one and the same? But then I realized that when I was excitedly chasing after a big goal, I called it happiness, and when I couldn\u2019t, I called it suffering. I began to see where my suffering truly came from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had thought that a life was inevitably full of pain, and happiness was only an abstract idea that does not actually exist. But while volunteering as a Jungto Dharma School facilitator, I realized that life could become calm and abundant even without chasing after a goal or striving to grow. Happiness became real to me. The world outside the well was vast, yet I had been living trapped inside it, mistaking that small space for the entire world and struggling in vain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\u25b2 Jungto Dharma School\u2019s Graduation Ceremony, Aram Lee highlighted in blue<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doing What I Can, Here and Now<\/strong> My Myeongshimmun (editor: directly translated as \u201cwords to remember\u201d \u2013 they serve as a personal mantra to orient each Jungto practitioner) is, \u201cDo what I can, here and now.\u201d After graduating from middle school, you go to high school; after graduating from high school, you go to college. I lived my life constantly planning ahead, believing something terrible would happen if I ever stopped moving forward. I thought I had to make plans and live strictly according to them. But I learned that life doesn\u2019t unfold just because you plan it that way, and that trying to simulate a distant future only heightens anxiety. When my mind becomes anxious by imagining the future, I recall my Myeongshimmun and focus on what I can do right now. The anxiety settles, and I become calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This Myeongshimmun has been a great help in my daily life. Because my work has no fixed schedule, there are times when everything piles up all at once and other times when there is no work at all. I used to think I wouldn\u2019t be able to volunteer on a regular schedule, but I managed to overcome this thought by recalling the Myeongshimmun and telling myself, \u201cDon\u2019t look too far ahead. Just volunteer as much as you can right now.\u201d Once I actually began volunteering, my time management became more organized. When work piles up and I start to feel rushed, I recall the Myeongshimmun; developing new products and working with that mindset makes the work flow more smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My Dream<\/strong> Another volunteer asked me, \u201cIs there something within Jungto Society you hope to do in the future?\u201d At first, nothing in particular came to mind. Then suddenly, I got an idea: hosting and facilitating Jungto Dharma School classes with my American spouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Volunteering for the New Jersey Dharma Talk event in 2023, Aram Lee standing. To her left in the green sweater is her spouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In my marriage, I had always been self-righteous. When my husband wanted to purchase flower decorations for our wedding or repair a perfectly functioning bathroom just because he thought it looked old, those things seemed pointless to me. Whenever he was doing something useless or pointless from my perspective, I tried my very best to prove that I was right. If he didn\u2019t accept my ways the first time, I repeated the same arguments a second, third, however many times it took until he agreed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, even when I argue heatedly, there are moments when I suddenly see myself from a third-person point of view, as if I\u2019ve stepped outside myself. When that happens, my husband says, \u201cYou are actually being self-aware,\u201d amused by the change in me. I also feel like I\u2019ve softened a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My husband still has not taken Jungto Dharma School yet. He has a laidback personality and doesn\u2019t want to be tied to a program with a fixed schedule. Instead, he occasionally attends short workshops and Venerable Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s English talks. I keep sending him videos and articles related to Venerable Pomnyun Sunim from time to time. Just as I used to skim past the things my older sister sent me, my husband now skims past what I send him. But just as there came a moment when I became curious about my sister\u2019s transformed way of life, I believe there will come a moment when my husband becomes curious about the changes in me. When that time comes, maybe we\u2019ll be able to host Jungto Dharma School classes together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Translator\u2019s note: Aram Lee\u2019s spouse is currently enrolled in Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Picturing Aram and her husband running Jungto Dharma School classes together warmed my heart. Following the interview, her Myeongshimmun, \u201cDo what I can, here and now,\u201d stuck with me. When I was writing her interview piece, the unstable domestic politics and economies in Korea around the presidential impeachment gave me anxiety. Like Aram, I reminded myself of her Myeongshimmun. I watered my house plants and focused on the tasks in front of me. That helped keep me away from anxiety. \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original article written by Myungjoo Koh (Jungto\u2019s International Division, Pacific Asian Region) Edited by Yunhee Kim (Jungto\u2019s Korean Division, Kangwon-Eastern Kyungki Region, Yongin) Translated by Hajeong Lim (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region) & Sanghoon Han (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aram Lee has been an active volunteer since joining Jungto Society a few years ago. Talking with her reminded me of The Devil Wears Prada, perhaps because she works as a fashion designer in New York. I was excited to speak with someone from such a glamorous industry. Let me share the story of how a New York fashion designer became a Jungto volunteer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s Okay to Stop<\/strong> Around that time, my older sister sent me a registration link for the Happiness School, a Venerable Pomnyun Sunim-led program in Korea where participants learn to find their path to happiness. She had often sent me videos of Buddhist teachings or links to Jungto Dharma School, but since I held a negative view of religion, I ignored them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I have been living in New York for the last 23 years, working as a bag designer. I grew up in Korea, where I saw limited career prospects due to gender discrimination. I decided to study abroad in the United States, which turned out to be the right choice for me. In the early 2000s, the U.S. economy was booming, and demand for designer products was high. The bags I designed sold well in the U.S. market, and orders poured in from department stores. The company I worked for valued performance over gender, age, or race. I was promoted, and my salary increased significantly. I enjoyed every moment and felt unstoppable in my career, becoming head designer in my early 30s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\n\u25b2 Featured in an online magazine as head designer <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
However, once I became the head designer\u2014a position that had always seemed so glamorous\u2014the headaches began. I had already reached the goal I\u2019d set for myself as a designer, and as a manager, I now had to handle sales, market trends, factory management, and internal politics. Solving each issue gave me brief joy and excitement, but it never lasted long. I felt I should keep moving upward, but I had already achieved my goal and didn\u2019t know what the next one was. Maintaining my current position alone required a great deal of energy. I felt stagnant and thirsty for growth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Work no longer felt enjoyable. I stayed at the company only for the paycheck, with no better option. In my mid-30s, the thought of living like that for decades to come felt exhausting and painful. As a head designer, it wasn\u2019t easy to change jobs either. For around five years, I constantly asked myself, \u201dShould I quit? How will I make a living? It\u2019s such a waste to give it up!\u201d Wanting to escape the rat race of corporate life, I boldly quit my job, but running my own business turned out to be an even bigger challenge. While I was deeply focused on my business, the pandemic hit. The projects I had been preparing disappeared overnight. It felt empty, yet in a way, I was also relieved. Thanks to COVID-19, I finally had a legitimate reason to take a break and rest with peace of mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s Okay to Stop<\/strong> Around that time, my older sister sent me a registration link for the Happiness School, a Venerable Pomnyun Sunim-led program in Korea where participants learn to find their path to happiness. She had often sent me videos of Buddhist teachings or links to Jungto Dharma School, but since I held a negative view of religion, I ignored them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This time, however, I was intrigued, because my sister had changed so much. When she got divorced three years earlier, she had seemed on the verge of breaking down at any moment. But when I saw her again three years later, she was a completely different person. During a family trip, she performed 300 prostrations each day as part of her 1,000-day practice, and she could even talk comfortably on the phone with her ex-husband, whom I thought she would never speak to again. Watching her sweat through her 300 prostrations in the heat, I thought, \u201cShe\u2019s being so showy,\u201d yet I couldn\u2019t help but admire her confidence and composure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Curious about her transformation, and reassured by the low commitment of needing to attend for \u201cjust one month, four sessions total,\u201d I decided to join the Happiness School with a light heart. The one-month program brought me many surprises. I became deeply interested in the foundation of this study and wanted to learn more. I went on to complete Jungto Dharma School programs and the training program for volunteers, and even participated in Jungto pilgrimage to the sacred sites in India. After serving as a facilitator five times, I now volunteer as an interviewer and as a coordinator for Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Jungto pilgrimage to India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
My Mind Shattered into a Million Pieces and Reconfigured Anew<\/strong> Jungto Dharma School shattered my mind into many pieces and then reassembled it. My perspective on life was redefined. The Buddhist concepts of suffering and happiness once felt like wordplay to me. How could happiness and suffering be one and the same? But then I realized that when I was excitedly chasing after a big goal, I called it happiness, and when I couldn\u2019t, I called it suffering. I began to see where my suffering truly came from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had thought that a life was inevitably full of pain, and happiness was only an abstract idea that does not actually exist. But while volunteering as a Jungto Dharma School facilitator, I realized that life could become calm and abundant even without chasing after a goal or striving to grow. Happiness became real to me. The world outside the well was vast, yet I had been living trapped inside it, mistaking that small space for the entire world and struggling in vain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\u25b2 Jungto Dharma School\u2019s Graduation Ceremony, Aram Lee highlighted in blue<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doing What I Can, Here and Now<\/strong> My Myeongshimmun (editor: directly translated as \u201cwords to remember\u201d \u2013 they serve as a personal mantra to orient each Jungto practitioner) is, \u201cDo what I can, here and now.\u201d After graduating from middle school, you go to high school; after graduating from high school, you go to college. I lived my life constantly planning ahead, believing something terrible would happen if I ever stopped moving forward. I thought I had to make plans and live strictly according to them. But I learned that life doesn\u2019t unfold just because you plan it that way, and that trying to simulate a distant future only heightens anxiety. When my mind becomes anxious by imagining the future, I recall my Myeongshimmun and focus on what I can do right now. The anxiety settles, and I become calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This Myeongshimmun has been a great help in my daily life. Because my work has no fixed schedule, there are times when everything piles up all at once and other times when there is no work at all. I used to think I wouldn\u2019t be able to volunteer on a regular schedule, but I managed to overcome this thought by recalling the Myeongshimmun and telling myself, \u201cDon\u2019t look too far ahead. Just volunteer as much as you can right now.\u201d Once I actually began volunteering, my time management became more organized. When work piles up and I start to feel rushed, I recall the Myeongshimmun; developing new products and working with that mindset makes the work flow more smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My Dream<\/strong> Another volunteer asked me, \u201cIs there something within Jungto Society you hope to do in the future?\u201d At first, nothing in particular came to mind. Then suddenly, I got an idea: hosting and facilitating Jungto Dharma School classes with my American spouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u25b2 Volunteering for the New Jersey Dharma Talk event in 2023, Aram Lee standing. To her left in the green sweater is her spouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In my marriage, I had always been self-righteous. When my husband wanted to purchase flower decorations for our wedding or repair a perfectly functioning bathroom just because he thought it looked old, those things seemed pointless to me. Whenever he was doing something useless or pointless from my perspective, I tried my very best to prove that I was right. If he didn\u2019t accept my ways the first time, I repeated the same arguments a second, third, however many times it took until he agreed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, even when I argue heatedly, there are moments when I suddenly see myself from a third-person point of view, as if I\u2019ve stepped outside myself. When that happens, my husband says, \u201cYou are actually being self-aware,\u201d amused by the change in me. I also feel like I\u2019ve softened a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My husband still has not taken Jungto Dharma School yet. He has a laidback personality and doesn\u2019t want to be tied to a program with a fixed schedule. Instead, he occasionally attends short workshops and Venerable Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s English talks. I keep sending him videos and articles related to Venerable Pomnyun Sunim from time to time. Just as I used to skim past the things my older sister sent me, my husband now skims past what I send him. But just as there came a moment when I became curious about my sister\u2019s transformed way of life, I believe there will come a moment when my husband becomes curious about the changes in me. When that time comes, maybe we\u2019ll be able to host Jungto Dharma School classes together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Translator\u2019s note: Aram Lee\u2019s spouse is currently enrolled in Jungto Dharma School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Picturing Aram and her husband running Jungto Dharma School classes together warmed my heart. Following the interview, her Myeongshimmun, \u201cDo what I can, here and now,\u201d stuck with me. When I was writing her interview piece, the unstable domestic politics and economies in Korea around the presidential impeachment gave me anxiety. Like Aram, I reminded myself of her Myeongshimmun. I watered my house plants and focused on the tasks in front of me. That helped keep me away from anxiety. \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original article written by Myungjoo Koh (Jungto\u2019s International Division, Pacific Asian Region) Edited by Yunhee Kim (Jungto\u2019s Korean Division, Kangwon-Eastern Kyungki Region, Yongin) Translated by Hajeong Lim (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region) & Sanghoon Han (Jungto\u2019s International Division, North America-European Region)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by the revered Korean Dharma master and social activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8), has announced that registration for its popular online study and practice course for Buddhist practitioners, Jungto Dharma School, will open on 17 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDiscover true happiness and freedom, as taught by the Buddha, through a real community of practitioners,\u201d Jungto Society shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma school has proved so popular among prospective Buddhist practitioners around the world, that Jungto Society has announced a second intake of students for 2025. The online course is now offered in five languages: English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cLearn the original teachings of the Buddha under the guidance of Ven. Pomnyun Sunim,\u201d Jungto Society stated in an announcement shared with BDG. \u201cYou will learn how the mind works and experience changes in your perspective on life. As students of Jungto Dharma School, you will not only study Buddhist doctrine\u2014the Buddha\u2019s core teachings\u2014but will also gain practical wisdom that can help you to resolve various problems in your lives. Additionally, you will practice applying the teachings to your daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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