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Q: Oftentimes, when I speak to Buddhist monks or academics, when I asked the question \"What is enlightenment?\" I'm given an answer on the lines of \"It's not something that a layperson could understand\" or \"It's something that you'll understand when you reach enlightenment.\" I was wondering as a Buddhist if you could give me a description of not necessarily what it is, but what it means to be enlightened? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/p>\n","post_title":"What's the Difference Between Chinese and Korean Buddhism?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"whats-the-difference-between-chinese-and-korean-buddhism","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 03:57:51","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 03:57:51","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=2671","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2670,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-16 22:12:20","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-16 22:12:20","post_content":"\n
Q: Oftentimes, when I speak to Buddhist monks or academics, when I asked the question \"What is enlightenment?\" I'm given an answer on the lines of \"It's not something that a layperson could understand\" or \"It's something that you'll understand when you reach enlightenment.\" I was wondering as a Buddhist if you could give me a description of not necessarily what it is, but what it means to be enlightened? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: Oftentimes, when I speak to Buddhist monks or academics, when I asked the question \"What is enlightenment?\" I'm given an answer on the lines of \"It's not something that a layperson could understand\" or \"It's something that you'll understand when you reach enlightenment.\" I was wondering as a Buddhist if you could give me a description of not necessarily what it is, but what it means to be enlightened? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: Oftentimes, when I speak to Buddhist monks or academics, when I asked the question \"What is enlightenment?\" I'm given an answer on the lines of \"It's not something that a layperson could understand\" or \"It's something that you'll understand when you reach enlightenment.\" I was wondering as a Buddhist if you could give me a description of not necessarily what it is, but what it means to be enlightened? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: I have friends who are practicing Chinese Buddhism. To my understanding, Chinese Buddhism is focused on practicing by yourself. Korean Buddhism is focused on sharing our experience with other. Do you think that's the biggest difference? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: Oftentimes, when I speak to Buddhist monks or academics, when I asked the question \"What is enlightenment?\" I'm given an answer on the lines of \"It's not something that a layperson could understand\" or \"It's something that you'll understand when you reach enlightenment.\" I was wondering as a Buddhist if you could give me a description of not necessarily what it is, but what it means to be enlightened? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: I have friends who are practicing Chinese Buddhism. To my understanding, Chinese Buddhism is focused on practicing by yourself. Korean Buddhism is focused on sharing our experience with other. Do you think that's the biggest difference? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: Oftentimes, when I speak to Buddhist monks or academics, when I asked the question \"What is enlightenment?\" I'm given an answer on the lines of \"It's not something that a layperson could understand\" or \"It's something that you'll understand when you reach enlightenment.\" I was wondering as a Buddhist if you could give me a description of not necessarily what it is, but what it means to be enlightened? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: I have friends who are practicing Chinese Buddhism. To my understanding, Chinese Buddhism is focused on practicing by yourself. Korean Buddhism is focused on sharing our experience with other. Do you think that's the biggest difference? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: Oftentimes, when I speak to Buddhist monks or academics, when I asked the question \"What is enlightenment?\" I'm given an answer on the lines of \"It's not something that a layperson could understand\" or \"It's something that you'll understand when you reach enlightenment.\" I was wondering as a Buddhist if you could give me a description of not necessarily what it is, but what it means to be enlightened? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: I have friends who are practicing Chinese Buddhism. To my understanding, Chinese Buddhism is focused on practicing by yourself. Korean Buddhism is focused on sharing our experience with other. Do you think that's the biggest difference? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: Oftentimes, when I speak to Buddhist monks or academics, when I asked the question \"What is enlightenment?\" I'm given an answer on the lines of \"It's not something that a layperson could understand\" or \"It's something that you'll understand when you reach enlightenment.\" I was wondering as a Buddhist if you could give me a description of not necessarily what it is, but what it means to be enlightened? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: I started studying Buddhism 4 years ago abroad. and it's only recently that I\u2019ve been discovering Buddhism here in Korea and I\u2019ve always been very fascinated by the temples. One thing that strikes me whenever I visit is that I see all these lamps and names with donations which I understand are very necessary to keep the temples going but I also get the feeling that there is some kind of contradiction because Buddhism teaches equanimity, non-attachments, non-aversion and please correct me if I am wrong. These wishes or favors people are paying for in a way are sort of way of clinging on more to an expectation or an outcome. So this is thought I guess. I\u2019d love to hear your explanation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"There Are Contradictions in Buddhism","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"there-are-contradictions-in-buddhism","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 03:40:34","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 03:40:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=2676","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2671,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-16 22:13:12","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-16 22:13:12","post_content":"\n
Q: I have friends who are practicing Chinese Buddhism. To my understanding, Chinese Buddhism is focused on practicing by yourself. Korean Buddhism is focused on sharing our experience with other. Do you think that's the biggest difference? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: Oftentimes, when I speak to Buddhist monks or academics, when I asked the question \"What is enlightenment?\" I'm given an answer on the lines of \"It's not something that a layperson could understand\" or \"It's something that you'll understand when you reach enlightenment.\" I was wondering as a Buddhist if you could give me a description of not necessarily what it is, but what it means to be enlightened? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/p>\n","post_title":"The True Aim Of Buddhist Practice","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"the-true-aim-of-buddhist-practice","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 02:22:13","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 02:22:13","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=3069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2676,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-18 00:42:51","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-18 00:42:51","post_content":"\n
Q: I started studying Buddhism 4 years ago abroad. and it's only recently that I\u2019ve been discovering Buddhism here in Korea and I\u2019ve always been very fascinated by the temples. One thing that strikes me whenever I visit is that I see all these lamps and names with donations which I understand are very necessary to keep the temples going but I also get the feeling that there is some kind of contradiction because Buddhism teaches equanimity, non-attachments, non-aversion and please correct me if I am wrong. These wishes or favors people are paying for in a way are sort of way of clinging on more to an expectation or an outcome. So this is thought I guess. I\u2019d love to hear your explanation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"There Are Contradictions in Buddhism","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"there-are-contradictions-in-buddhism","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 03:40:34","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 03:40:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=2676","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2671,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-16 22:13:12","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-16 22:13:12","post_content":"\n
Q: I have friends who are practicing Chinese Buddhism. To my understanding, Chinese Buddhism is focused on practicing by yourself. Korean Buddhism is focused on sharing our experience with other. Do you think that's the biggest difference? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: Oftentimes, when I speak to Buddhist monks or academics, when I asked the question \"What is enlightenment?\" I'm given an answer on the lines of \"It's not something that a layperson could understand\" or \"It's something that you'll understand when you reach enlightenment.\" I was wondering as a Buddhist if you could give me a description of not necessarily what it is, but what it means to be enlightened? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: Considering your background, you just provided us with your road to ordination, becoming a monk. I have a question about what you understand the true aim of Buddhist practice to be. What truth does that path, realize for you? You really weren't to be religious in the first place, and you are ordained now. And if that truth of Buddhist practice, the heart of it, is appropriate or attainable for common people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: I started studying Buddhism 4 years ago abroad. and it's only recently that I\u2019ve been discovering Buddhism here in Korea and I\u2019ve always been very fascinated by the temples. One thing that strikes me whenever I visit is that I see all these lamps and names with donations which I understand are very necessary to keep the temples going but I also get the feeling that there is some kind of contradiction because Buddhism teaches equanimity, non-attachments, non-aversion and please correct me if I am wrong. These wishes or favors people are paying for in a way are sort of way of clinging on more to an expectation or an outcome. So this is thought I guess. I\u2019d love to hear your explanation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: I have friends who are practicing Chinese Buddhism. To my understanding, Chinese Buddhism is focused on practicing by yourself. Korean Buddhism is focused on sharing our experience with other. Do you think that's the biggest difference? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: Oftentimes, when I speak to Buddhist monks or academics, when I asked the question \"What is enlightenment?\" I'm given an answer on the lines of \"It's not something that a layperson could understand\" or \"It's something that you'll understand when you reach enlightenment.\" I was wondering as a Buddhist if you could give me a description of not necessarily what it is, but what it means to be enlightened? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: Considering your background, you just provided us with your road to ordination, becoming a monk. I have a question about what you understand the true aim of Buddhist practice to be. What truth does that path, realize for you? You really weren't to be religious in the first place, and you are ordained now. And if that truth of Buddhist practice, the heart of it, is appropriate or attainable for common people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: I started studying Buddhism 4 years ago abroad. and it's only recently that I\u2019ve been discovering Buddhism here in Korea and I\u2019ve always been very fascinated by the temples. One thing that strikes me whenever I visit is that I see all these lamps and names with donations which I understand are very necessary to keep the temples going but I also get the feeling that there is some kind of contradiction because Buddhism teaches equanimity, non-attachments, non-aversion and please correct me if I am wrong. These wishes or favors people are paying for in a way are sort of way of clinging on more to an expectation or an outcome. So this is thought I guess. I\u2019d love to hear your explanation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"There Are Contradictions in Buddhism","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"there-are-contradictions-in-buddhism","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 03:40:34","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 03:40:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=2676","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2671,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-16 22:13:12","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-16 22:13:12","post_content":"\n
Q: I have friends who are practicing Chinese Buddhism. To my understanding, Chinese Buddhism is focused on practicing by yourself. Korean Buddhism is focused on sharing our experience with other. Do you think that's the biggest difference? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: Oftentimes, when I speak to Buddhist monks or academics, when I asked the question \"What is enlightenment?\" I'm given an answer on the lines of \"It's not something that a layperson could understand\" or \"It's something that you'll understand when you reach enlightenment.\" I was wondering as a Buddhist if you could give me a description of not necessarily what it is, but what it means to be enlightened? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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So what is enlightenment? Enlightenment is basically defined as the way for you to break free from your preconceptions or conditioned perceptions of what the road to freedom and happiness is. It's not a way of understanding. To understand something, we always understand something relative to the world view that we hold. But enlightenment is a matter of you breaking away from the ingrained preconception. So to start with that is for you to question anything. Whatever it may be you must not accept anything without you asking a question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: Considering your background, you just provided us with your road to ordination, becoming a monk. I have a question about what you understand the true aim of Buddhist practice to be. What truth does that path, realize for you? You really weren't to be religious in the first place, and you are ordained now. And if that truth of Buddhist practice, the heart of it, is appropriate or attainable for common people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: I started studying Buddhism 4 years ago abroad. and it's only recently that I\u2019ve been discovering Buddhism here in Korea and I\u2019ve always been very fascinated by the temples. One thing that strikes me whenever I visit is that I see all these lamps and names with donations which I understand are very necessary to keep the temples going but I also get the feeling that there is some kind of contradiction because Buddhism teaches equanimity, non-attachments, non-aversion and please correct me if I am wrong. These wishes or favors people are paying for in a way are sort of way of clinging on more to an expectation or an outcome. So this is thought I guess. I\u2019d love to hear your explanation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"There Are Contradictions in Buddhism","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"there-are-contradictions-in-buddhism","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 03:40:34","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 03:40:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=2676","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2671,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-16 22:13:12","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-16 22:13:12","post_content":"\n
Q: I have friends who are practicing Chinese Buddhism. To my understanding, Chinese Buddhism is focused on practicing by yourself. Korean Buddhism is focused on sharing our experience with other. Do you think that's the biggest difference? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: Oftentimes, when I speak to Buddhist monks or academics, when I asked the question \"What is enlightenment?\" I'm given an answer on the lines of \"It's not something that a layperson could understand\" or \"It's something that you'll understand when you reach enlightenment.\" I was wondering as a Buddhist if you could give me a description of not necessarily what it is, but what it means to be enlightened? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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We think that we define freedom as to be able to do whatever we want. But this world does not allow us to do that. So we go back and forth between freedom and a sense of imprisonment. But if you manage to achieve freedom from your own ambition and desires then you actually approach closer to the nature of lasting freedom. Enlightenment then is a precondition to your sense of lasting freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what is enlightenment? Enlightenment is basically defined as the way for you to break free from your preconceptions or conditioned perceptions of what the road to freedom and happiness is. It's not a way of understanding. To understand something, we always understand something relative to the world view that we hold. But enlightenment is a matter of you breaking away from the ingrained preconception. So to start with that is for you to question anything. Whatever it may be you must not accept anything without you asking a question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: Considering your background, you just provided us with your road to ordination, becoming a monk. I have a question about what you understand the true aim of Buddhist practice to be. What truth does that path, realize for you? You really weren't to be religious in the first place, and you are ordained now. And if that truth of Buddhist practice, the heart of it, is appropriate or attainable for common people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: I started studying Buddhism 4 years ago abroad. and it's only recently that I\u2019ve been discovering Buddhism here in Korea and I\u2019ve always been very fascinated by the temples. One thing that strikes me whenever I visit is that I see all these lamps and names with donations which I understand are very necessary to keep the temples going but I also get the feeling that there is some kind of contradiction because Buddhism teaches equanimity, non-attachments, non-aversion and please correct me if I am wrong. These wishes or favors people are paying for in a way are sort of way of clinging on more to an expectation or an outcome. So this is thought I guess. I\u2019d love to hear your explanation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"There Are Contradictions in Buddhism","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"there-are-contradictions-in-buddhism","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 03:40:34","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 03:40:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=2676","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2671,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-16 22:13:12","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-16 22:13:12","post_content":"\n
Q: I have friends who are practicing Chinese Buddhism. To my understanding, Chinese Buddhism is focused on practicing by yourself. Korean Buddhism is focused on sharing our experience with other. Do you think that's the biggest difference? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"What's the Difference Between Chinese and Korean Buddhism?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"whats-the-difference-between-chinese-and-korean-buddhism","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 03:57:51","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 03:57:51","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=2671","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2670,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-16 22:12:20","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-16 22:12:20","post_content":"\n
Q: Oftentimes, when I speak to Buddhist monks or academics, when I asked the question \"What is enlightenment?\" I'm given an answer on the lines of \"It's not something that a layperson could understand\" or \"It's something that you'll understand when you reach enlightenment.\" I was wondering as a Buddhist if you could give me a description of not necessarily what it is, but what it means to be enlightened? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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So how can we really attain happiness and freedom? That is the teaching of Buddha. If people tell you that if you believe in Buddha pretty soon you will succeed and you will earn more money, that is not Buddhism. So Buddha actually shows the way towards attaining freedom and happiness and that is what we follow Buddha's teachings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We think that we define freedom as to be able to do whatever we want. But this world does not allow us to do that. So we go back and forth between freedom and a sense of imprisonment. But if you manage to achieve freedom from your own ambition and desires then you actually approach closer to the nature of lasting freedom. Enlightenment then is a precondition to your sense of lasting freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what is enlightenment? Enlightenment is basically defined as the way for you to break free from your preconceptions or conditioned perceptions of what the road to freedom and happiness is. It's not a way of understanding. To understand something, we always understand something relative to the world view that we hold. But enlightenment is a matter of you breaking away from the ingrained preconception. So to start with that is for you to question anything. Whatever it may be you must not accept anything without you asking a question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: Considering your background, you just provided us with your road to ordination, becoming a monk. I have a question about what you understand the true aim of Buddhist practice to be. What truth does that path, realize for you? You really weren't to be religious in the first place, and you are ordained now. And if that truth of Buddhist practice, the heart of it, is appropriate or attainable for common people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: I started studying Buddhism 4 years ago abroad. and it's only recently that I\u2019ve been discovering Buddhism here in Korea and I\u2019ve always been very fascinated by the temples. One thing that strikes me whenever I visit is that I see all these lamps and names with donations which I understand are very necessary to keep the temples going but I also get the feeling that there is some kind of contradiction because Buddhism teaches equanimity, non-attachments, non-aversion and please correct me if I am wrong. These wishes or favors people are paying for in a way are sort of way of clinging on more to an expectation or an outcome. So this is thought I guess. I\u2019d love to hear your explanation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"There Are Contradictions in Buddhism","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"there-are-contradictions-in-buddhism","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 03:40:34","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 03:40:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=2676","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2671,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-16 22:13:12","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-16 22:13:12","post_content":"\n
Q: I have friends who are practicing Chinese Buddhism. To my understanding, Chinese Buddhism is focused on practicing by yourself. Korean Buddhism is focused on sharing our experience with other. Do you think that's the biggest difference? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: Oftentimes, when I speak to Buddhist monks or academics, when I asked the question \"What is enlightenment?\" I'm given an answer on the lines of \"It's not something that a layperson could understand\" or \"It's something that you'll understand when you reach enlightenment.\" I was wondering as a Buddhist if you could give me a description of not necessarily what it is, but what it means to be enlightened? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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So it seems money, high status, and popularity are really not efficient conditions to attain freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how can we really attain happiness and freedom? That is the teaching of Buddha. If people tell you that if you believe in Buddha pretty soon you will succeed and you will earn more money, that is not Buddhism. So Buddha actually shows the way towards attaining freedom and happiness and that is what we follow Buddha's teachings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We think that we define freedom as to be able to do whatever we want. But this world does not allow us to do that. So we go back and forth between freedom and a sense of imprisonment. But if you manage to achieve freedom from your own ambition and desires then you actually approach closer to the nature of lasting freedom. Enlightenment then is a precondition to your sense of lasting freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what is enlightenment? Enlightenment is basically defined as the way for you to break free from your preconceptions or conditioned perceptions of what the road to freedom and happiness is. It's not a way of understanding. To understand something, we always understand something relative to the world view that we hold. But enlightenment is a matter of you breaking away from the ingrained preconception. So to start with that is for you to question anything. Whatever it may be you must not accept anything without you asking a question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: Considering your background, you just provided us with your road to ordination, becoming a monk. I have a question about what you understand the true aim of Buddhist practice to be. What truth does that path, realize for you? You really weren't to be religious in the first place, and you are ordained now. And if that truth of Buddhist practice, the heart of it, is appropriate or attainable for common people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: I started studying Buddhism 4 years ago abroad. and it's only recently that I\u2019ve been discovering Buddhism here in Korea and I\u2019ve always been very fascinated by the temples. One thing that strikes me whenever I visit is that I see all these lamps and names with donations which I understand are very necessary to keep the temples going but I also get the feeling that there is some kind of contradiction because Buddhism teaches equanimity, non-attachments, non-aversion and please correct me if I am wrong. These wishes or favors people are paying for in a way are sort of way of clinging on more to an expectation or an outcome. So this is thought I guess. I\u2019d love to hear your explanation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: I have friends who are practicing Chinese Buddhism. To my understanding, Chinese Buddhism is focused on practicing by yourself. Korean Buddhism is focused on sharing our experience with other. Do you think that's the biggest difference? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: Oftentimes, when I speak to Buddhist monks or academics, when I asked the question \"What is enlightenment?\" I'm given an answer on the lines of \"It's not something that a layperson could understand\" or \"It's something that you'll understand when you reach enlightenment.\" I was wondering as a Buddhist if you could give me a description of not necessarily what it is, but what it means to be enlightened? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I consult many wealthy people, but they don't seem that happy to me. I also talk to many famous entertainers in Korea, they have a lot of issues. I talk to many politicians who have leadership positions, but they have a lot of issues as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So it seems money, high status, and popularity are really not efficient conditions to attain freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how can we really attain happiness and freedom? That is the teaching of Buddha. If people tell you that if you believe in Buddha pretty soon you will succeed and you will earn more money, that is not Buddhism. So Buddha actually shows the way towards attaining freedom and happiness and that is what we follow Buddha's teachings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We think that we define freedom as to be able to do whatever we want. But this world does not allow us to do that. So we go back and forth between freedom and a sense of imprisonment. But if you manage to achieve freedom from your own ambition and desires then you actually approach closer to the nature of lasting freedom. Enlightenment then is a precondition to your sense of lasting freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what is enlightenment? Enlightenment is basically defined as the way for you to break free from your preconceptions or conditioned perceptions of what the road to freedom and happiness is. It's not a way of understanding. To understand something, we always understand something relative to the world view that we hold. But enlightenment is a matter of you breaking away from the ingrained preconception. So to start with that is for you to question anything. Whatever it may be you must not accept anything without you asking a question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: Considering your background, you just provided us with your road to ordination, becoming a monk. I have a question about what you understand the true aim of Buddhist practice to be. What truth does that path, realize for you? You really weren't to be religious in the first place, and you are ordained now. And if that truth of Buddhist practice, the heart of it, is appropriate or attainable for common people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: I started studying Buddhism 4 years ago abroad. and it's only recently that I\u2019ve been discovering Buddhism here in Korea and I\u2019ve always been very fascinated by the temples. One thing that strikes me whenever I visit is that I see all these lamps and names with donations which I understand are very necessary to keep the temples going but I also get the feeling that there is some kind of contradiction because Buddhism teaches equanimity, non-attachments, non-aversion and please correct me if I am wrong. These wishes or favors people are paying for in a way are sort of way of clinging on more to an expectation or an outcome. So this is thought I guess. I\u2019d love to hear your explanation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"There Are Contradictions in Buddhism","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"there-are-contradictions-in-buddhism","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 03:40:34","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 03:40:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=2676","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2671,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-16 22:13:12","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-16 22:13:12","post_content":"\n
Q: I have friends who are practicing Chinese Buddhism. To my understanding, Chinese Buddhism is focused on practicing by yourself. Korean Buddhism is focused on sharing our experience with other. Do you think that's the biggest difference? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"What's the Difference Between Chinese and Korean Buddhism?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"whats-the-difference-between-chinese-and-korean-buddhism","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 03:57:51","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 03:57:51","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=2671","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2670,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-16 22:12:20","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-16 22:12:20","post_content":"\n
Q: Oftentimes, when I speak to Buddhist monks or academics, when I asked the question \"What is enlightenment?\" I'm given an answer on the lines of \"It's not something that a layperson could understand\" or \"It's something that you'll understand when you reach enlightenment.\" I was wondering as a Buddhist if you could give me a description of not necessarily what it is, but what it means to be enlightened? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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So how do you attain freedom and happiness? Most people think that money will buy them freedom and happiness. They say that high status will bring them freedom and happiness. And they think if you are more popular than you are freer and happier. That's why people seek money, status and popularity. The question we have to ask is if that is really the answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I consult many wealthy people, but they don't seem that happy to me. I also talk to many famous entertainers in Korea, they have a lot of issues. I talk to many politicians who have leadership positions, but they have a lot of issues as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So it seems money, high status, and popularity are really not efficient conditions to attain freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how can we really attain happiness and freedom? That is the teaching of Buddha. If people tell you that if you believe in Buddha pretty soon you will succeed and you will earn more money, that is not Buddhism. So Buddha actually shows the way towards attaining freedom and happiness and that is what we follow Buddha's teachings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We think that we define freedom as to be able to do whatever we want. But this world does not allow us to do that. So we go back and forth between freedom and a sense of imprisonment. But if you manage to achieve freedom from your own ambition and desires then you actually approach closer to the nature of lasting freedom. Enlightenment then is a precondition to your sense of lasting freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what is enlightenment? Enlightenment is basically defined as the way for you to break free from your preconceptions or conditioned perceptions of what the road to freedom and happiness is. It's not a way of understanding. To understand something, we always understand something relative to the world view that we hold. But enlightenment is a matter of you breaking away from the ingrained preconception. So to start with that is for you to question anything. Whatever it may be you must not accept anything without you asking a question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: Considering your background, you just provided us with your road to ordination, becoming a monk. I have a question about what you understand the true aim of Buddhist practice to be. What truth does that path, realize for you? You really weren't to be religious in the first place, and you are ordained now. And if that truth of Buddhist practice, the heart of it, is appropriate or attainable for common people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: I started studying Buddhism 4 years ago abroad. and it's only recently that I\u2019ve been discovering Buddhism here in Korea and I\u2019ve always been very fascinated by the temples. One thing that strikes me whenever I visit is that I see all these lamps and names with donations which I understand are very necessary to keep the temples going but I also get the feeling that there is some kind of contradiction because Buddhism teaches equanimity, non-attachments, non-aversion and please correct me if I am wrong. These wishes or favors people are paying for in a way are sort of way of clinging on more to an expectation or an outcome. So this is thought I guess. I\u2019d love to hear your explanation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"There Are Contradictions in Buddhism","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"there-are-contradictions-in-buddhism","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 03:40:34","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 03:40:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=2676","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2671,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-16 22:13:12","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-16 22:13:12","post_content":"\n
Q: I have friends who are practicing Chinese Buddhism. To my understanding, Chinese Buddhism is focused on practicing by yourself. Korean Buddhism is focused on sharing our experience with other. Do you think that's the biggest difference? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: Oftentimes, when I speak to Buddhist monks or academics, when I asked the question \"What is enlightenment?\" I'm given an answer on the lines of \"It's not something that a layperson could understand\" or \"It's something that you'll understand when you reach enlightenment.\" I was wondering as a Buddhist if you could give me a description of not necessarily what it is, but what it means to be enlightened? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I guess there are some people who don\u2019t want this, but the vast majority would say they want freedom and happiness. I think that is a unique nature of how we are made as human beings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how do you attain freedom and happiness? Most people think that money will buy them freedom and happiness. They say that high status will bring them freedom and happiness. And they think if you are more popular than you are freer and happier. That's why people seek money, status and popularity. The question we have to ask is if that is really the answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I consult many wealthy people, but they don't seem that happy to me. I also talk to many famous entertainers in Korea, they have a lot of issues. I talk to many politicians who have leadership positions, but they have a lot of issues as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So it seems money, high status, and popularity are really not efficient conditions to attain freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how can we really attain happiness and freedom? That is the teaching of Buddha. If people tell you that if you believe in Buddha pretty soon you will succeed and you will earn more money, that is not Buddhism. So Buddha actually shows the way towards attaining freedom and happiness and that is what we follow Buddha's teachings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We think that we define freedom as to be able to do whatever we want. But this world does not allow us to do that. So we go back and forth between freedom and a sense of imprisonment. But if you manage to achieve freedom from your own ambition and desires then you actually approach closer to the nature of lasting freedom. Enlightenment then is a precondition to your sense of lasting freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what is enlightenment? Enlightenment is basically defined as the way for you to break free from your preconceptions or conditioned perceptions of what the road to freedom and happiness is. It's not a way of understanding. To understand something, we always understand something relative to the world view that we hold. But enlightenment is a matter of you breaking away from the ingrained preconception. So to start with that is for you to question anything. Whatever it may be you must not accept anything without you asking a question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: Considering your background, you just provided us with your road to ordination, becoming a monk. I have a question about what you understand the true aim of Buddhist practice to be. What truth does that path, realize for you? You really weren't to be religious in the first place, and you are ordained now. And if that truth of Buddhist practice, the heart of it, is appropriate or attainable for common people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"The True Aim Of Buddhist Practice","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"the-true-aim-of-buddhist-practice","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 02:22:13","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 02:22:13","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=3069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2676,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-18 00:42:51","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-18 00:42:51","post_content":"\n
Q: I started studying Buddhism 4 years ago abroad. and it's only recently that I\u2019ve been discovering Buddhism here in Korea and I\u2019ve always been very fascinated by the temples. One thing that strikes me whenever I visit is that I see all these lamps and names with donations which I understand are very necessary to keep the temples going but I also get the feeling that there is some kind of contradiction because Buddhism teaches equanimity, non-attachments, non-aversion and please correct me if I am wrong. These wishes or favors people are paying for in a way are sort of way of clinging on more to an expectation or an outcome. So this is thought I guess. I\u2019d love to hear your explanation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: I have friends who are practicing Chinese Buddhism. To my understanding, Chinese Buddhism is focused on practicing by yourself. Korean Buddhism is focused on sharing our experience with other. Do you think that's the biggest difference? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: Oftentimes, when I speak to Buddhist monks or academics, when I asked the question \"What is enlightenment?\" I'm given an answer on the lines of \"It's not something that a layperson could understand\" or \"It's something that you'll understand when you reach enlightenment.\" I was wondering as a Buddhist if you could give me a description of not necessarily what it is, but what it means to be enlightened? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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P:\u00a0<\/strong>what do you think is the goal that human beings pursue? For example, if I ask a student what is your greatest wish? He might say, to work. So what will you do with those grades? I want to go to a good university. Then after you enter a great university, what would you do? I want to get a good job. What do you want to do after? I want to earn a lot of money. What are you going to do with that money? So if we engage in that type of questioning exercise, ultimately the answer we all arrive to is freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I guess there are some people who don\u2019t want this, but the vast majority would say they want freedom and happiness. I think that is a unique nature of how we are made as human beings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how do you attain freedom and happiness? Most people think that money will buy them freedom and happiness. They say that high status will bring them freedom and happiness. And they think if you are more popular than you are freer and happier. That's why people seek money, status and popularity. The question we have to ask is if that is really the answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I consult many wealthy people, but they don't seem that happy to me. I also talk to many famous entertainers in Korea, they have a lot of issues. I talk to many politicians who have leadership positions, but they have a lot of issues as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So it seems money, high status, and popularity are really not efficient conditions to attain freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how can we really attain happiness and freedom? That is the teaching of Buddha. If people tell you that if you believe in Buddha pretty soon you will succeed and you will earn more money, that is not Buddhism. So Buddha actually shows the way towards attaining freedom and happiness and that is what we follow Buddha's teachings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We think that we define freedom as to be able to do whatever we want. But this world does not allow us to do that. So we go back and forth between freedom and a sense of imprisonment. But if you manage to achieve freedom from your own ambition and desires then you actually approach closer to the nature of lasting freedom. Enlightenment then is a precondition to your sense of lasting freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what is enlightenment? Enlightenment is basically defined as the way for you to break free from your preconceptions or conditioned perceptions of what the road to freedom and happiness is. It's not a way of understanding. To understand something, we always understand something relative to the world view that we hold. But enlightenment is a matter of you breaking away from the ingrained preconception. So to start with that is for you to question anything. Whatever it may be you must not accept anything without you asking a question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: Considering your background, you just provided us with your road to ordination, becoming a monk. I have a question about what you understand the true aim of Buddhist practice to be. What truth does that path, realize for you? You really weren't to be religious in the first place, and you are ordained now. And if that truth of Buddhist practice, the heart of it, is appropriate or attainable for common people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"The True Aim Of Buddhist Practice","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"the-true-aim-of-buddhist-practice","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 02:22:13","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 02:22:13","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=3069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2676,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-18 00:42:51","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-18 00:42:51","post_content":"\n
Q: I started studying Buddhism 4 years ago abroad. and it's only recently that I\u2019ve been discovering Buddhism here in Korea and I\u2019ve always been very fascinated by the temples. One thing that strikes me whenever I visit is that I see all these lamps and names with donations which I understand are very necessary to keep the temples going but I also get the feeling that there is some kind of contradiction because Buddhism teaches equanimity, non-attachments, non-aversion and please correct me if I am wrong. These wishes or favors people are paying for in a way are sort of way of clinging on more to an expectation or an outcome. So this is thought I guess. I\u2019d love to hear your explanation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"There Are Contradictions in Buddhism","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"there-are-contradictions-in-buddhism","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 03:40:34","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 03:40:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=2676","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2671,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-16 22:13:12","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-16 22:13:12","post_content":"\n
Q: I have friends who are practicing Chinese Buddhism. To my understanding, Chinese Buddhism is focused on practicing by yourself. Korean Buddhism is focused on sharing our experience with other. Do you think that's the biggest difference? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: Oftentimes, when I speak to Buddhist monks or academics, when I asked the question \"What is enlightenment?\" I'm given an answer on the lines of \"It's not something that a layperson could understand\" or \"It's something that you'll understand when you reach enlightenment.\" I was wondering as a Buddhist if you could give me a description of not necessarily what it is, but what it means to be enlightened? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: So from my understanding, from the Buddhism's point of view, the purpose of our existence is enlightenment, oneness, nirvana. And I want to ask why, why is that our purpose, why is the universe constructed so that our meaning, the meaning of life is in enlightenment?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
P:\u00a0<\/strong>what do you think is the goal that human beings pursue? For example, if I ask a student what is your greatest wish? He might say, to work. So what will you do with those grades? I want to go to a good university. Then after you enter a great university, what would you do? I want to get a good job. What do you want to do after? I want to earn a lot of money. What are you going to do with that money? So if we engage in that type of questioning exercise, ultimately the answer we all arrive to is freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I guess there are some people who don\u2019t want this, but the vast majority would say they want freedom and happiness. I think that is a unique nature of how we are made as human beings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how do you attain freedom and happiness? Most people think that money will buy them freedom and happiness. They say that high status will bring them freedom and happiness. And they think if you are more popular than you are freer and happier. That's why people seek money, status and popularity. The question we have to ask is if that is really the answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I consult many wealthy people, but they don't seem that happy to me. I also talk to many famous entertainers in Korea, they have a lot of issues. I talk to many politicians who have leadership positions, but they have a lot of issues as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So it seems money, high status, and popularity are really not efficient conditions to attain freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how can we really attain happiness and freedom? That is the teaching of Buddha. If people tell you that if you believe in Buddha pretty soon you will succeed and you will earn more money, that is not Buddhism. So Buddha actually shows the way towards attaining freedom and happiness and that is what we follow Buddha's teachings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We think that we define freedom as to be able to do whatever we want. But this world does not allow us to do that. So we go back and forth between freedom and a sense of imprisonment. But if you manage to achieve freedom from your own ambition and desires then you actually approach closer to the nature of lasting freedom. Enlightenment then is a precondition to your sense of lasting freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what is enlightenment? Enlightenment is basically defined as the way for you to break free from your preconceptions or conditioned perceptions of what the road to freedom and happiness is. It's not a way of understanding. To understand something, we always understand something relative to the world view that we hold. But enlightenment is a matter of you breaking away from the ingrained preconception. So to start with that is for you to question anything. Whatever it may be you must not accept anything without you asking a question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: Considering your background, you just provided us with your road to ordination, becoming a monk. I have a question about what you understand the true aim of Buddhist practice to be. What truth does that path, realize for you? You really weren't to be religious in the first place, and you are ordained now. And if that truth of Buddhist practice, the heart of it, is appropriate or attainable for common people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"The True Aim Of Buddhist Practice","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"the-true-aim-of-buddhist-practice","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 02:22:13","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 02:22:13","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=3069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2676,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-18 00:42:51","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-18 00:42:51","post_content":"\n
Q: I started studying Buddhism 4 years ago abroad. and it's only recently that I\u2019ve been discovering Buddhism here in Korea and I\u2019ve always been very fascinated by the temples. One thing that strikes me whenever I visit is that I see all these lamps and names with donations which I understand are very necessary to keep the temples going but I also get the feeling that there is some kind of contradiction because Buddhism teaches equanimity, non-attachments, non-aversion and please correct me if I am wrong. These wishes or favors people are paying for in a way are sort of way of clinging on more to an expectation or an outcome. So this is thought I guess. I\u2019d love to hear your explanation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"There Are Contradictions in Buddhism","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"there-are-contradictions-in-buddhism","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 03:40:34","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 03:40:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=2676","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2671,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-16 22:13:12","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-16 22:13:12","post_content":"\n
Q: I have friends who are practicing Chinese Buddhism. To my understanding, Chinese Buddhism is focused on practicing by yourself. Korean Buddhism is focused on sharing our experience with other. Do you think that's the biggest difference? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"What's the Difference Between Chinese and Korean Buddhism?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"whats-the-difference-between-chinese-and-korean-buddhism","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 03:57:51","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 03:57:51","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=2671","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2670,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-16 22:12:20","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-16 22:12:20","post_content":"\n
Q: Oftentimes, when I speak to Buddhist monks or academics, when I asked the question \"What is enlightenment?\" I'm given an answer on the lines of \"It's not something that a layperson could understand\" or \"It's something that you'll understand when you reach enlightenment.\" I was wondering as a Buddhist if you could give me a description of not necessarily what it is, but what it means to be enlightened? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: So from my understanding, from the Buddhism's point of view, the purpose of our existence is enlightenment, oneness, nirvana. And I want to ask why, why is that our purpose, why is the universe constructed so that our meaning, the meaning of life is in enlightenment?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
P:\u00a0<\/strong>what do you think is the goal that human beings pursue? For example, if I ask a student what is your greatest wish? He might say, to work. So what will you do with those grades? I want to go to a good university. Then after you enter a great university, what would you do? I want to get a good job. What do you want to do after? I want to earn a lot of money. What are you going to do with that money? So if we engage in that type of questioning exercise, ultimately the answer we all arrive to is freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I guess there are some people who don\u2019t want this, but the vast majority would say they want freedom and happiness. I think that is a unique nature of how we are made as human beings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how do you attain freedom and happiness? Most people think that money will buy them freedom and happiness. They say that high status will bring them freedom and happiness. And they think if you are more popular than you are freer and happier. That's why people seek money, status and popularity. The question we have to ask is if that is really the answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I consult many wealthy people, but they don't seem that happy to me. I also talk to many famous entertainers in Korea, they have a lot of issues. I talk to many politicians who have leadership positions, but they have a lot of issues as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So it seems money, high status, and popularity are really not efficient conditions to attain freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how can we really attain happiness and freedom? That is the teaching of Buddha. If people tell you that if you believe in Buddha pretty soon you will succeed and you will earn more money, that is not Buddhism. So Buddha actually shows the way towards attaining freedom and happiness and that is what we follow Buddha's teachings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We think that we define freedom as to be able to do whatever we want. But this world does not allow us to do that. So we go back and forth between freedom and a sense of imprisonment. But if you manage to achieve freedom from your own ambition and desires then you actually approach closer to the nature of lasting freedom. Enlightenment then is a precondition to your sense of lasting freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what is enlightenment? Enlightenment is basically defined as the way for you to break free from your preconceptions or conditioned perceptions of what the road to freedom and happiness is. It's not a way of understanding. To understand something, we always understand something relative to the world view that we hold. But enlightenment is a matter of you breaking away from the ingrained preconception. So to start with that is for you to question anything. Whatever it may be you must not accept anything without you asking a question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: Considering your background, you just provided us with your road to ordination, becoming a monk. I have a question about what you understand the true aim of Buddhist practice to be. What truth does that path, realize for you? You really weren't to be religious in the first place, and you are ordained now. And if that truth of Buddhist practice, the heart of it, is appropriate or attainable for common people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: I started studying Buddhism 4 years ago abroad. and it's only recently that I\u2019ve been discovering Buddhism here in Korea and I\u2019ve always been very fascinated by the temples. One thing that strikes me whenever I visit is that I see all these lamps and names with donations which I understand are very necessary to keep the temples going but I also get the feeling that there is some kind of contradiction because Buddhism teaches equanimity, non-attachments, non-aversion and please correct me if I am wrong. These wishes or favors people are paying for in a way are sort of way of clinging on more to an expectation or an outcome. So this is thought I guess. I\u2019d love to hear your explanation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"There Are Contradictions in Buddhism","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"there-are-contradictions-in-buddhism","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 03:40:34","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 03:40:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=2676","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2671,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-16 22:13:12","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-16 22:13:12","post_content":"\n
Q: I have friends who are practicing Chinese Buddhism. To my understanding, Chinese Buddhism is focused on practicing by yourself. Korean Buddhism is focused on sharing our experience with other. Do you think that's the biggest difference? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: Oftentimes, when I speak to Buddhist monks or academics, when I asked the question \"What is enlightenment?\" I'm given an answer on the lines of \"It's not something that a layperson could understand\" or \"It's something that you'll understand when you reach enlightenment.\" I was wondering as a Buddhist if you could give me a description of not necessarily what it is, but what it means to be enlightened? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/p>\n","post_title":"Why Do We Meditate? What Do We Gain from It? (English Subtitle)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"do-we-meditate-what-do-we-gain-from-it","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 01:44:45","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 01:44:45","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=3451","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3121,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-24 21:20:50","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-24 21:20:50","post_content":"\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: So from my understanding, from the Buddhism's point of view, the purpose of our existence is enlightenment, oneness, nirvana. And I want to ask why, why is that our purpose, why is the universe constructed so that our meaning, the meaning of life is in enlightenment?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
P:\u00a0<\/strong>what do you think is the goal that human beings pursue? For example, if I ask a student what is your greatest wish? He might say, to work. So what will you do with those grades? I want to go to a good university. Then after you enter a great university, what would you do? I want to get a good job. What do you want to do after? I want to earn a lot of money. What are you going to do with that money? So if we engage in that type of questioning exercise, ultimately the answer we all arrive to is freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I guess there are some people who don\u2019t want this, but the vast majority would say they want freedom and happiness. I think that is a unique nature of how we are made as human beings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how do you attain freedom and happiness? Most people think that money will buy them freedom and happiness. They say that high status will bring them freedom and happiness. And they think if you are more popular than you are freer and happier. That's why people seek money, status and popularity. The question we have to ask is if that is really the answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I consult many wealthy people, but they don't seem that happy to me. I also talk to many famous entertainers in Korea, they have a lot of issues. I talk to many politicians who have leadership positions, but they have a lot of issues as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So it seems money, high status, and popularity are really not efficient conditions to attain freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how can we really attain happiness and freedom? That is the teaching of Buddha. If people tell you that if you believe in Buddha pretty soon you will succeed and you will earn more money, that is not Buddhism. So Buddha actually shows the way towards attaining freedom and happiness and that is what we follow Buddha's teachings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We think that we define freedom as to be able to do whatever we want. But this world does not allow us to do that. So we go back and forth between freedom and a sense of imprisonment. But if you manage to achieve freedom from your own ambition and desires then you actually approach closer to the nature of lasting freedom. Enlightenment then is a precondition to your sense of lasting freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what is enlightenment? Enlightenment is basically defined as the way for you to break free from your preconceptions or conditioned perceptions of what the road to freedom and happiness is. It's not a way of understanding. To understand something, we always understand something relative to the world view that we hold. But enlightenment is a matter of you breaking away from the ingrained preconception. So to start with that is for you to question anything. Whatever it may be you must not accept anything without you asking a question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: Considering your background, you just provided us with your road to ordination, becoming a monk. I have a question about what you understand the true aim of Buddhist practice to be. What truth does that path, realize for you? You really weren't to be religious in the first place, and you are ordained now. And if that truth of Buddhist practice, the heart of it, is appropriate or attainable for common people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: I started studying Buddhism 4 years ago abroad. and it's only recently that I\u2019ve been discovering Buddhism here in Korea and I\u2019ve always been very fascinated by the temples. One thing that strikes me whenever I visit is that I see all these lamps and names with donations which I understand are very necessary to keep the temples going but I also get the feeling that there is some kind of contradiction because Buddhism teaches equanimity, non-attachments, non-aversion and please correct me if I am wrong. These wishes or favors people are paying for in a way are sort of way of clinging on more to an expectation or an outcome. So this is thought I guess. I\u2019d love to hear your explanation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: I have friends who are practicing Chinese Buddhism. To my understanding, Chinese Buddhism is focused on practicing by yourself. Korean Buddhism is focused on sharing our experience with other. Do you think that's the biggest difference? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: Oftentimes, when I speak to Buddhist monks or academics, when I asked the question \"What is enlightenment?\" I'm given an answer on the lines of \"It's not something that a layperson could understand\" or \"It's something that you'll understand when you reach enlightenment.\" I was wondering as a Buddhist if you could give me a description of not necessarily what it is, but what it means to be enlightened? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: I am enrolled in Buddhism class this fall. I do 108 prostrations an meditation every morning. But a lot of distracting thoughts arise when I meditate. I concentrate, still the thoughts arise, then I notice to go back to concentration. Then more thoughts arise, then 10 minutes pass by quickly. So, today I sat for 30 more minutes but the thoughts still kept arising. Going on this way, I don't think I will get to see myself. I would like to know why we meditate and what we gain from it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Why Do We Meditate? What Do We Gain from It? (English Subtitle)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"do-we-meditate-what-do-we-gain-from-it","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 01:44:45","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 01:44:45","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=3451","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3121,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-24 21:20:50","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-24 21:20:50","post_content":"\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: So from my understanding, from the Buddhism's point of view, the purpose of our existence is enlightenment, oneness, nirvana. And I want to ask why, why is that our purpose, why is the universe constructed so that our meaning, the meaning of life is in enlightenment?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
P:\u00a0<\/strong>what do you think is the goal that human beings pursue? For example, if I ask a student what is your greatest wish? He might say, to work. So what will you do with those grades? I want to go to a good university. Then after you enter a great university, what would you do? I want to get a good job. What do you want to do after? I want to earn a lot of money. What are you going to do with that money? So if we engage in that type of questioning exercise, ultimately the answer we all arrive to is freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I guess there are some people who don\u2019t want this, but the vast majority would say they want freedom and happiness. I think that is a unique nature of how we are made as human beings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how do you attain freedom and happiness? Most people think that money will buy them freedom and happiness. They say that high status will bring them freedom and happiness. And they think if you are more popular than you are freer and happier. That's why people seek money, status and popularity. The question we have to ask is if that is really the answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I consult many wealthy people, but they don't seem that happy to me. I also talk to many famous entertainers in Korea, they have a lot of issues. I talk to many politicians who have leadership positions, but they have a lot of issues as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So it seems money, high status, and popularity are really not efficient conditions to attain freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how can we really attain happiness and freedom? That is the teaching of Buddha. If people tell you that if you believe in Buddha pretty soon you will succeed and you will earn more money, that is not Buddhism. So Buddha actually shows the way towards attaining freedom and happiness and that is what we follow Buddha's teachings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We think that we define freedom as to be able to do whatever we want. But this world does not allow us to do that. So we go back and forth between freedom and a sense of imprisonment. But if you manage to achieve freedom from your own ambition and desires then you actually approach closer to the nature of lasting freedom. Enlightenment then is a precondition to your sense of lasting freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what is enlightenment? Enlightenment is basically defined as the way for you to break free from your preconceptions or conditioned perceptions of what the road to freedom and happiness is. It's not a way of understanding. To understand something, we always understand something relative to the world view that we hold. But enlightenment is a matter of you breaking away from the ingrained preconception. So to start with that is for you to question anything. Whatever it may be you must not accept anything without you asking a question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: Considering your background, you just provided us with your road to ordination, becoming a monk. I have a question about what you understand the true aim of Buddhist practice to be. What truth does that path, realize for you? You really weren't to be religious in the first place, and you are ordained now. And if that truth of Buddhist practice, the heart of it, is appropriate or attainable for common people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"The True Aim Of Buddhist Practice","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"the-true-aim-of-buddhist-practice","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 02:22:13","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 02:22:13","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=3069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2676,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-18 00:42:51","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-18 00:42:51","post_content":"\n
Q: I started studying Buddhism 4 years ago abroad. and it's only recently that I\u2019ve been discovering Buddhism here in Korea and I\u2019ve always been very fascinated by the temples. One thing that strikes me whenever I visit is that I see all these lamps and names with donations which I understand are very necessary to keep the temples going but I also get the feeling that there is some kind of contradiction because Buddhism teaches equanimity, non-attachments, non-aversion and please correct me if I am wrong. These wishes or favors people are paying for in a way are sort of way of clinging on more to an expectation or an outcome. So this is thought I guess. I\u2019d love to hear your explanation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"There Are Contradictions in Buddhism","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"there-are-contradictions-in-buddhism","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 03:40:34","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 03:40:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=2676","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2671,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-16 22:13:12","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-16 22:13:12","post_content":"\n
Q: I have friends who are practicing Chinese Buddhism. To my understanding, Chinese Buddhism is focused on practicing by yourself. Korean Buddhism is focused on sharing our experience with other. Do you think that's the biggest difference? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: Oftentimes, when I speak to Buddhist monks or academics, when I asked the question \"What is enlightenment?\" I'm given an answer on the lines of \"It's not something that a layperson could understand\" or \"It's something that you'll understand when you reach enlightenment.\" I was wondering as a Buddhist if you could give me a description of not necessarily what it is, but what it means to be enlightened? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Please click 'setting' and change the language mode to English.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: I am enrolled in Buddhism class this fall. I do 108 prostrations an meditation every morning. But a lot of distracting thoughts arise when I meditate. I concentrate, still the thoughts arise, then I notice to go back to concentration. Then more thoughts arise, then 10 minutes pass by quickly. So, today I sat for 30 more minutes but the thoughts still kept arising. Going on this way, I don't think I will get to see myself. I would like to know why we meditate and what we gain from it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Why Do We Meditate? What Do We Gain from It? (English Subtitle)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"do-we-meditate-what-do-we-gain-from-it","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 01:44:45","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 01:44:45","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=3451","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3121,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-24 21:20:50","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-24 21:20:50","post_content":"\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: So from my understanding, from the Buddhism's point of view, the purpose of our existence is enlightenment, oneness, nirvana. And I want to ask why, why is that our purpose, why is the universe constructed so that our meaning, the meaning of life is in enlightenment?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
P:\u00a0<\/strong>what do you think is the goal that human beings pursue? For example, if I ask a student what is your greatest wish? He might say, to work. So what will you do with those grades? I want to go to a good university. Then after you enter a great university, what would you do? I want to get a good job. What do you want to do after? I want to earn a lot of money. What are you going to do with that money? So if we engage in that type of questioning exercise, ultimately the answer we all arrive to is freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I guess there are some people who don\u2019t want this, but the vast majority would say they want freedom and happiness. I think that is a unique nature of how we are made as human beings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how do you attain freedom and happiness? Most people think that money will buy them freedom and happiness. They say that high status will bring them freedom and happiness. And they think if you are more popular than you are freer and happier. That's why people seek money, status and popularity. The question we have to ask is if that is really the answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I consult many wealthy people, but they don't seem that happy to me. I also talk to many famous entertainers in Korea, they have a lot of issues. I talk to many politicians who have leadership positions, but they have a lot of issues as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So it seems money, high status, and popularity are really not efficient conditions to attain freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how can we really attain happiness and freedom? That is the teaching of Buddha. If people tell you that if you believe in Buddha pretty soon you will succeed and you will earn more money, that is not Buddhism. So Buddha actually shows the way towards attaining freedom and happiness and that is what we follow Buddha's teachings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We think that we define freedom as to be able to do whatever we want. But this world does not allow us to do that. So we go back and forth between freedom and a sense of imprisonment. But if you manage to achieve freedom from your own ambition and desires then you actually approach closer to the nature of lasting freedom. Enlightenment then is a precondition to your sense of lasting freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what is enlightenment? Enlightenment is basically defined as the way for you to break free from your preconceptions or conditioned perceptions of what the road to freedom and happiness is. It's not a way of understanding. To understand something, we always understand something relative to the world view that we hold. But enlightenment is a matter of you breaking away from the ingrained preconception. So to start with that is for you to question anything. Whatever it may be you must not accept anything without you asking a question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: Considering your background, you just provided us with your road to ordination, becoming a monk. I have a question about what you understand the true aim of Buddhist practice to be. What truth does that path, realize for you? You really weren't to be religious in the first place, and you are ordained now. And if that truth of Buddhist practice, the heart of it, is appropriate or attainable for common people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: I started studying Buddhism 4 years ago abroad. and it's only recently that I\u2019ve been discovering Buddhism here in Korea and I\u2019ve always been very fascinated by the temples. One thing that strikes me whenever I visit is that I see all these lamps and names with donations which I understand are very necessary to keep the temples going but I also get the feeling that there is some kind of contradiction because Buddhism teaches equanimity, non-attachments, non-aversion and please correct me if I am wrong. These wishes or favors people are paying for in a way are sort of way of clinging on more to an expectation or an outcome. So this is thought I guess. I\u2019d love to hear your explanation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: I have friends who are practicing Chinese Buddhism. To my understanding, Chinese Buddhism is focused on practicing by yourself. Korean Buddhism is focused on sharing our experience with other. Do you think that's the biggest difference? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: Oftentimes, when I speak to Buddhist monks or academics, when I asked the question \"What is enlightenment?\" I'm given an answer on the lines of \"It's not something that a layperson could understand\" or \"It's something that you'll understand when you reach enlightenment.\" I was wondering as a Buddhist if you could give me a description of not necessarily what it is, but what it means to be enlightened? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/p>\n","post_title":"Compassion in Buddhism and Western Christianity","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"compassion-in-buddhism-and-western-christianity","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 01:29:55","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 01:29:55","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=3475","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3451,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-26 18:45:32","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-26 18:45:32","post_content":"\n
Please click 'setting' and change the language mode to English.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: I am enrolled in Buddhism class this fall. I do 108 prostrations an meditation every morning. But a lot of distracting thoughts arise when I meditate. I concentrate, still the thoughts arise, then I notice to go back to concentration. Then more thoughts arise, then 10 minutes pass by quickly. So, today I sat for 30 more minutes but the thoughts still kept arising. Going on this way, I don't think I will get to see myself. I would like to know why we meditate and what we gain from it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Why Do We Meditate? What Do We Gain from It? (English Subtitle)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"do-we-meditate-what-do-we-gain-from-it","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 01:44:45","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 01:44:45","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=3451","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3121,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-24 21:20:50","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-24 21:20:50","post_content":"\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: So from my understanding, from the Buddhism's point of view, the purpose of our existence is enlightenment, oneness, nirvana. And I want to ask why, why is that our purpose, why is the universe constructed so that our meaning, the meaning of life is in enlightenment?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
P:\u00a0<\/strong>what do you think is the goal that human beings pursue? For example, if I ask a student what is your greatest wish? He might say, to work. So what will you do with those grades? I want to go to a good university. Then after you enter a great university, what would you do? I want to get a good job. What do you want to do after? I want to earn a lot of money. What are you going to do with that money? So if we engage in that type of questioning exercise, ultimately the answer we all arrive to is freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I guess there are some people who don\u2019t want this, but the vast majority would say they want freedom and happiness. I think that is a unique nature of how we are made as human beings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how do you attain freedom and happiness? Most people think that money will buy them freedom and happiness. They say that high status will bring them freedom and happiness. And they think if you are more popular than you are freer and happier. That's why people seek money, status and popularity. The question we have to ask is if that is really the answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I consult many wealthy people, but they don't seem that happy to me. I also talk to many famous entertainers in Korea, they have a lot of issues. I talk to many politicians who have leadership positions, but they have a lot of issues as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So it seems money, high status, and popularity are really not efficient conditions to attain freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how can we really attain happiness and freedom? That is the teaching of Buddha. If people tell you that if you believe in Buddha pretty soon you will succeed and you will earn more money, that is not Buddhism. So Buddha actually shows the way towards attaining freedom and happiness and that is what we follow Buddha's teachings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We think that we define freedom as to be able to do whatever we want. But this world does not allow us to do that. So we go back and forth between freedom and a sense of imprisonment. But if you manage to achieve freedom from your own ambition and desires then you actually approach closer to the nature of lasting freedom. Enlightenment then is a precondition to your sense of lasting freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what is enlightenment? Enlightenment is basically defined as the way for you to break free from your preconceptions or conditioned perceptions of what the road to freedom and happiness is. It's not a way of understanding. To understand something, we always understand something relative to the world view that we hold. But enlightenment is a matter of you breaking away from the ingrained preconception. So to start with that is for you to question anything. Whatever it may be you must not accept anything without you asking a question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: Considering your background, you just provided us with your road to ordination, becoming a monk. I have a question about what you understand the true aim of Buddhist practice to be. What truth does that path, realize for you? You really weren't to be religious in the first place, and you are ordained now. And if that truth of Buddhist practice, the heart of it, is appropriate or attainable for common people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: I started studying Buddhism 4 years ago abroad. and it's only recently that I\u2019ve been discovering Buddhism here in Korea and I\u2019ve always been very fascinated by the temples. One thing that strikes me whenever I visit is that I see all these lamps and names with donations which I understand are very necessary to keep the temples going but I also get the feeling that there is some kind of contradiction because Buddhism teaches equanimity, non-attachments, non-aversion and please correct me if I am wrong. These wishes or favors people are paying for in a way are sort of way of clinging on more to an expectation or an outcome. So this is thought I guess. I\u2019d love to hear your explanation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: I have friends who are practicing Chinese Buddhism. To my understanding, Chinese Buddhism is focused on practicing by yourself. Korean Buddhism is focused on sharing our experience with other. Do you think that's the biggest difference? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: Oftentimes, when I speak to Buddhist monks or academics, when I asked the question \"What is enlightenment?\" I'm given an answer on the lines of \"It's not something that a layperson could understand\" or \"It's something that you'll understand when you reach enlightenment.\" I was wondering as a Buddhist if you could give me a description of not necessarily what it is, but what it means to be enlightened? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: I have asked several times to those who understand Buddhism. It seems that the Buddhists stress not having desires. Not caring about outcomes, and yet they stress compassion as well. So this seems in conflict with Western Christianity where the compassion is supposed to spring out of caring, out of wanting a certain income. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Compassion in Buddhism and Western Christianity","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"compassion-in-buddhism-and-western-christianity","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 01:29:55","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 01:29:55","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=3475","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3451,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-26 18:45:32","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-26 18:45:32","post_content":"\n
Please click 'setting' and change the language mode to English.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: I am enrolled in Buddhism class this fall. I do 108 prostrations an meditation every morning. But a lot of distracting thoughts arise when I meditate. I concentrate, still the thoughts arise, then I notice to go back to concentration. Then more thoughts arise, then 10 minutes pass by quickly. So, today I sat for 30 more minutes but the thoughts still kept arising. Going on this way, I don't think I will get to see myself. I would like to know why we meditate and what we gain from it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Why Do We Meditate? What Do We Gain from It? (English Subtitle)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"do-we-meditate-what-do-we-gain-from-it","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 01:44:45","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 01:44:45","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=3451","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3121,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-24 21:20:50","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-24 21:20:50","post_content":"\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: So from my understanding, from the Buddhism's point of view, the purpose of our existence is enlightenment, oneness, nirvana. And I want to ask why, why is that our purpose, why is the universe constructed so that our meaning, the meaning of life is in enlightenment?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
P:\u00a0<\/strong>what do you think is the goal that human beings pursue? For example, if I ask a student what is your greatest wish? He might say, to work. So what will you do with those grades? I want to go to a good university. Then after you enter a great university, what would you do? I want to get a good job. What do you want to do after? I want to earn a lot of money. What are you going to do with that money? So if we engage in that type of questioning exercise, ultimately the answer we all arrive to is freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I guess there are some people who don\u2019t want this, but the vast majority would say they want freedom and happiness. I think that is a unique nature of how we are made as human beings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how do you attain freedom and happiness? Most people think that money will buy them freedom and happiness. They say that high status will bring them freedom and happiness. And they think if you are more popular than you are freer and happier. That's why people seek money, status and popularity. The question we have to ask is if that is really the answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I consult many wealthy people, but they don't seem that happy to me. I also talk to many famous entertainers in Korea, they have a lot of issues. I talk to many politicians who have leadership positions, but they have a lot of issues as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So it seems money, high status, and popularity are really not efficient conditions to attain freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how can we really attain happiness and freedom? That is the teaching of Buddha. If people tell you that if you believe in Buddha pretty soon you will succeed and you will earn more money, that is not Buddhism. So Buddha actually shows the way towards attaining freedom and happiness and that is what we follow Buddha's teachings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We think that we define freedom as to be able to do whatever we want. But this world does not allow us to do that. So we go back and forth between freedom and a sense of imprisonment. But if you manage to achieve freedom from your own ambition and desires then you actually approach closer to the nature of lasting freedom. Enlightenment then is a precondition to your sense of lasting freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what is enlightenment? Enlightenment is basically defined as the way for you to break free from your preconceptions or conditioned perceptions of what the road to freedom and happiness is. It's not a way of understanding. To understand something, we always understand something relative to the world view that we hold. But enlightenment is a matter of you breaking away from the ingrained preconception. So to start with that is for you to question anything. Whatever it may be you must not accept anything without you asking a question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: Considering your background, you just provided us with your road to ordination, becoming a monk. I have a question about what you understand the true aim of Buddhist practice to be. What truth does that path, realize for you? You really weren't to be religious in the first place, and you are ordained now. And if that truth of Buddhist practice, the heart of it, is appropriate or attainable for common people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"The True Aim Of Buddhist Practice","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"the-true-aim-of-buddhist-practice","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 02:22:13","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 02:22:13","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=3069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2676,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-18 00:42:51","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-18 00:42:51","post_content":"\n
Q: I started studying Buddhism 4 years ago abroad. and it's only recently that I\u2019ve been discovering Buddhism here in Korea and I\u2019ve always been very fascinated by the temples. One thing that strikes me whenever I visit is that I see all these lamps and names with donations which I understand are very necessary to keep the temples going but I also get the feeling that there is some kind of contradiction because Buddhism teaches equanimity, non-attachments, non-aversion and please correct me if I am wrong. These wishes or favors people are paying for in a way are sort of way of clinging on more to an expectation or an outcome. So this is thought I guess. I\u2019d love to hear your explanation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"There Are Contradictions in Buddhism","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"there-are-contradictions-in-buddhism","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 03:40:34","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 03:40:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=2676","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2671,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-16 22:13:12","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-16 22:13:12","post_content":"\n
Q: I have friends who are practicing Chinese Buddhism. To my understanding, Chinese Buddhism is focused on practicing by yourself. Korean Buddhism is focused on sharing our experience with other. Do you think that's the biggest difference? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"What's the Difference Between Chinese and Korean Buddhism?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"whats-the-difference-between-chinese-and-korean-buddhism","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 03:57:51","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 03:57:51","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=2671","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2670,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-16 22:12:20","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-16 22:12:20","post_content":"\n
Q: Oftentimes, when I speak to Buddhist monks or academics, when I asked the question \"What is enlightenment?\" I'm given an answer on the lines of \"It's not something that a layperson could understand\" or \"It's something that you'll understand when you reach enlightenment.\" I was wondering as a Buddhist if you could give me a description of not necessarily what it is, but what it means to be enlightened? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"what is enlightenment?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"what-is-enlightenment","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 04:01:37","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 04:01:37","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=2670","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":3},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"};
Q: I don't know that much about Buddhism and can be considered a newbie. So I was wondering if there is a good way to learn more about Buddhism. <\/p>\n","post_title":"I'd Like to Learn More About Buddhism (English Subtitle)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"id-like-to-learn-more-about-buddhism","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 00:57:59","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 00:57:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=3590","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3475,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-26 23:50:53","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-26 23:50:53","post_content":"\n
Q: I have asked several times to those who understand Buddhism. It seems that the Buddhists stress not having desires. Not caring about outcomes, and yet they stress compassion as well. So this seems in conflict with Western Christianity where the compassion is supposed to spring out of caring, out of wanting a certain income. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Compassion in Buddhism and Western Christianity","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"compassion-in-buddhism-and-western-christianity","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 01:29:55","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 01:29:55","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=3475","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3451,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-26 18:45:32","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-26 18:45:32","post_content":"\n
Please click 'setting' and change the language mode to English.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: I am enrolled in Buddhism class this fall. I do 108 prostrations an meditation every morning. But a lot of distracting thoughts arise when I meditate. I concentrate, still the thoughts arise, then I notice to go back to concentration. Then more thoughts arise, then 10 minutes pass by quickly. So, today I sat for 30 more minutes but the thoughts still kept arising. Going on this way, I don't think I will get to see myself. I would like to know why we meditate and what we gain from it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Why Do We Meditate? What Do We Gain from It? (English Subtitle)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"do-we-meditate-what-do-we-gain-from-it","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 01:44:45","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 01:44:45","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=3451","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3121,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-24 21:20:50","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-24 21:20:50","post_content":"\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: So from my understanding, from the Buddhism's point of view, the purpose of our existence is enlightenment, oneness, nirvana. And I want to ask why, why is that our purpose, why is the universe constructed so that our meaning, the meaning of life is in enlightenment?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
P:\u00a0<\/strong>what do you think is the goal that human beings pursue? For example, if I ask a student what is your greatest wish? He might say, to work. So what will you do with those grades? I want to go to a good university. Then after you enter a great university, what would you do? I want to get a good job. What do you want to do after? I want to earn a lot of money. What are you going to do with that money? So if we engage in that type of questioning exercise, ultimately the answer we all arrive to is freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I guess there are some people who don\u2019t want this, but the vast majority would say they want freedom and happiness. I think that is a unique nature of how we are made as human beings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how do you attain freedom and happiness? Most people think that money will buy them freedom and happiness. They say that high status will bring them freedom and happiness. And they think if you are more popular than you are freer and happier. That's why people seek money, status and popularity. The question we have to ask is if that is really the answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I consult many wealthy people, but they don't seem that happy to me. I also talk to many famous entertainers in Korea, they have a lot of issues. I talk to many politicians who have leadership positions, but they have a lot of issues as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So it seems money, high status, and popularity are really not efficient conditions to attain freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how can we really attain happiness and freedom? That is the teaching of Buddha. If people tell you that if you believe in Buddha pretty soon you will succeed and you will earn more money, that is not Buddhism. So Buddha actually shows the way towards attaining freedom and happiness and that is what we follow Buddha's teachings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We think that we define freedom as to be able to do whatever we want. But this world does not allow us to do that. So we go back and forth between freedom and a sense of imprisonment. But if you manage to achieve freedom from your own ambition and desires then you actually approach closer to the nature of lasting freedom. Enlightenment then is a precondition to your sense of lasting freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what is enlightenment? Enlightenment is basically defined as the way for you to break free from your preconceptions or conditioned perceptions of what the road to freedom and happiness is. It's not a way of understanding. To understand something, we always understand something relative to the world view that we hold. But enlightenment is a matter of you breaking away from the ingrained preconception. So to start with that is for you to question anything. Whatever it may be you must not accept anything without you asking a question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: Considering your background, you just provided us with your road to ordination, becoming a monk. I have a question about what you understand the true aim of Buddhist practice to be. What truth does that path, realize for you? You really weren't to be religious in the first place, and you are ordained now. And if that truth of Buddhist practice, the heart of it, is appropriate or attainable for common people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"The True Aim Of Buddhist Practice","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"the-true-aim-of-buddhist-practice","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 02:22:13","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 02:22:13","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=3069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2676,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-18 00:42:51","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-18 00:42:51","post_content":"\n
Q: I started studying Buddhism 4 years ago abroad. and it's only recently that I\u2019ve been discovering Buddhism here in Korea and I\u2019ve always been very fascinated by the temples. One thing that strikes me whenever I visit is that I see all these lamps and names with donations which I understand are very necessary to keep the temples going but I also get the feeling that there is some kind of contradiction because Buddhism teaches equanimity, non-attachments, non-aversion and please correct me if I am wrong. These wishes or favors people are paying for in a way are sort of way of clinging on more to an expectation or an outcome. So this is thought I guess. I\u2019d love to hear your explanation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"There Are Contradictions in Buddhism","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"there-are-contradictions-in-buddhism","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 03:40:34","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 03:40:34","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=2676","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2671,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-16 22:13:12","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-16 22:13:12","post_content":"\n
Q: I have friends who are practicing Chinese Buddhism. To my understanding, Chinese Buddhism is focused on practicing by yourself. Korean Buddhism is focused on sharing our experience with other. Do you think that's the biggest difference? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"What's the Difference Between Chinese and Korean Buddhism?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"whats-the-difference-between-chinese-and-korean-buddhism","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 03:57:51","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 03:57:51","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=2671","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2670,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-16 22:12:20","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-16 22:12:20","post_content":"\n
Q: Oftentimes, when I speak to Buddhist monks or academics, when I asked the question \"What is enlightenment?\" I'm given an answer on the lines of \"It's not something that a layperson could understand\" or \"It's something that you'll understand when you reach enlightenment.\" I was wondering as a Buddhist if you could give me a description of not necessarily what it is, but what it means to be enlightened? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Please click 'setting' and change the language mode to English.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: I don't know that much about Buddhism and can be considered a newbie. So I was wondering if there is a good way to learn more about Buddhism. <\/p>\n","post_title":"I'd Like to Learn More About Buddhism (English Subtitle)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"id-like-to-learn-more-about-buddhism","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 00:57:59","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 00:57:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=3590","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3475,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-26 23:50:53","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-26 23:50:53","post_content":"\n
Q: I have asked several times to those who understand Buddhism. It seems that the Buddhists stress not having desires. Not caring about outcomes, and yet they stress compassion as well. So this seems in conflict with Western Christianity where the compassion is supposed to spring out of caring, out of wanting a certain income. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Compassion in Buddhism and Western Christianity","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"compassion-in-buddhism-and-western-christianity","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 01:29:55","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 01:29:55","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=3475","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3451,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-26 18:45:32","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-26 18:45:32","post_content":"\n
Please click 'setting' and change the language mode to English.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: I am enrolled in Buddhism class this fall. I do 108 prostrations an meditation every morning. But a lot of distracting thoughts arise when I meditate. I concentrate, still the thoughts arise, then I notice to go back to concentration. Then more thoughts arise, then 10 minutes pass by quickly. So, today I sat for 30 more minutes but the thoughts still kept arising. Going on this way, I don't think I will get to see myself. I would like to know why we meditate and what we gain from it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Why Do We Meditate? What Do We Gain from It? (English Subtitle)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"do-we-meditate-what-do-we-gain-from-it","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 01:44:45","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 01:44:45","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=3451","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3121,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-24 21:20:50","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-24 21:20:50","post_content":"\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: So from my understanding, from the Buddhism's point of view, the purpose of our existence is enlightenment, oneness, nirvana. And I want to ask why, why is that our purpose, why is the universe constructed so that our meaning, the meaning of life is in enlightenment?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
P:\u00a0<\/strong>what do you think is the goal that human beings pursue? For example, if I ask a student what is your greatest wish? He might say, to work. So what will you do with those grades? I want to go to a good university. Then after you enter a great university, what would you do? I want to get a good job. What do you want to do after? I want to earn a lot of money. What are you going to do with that money? So if we engage in that type of questioning exercise, ultimately the answer we all arrive to is freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I guess there are some people who don\u2019t want this, but the vast majority would say they want freedom and happiness. I think that is a unique nature of how we are made as human beings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how do you attain freedom and happiness? Most people think that money will buy them freedom and happiness. They say that high status will bring them freedom and happiness. And they think if you are more popular than you are freer and happier. That's why people seek money, status and popularity. The question we have to ask is if that is really the answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I consult many wealthy people, but they don't seem that happy to me. I also talk to many famous entertainers in Korea, they have a lot of issues. I talk to many politicians who have leadership positions, but they have a lot of issues as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So it seems money, high status, and popularity are really not efficient conditions to attain freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how can we really attain happiness and freedom? That is the teaching of Buddha. If people tell you that if you believe in Buddha pretty soon you will succeed and you will earn more money, that is not Buddhism. So Buddha actually shows the way towards attaining freedom and happiness and that is what we follow Buddha's teachings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We think that we define freedom as to be able to do whatever we want. But this world does not allow us to do that. So we go back and forth between freedom and a sense of imprisonment. But if you manage to achieve freedom from your own ambition and desires then you actually approach closer to the nature of lasting freedom. Enlightenment then is a precondition to your sense of lasting freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what is enlightenment? Enlightenment is basically defined as the way for you to break free from your preconceptions or conditioned perceptions of what the road to freedom and happiness is. It's not a way of understanding. To understand something, we always understand something relative to the world view that we hold. But enlightenment is a matter of you breaking away from the ingrained preconception. So to start with that is for you to question anything. Whatever it may be you must not accept anything without you asking a question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: Considering your background, you just provided us with your road to ordination, becoming a monk. I have a question about what you understand the true aim of Buddhist practice to be. What truth does that path, realize for you? You really weren't to be religious in the first place, and you are ordained now. And if that truth of Buddhist practice, the heart of it, is appropriate or attainable for common people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: I started studying Buddhism 4 years ago abroad. and it's only recently that I\u2019ve been discovering Buddhism here in Korea and I\u2019ve always been very fascinated by the temples. One thing that strikes me whenever I visit is that I see all these lamps and names with donations which I understand are very necessary to keep the temples going but I also get the feeling that there is some kind of contradiction because Buddhism teaches equanimity, non-attachments, non-aversion and please correct me if I am wrong. These wishes or favors people are paying for in a way are sort of way of clinging on more to an expectation or an outcome. So this is thought I guess. I\u2019d love to hear your explanation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: I have friends who are practicing Chinese Buddhism. To my understanding, Chinese Buddhism is focused on practicing by yourself. Korean Buddhism is focused on sharing our experience with other. Do you think that's the biggest difference? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: Oftentimes, when I speak to Buddhist monks or academics, when I asked the question \"What is enlightenment?\" I'm given an answer on the lines of \"It's not something that a layperson could understand\" or \"It's something that you'll understand when you reach enlightenment.\" I was wondering as a Buddhist if you could give me a description of not necessarily what it is, but what it means to be enlightened? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: How long can I meditate per session, how many times a day is effective?<\/p>\n","post_title":"How long can I meditate per session?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"how-long-can-i-mediate-per-session","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 00:41:30","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 00:41:30","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=3612","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3590,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-27 23:05:17","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-27 23:05:17","post_content":"\n
Please click 'setting' and change the language mode to English.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: I don't know that much about Buddhism and can be considered a newbie. So I was wondering if there is a good way to learn more about Buddhism. <\/p>\n","post_title":"I'd Like to Learn More About Buddhism (English Subtitle)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"id-like-to-learn-more-about-buddhism","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 00:57:59","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 00:57:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=3590","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3475,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-26 23:50:53","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-26 23:50:53","post_content":"\n
Q: I have asked several times to those who understand Buddhism. It seems that the Buddhists stress not having desires. Not caring about outcomes, and yet they stress compassion as well. So this seems in conflict with Western Christianity where the compassion is supposed to spring out of caring, out of wanting a certain income. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Compassion in Buddhism and Western Christianity","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"compassion-in-buddhism-and-western-christianity","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 01:29:55","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 01:29:55","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=3475","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3451,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-26 18:45:32","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-26 18:45:32","post_content":"\n
Please click 'setting' and change the language mode to English.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: I am enrolled in Buddhism class this fall. I do 108 prostrations an meditation every morning. But a lot of distracting thoughts arise when I meditate. I concentrate, still the thoughts arise, then I notice to go back to concentration. Then more thoughts arise, then 10 minutes pass by quickly. So, today I sat for 30 more minutes but the thoughts still kept arising. Going on this way, I don't think I will get to see myself. I would like to know why we meditate and what we gain from it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Why Do We Meditate? What Do We Gain from It? (English Subtitle)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"do-we-meditate-what-do-we-gain-from-it","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-05-14 01:44:45","post_modified_gmt":"2021-05-14 01:44:45","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/demo2021\/?p=3451","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3121,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2021-03-24 21:20:50","post_date_gmt":"2021-03-24 21:20:50","post_content":"\n
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Q: So from my understanding, from the Buddhism's point of view, the purpose of our existence is enlightenment, oneness, nirvana. And I want to ask why, why is that our purpose, why is the universe constructed so that our meaning, the meaning of life is in enlightenment?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
P:\u00a0<\/strong>what do you think is the goal that human beings pursue? For example, if I ask a student what is your greatest wish? He might say, to work. So what will you do with those grades? I want to go to a good university. Then after you enter a great university, what would you do? I want to get a good job. What do you want to do after? I want to earn a lot of money. What are you going to do with that money? So if we engage in that type of questioning exercise, ultimately the answer we all arrive to is freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I guess there are some people who don\u2019t want this, but the vast majority would say they want freedom and happiness. I think that is a unique nature of how we are made as human beings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how do you attain freedom and happiness? Most people think that money will buy them freedom and happiness. They say that high status will bring them freedom and happiness. And they think if you are more popular than you are freer and happier. That's why people seek money, status and popularity. The question we have to ask is if that is really the answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I consult many wealthy people, but they don't seem that happy to me. I also talk to many famous entertainers in Korea, they have a lot of issues. I talk to many politicians who have leadership positions, but they have a lot of issues as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So it seems money, high status, and popularity are really not efficient conditions to attain freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how can we really attain happiness and freedom? That is the teaching of Buddha. If people tell you that if you believe in Buddha pretty soon you will succeed and you will earn more money, that is not Buddhism. So Buddha actually shows the way towards attaining freedom and happiness and that is what we follow Buddha's teachings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We think that we define freedom as to be able to do whatever we want. But this world does not allow us to do that. So we go back and forth between freedom and a sense of imprisonment. But if you manage to achieve freedom from your own ambition and desires then you actually approach closer to the nature of lasting freedom. Enlightenment then is a precondition to your sense of lasting freedom and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what is enlightenment? Enlightenment is basically defined as the way for you to break free from your preconceptions or conditioned perceptions of what the road to freedom and happiness is. It's not a way of understanding. To understand something, we always understand something relative to the world view that we hold. But enlightenment is a matter of you breaking away from the ingrained preconception. So to start with that is for you to question anything. Whatever it may be you must not accept anything without you asking a question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: Considering your background, you just provided us with your road to ordination, becoming a monk. I have a question about what you understand the true aim of Buddhist practice to be. What truth does that path, realize for you? You really weren't to be religious in the first place, and you are ordained now. And if that truth of Buddhist practice, the heart of it, is appropriate or attainable for common people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: I started studying Buddhism 4 years ago abroad. and it's only recently that I\u2019ve been discovering Buddhism here in Korea and I\u2019ve always been very fascinated by the temples. One thing that strikes me whenever I visit is that I see all these lamps and names with donations which I understand are very necessary to keep the temples going but I also get the feeling that there is some kind of contradiction because Buddhism teaches equanimity, non-attachments, non-aversion and please correct me if I am wrong. These wishes or favors people are paying for in a way are sort of way of clinging on more to an expectation or an outcome. So this is thought I guess. I\u2019d love to hear your explanation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: I have friends who are practicing Chinese Buddhism. To my understanding, Chinese Buddhism is focused on practicing by yourself. Korean Buddhism is focused on sharing our experience with other. Do you think that's the biggest difference? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Q: Oftentimes, when I speak to Buddhist monks or academics, when I asked the question \"What is enlightenment?\" I'm given an answer on the lines of \"It's not something that a layperson could understand\" or \"It's something that you'll understand when you reach enlightenment.\" I was wondering as a Buddhist if you could give me a description of not necessarily what it is, but what it means to be enlightened? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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