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Happiness will not fall from the sky onto your path. When you focus on the present and do your best, your future will be happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Happiness will not fall from the sky onto your path. When you focus on the present and do your best, your future will be happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Happiness will not fall from the sky onto your path. When you focus on the present and do your best, your future will be happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Happiness will not fall from the sky onto your path. When you focus on the present and do your best, your future will be happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Happiness will not fall from the sky onto your path. When you focus on the present and do your best, your future will be happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Happiness will not fall from the sky onto your path. When you focus on the present and do your best, your future will be happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Happiness","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"happiness","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-22 23:22:28","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-23 04:22:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=19331","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":19325,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-05-16 10:38:50","post_date_gmt":"2024-05-16 15:38:50","post_content":"\n
Lower yourself in body and mind. Only then can you be free<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Lower Yourself","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"lower-yourself","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-16 10:38:51","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-16 15:38:51","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=19325","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"};
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Engaged Buddhism: Ven. Pomnyun Sunim and JTS Korea Support Buddhist Nunneries in Bhutan","post_excerpt":"The Korean Seon (Zen) master Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) wears many hats: Buddhist monk, teacher, author, environmentalist, and social activist, to name a few. As a widely respected Dharma teacher and a tireless socially engaged activist in his native South Korea, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim has founded numerous Dharma-based organizations, initiatives, and projects that are active across the world. Among them, Jungto Society, a volunteer-based community founded on the Buddhist teachings and expressing equality, simple living, and sustainability, is dedicated to addressing modern social issues that lead to suffering, including environmental degradation, poverty, and conflict.\n\nThis column, shared by Jungto Society, presents a series of highlights from Ven. Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s writings, teachings, public talks, and regular live-streamed Dharma Q+A sessions, which are accessible across the globe.\n","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"engaged-buddhism-ven-pomnyun-sunim-and-jts-korea-support-buddhist-nunneries-in-bhutan","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-22 23:32:49","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-23 04:32:49","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=19336","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":19331,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-05-22 23:22:27","post_date_gmt":"2024-05-23 04:22:27","post_content":"\n
Happiness will not fall from the sky onto your path. When you focus on the present and do your best, your future will be happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Happiness","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"happiness","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-22 23:22:28","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-23 04:22:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=19331","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":19325,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-05-16 10:38:50","post_date_gmt":"2024-05-16 15:38:50","post_content":"\n
Lower yourself in body and mind. Only then can you be free<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Lower Yourself","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"lower-yourself","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-16 10:38:51","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-16 15:38:51","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=19325","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"};
Remote, landlocked, and perched in the rarified air of the eastern Himalaya, the Kingdom of Bhutan, sandwiched between two political and economic heavy-hitters India and China, is the world\u2019s last remaining Vajrayana Buddhist country. The ancient spiritual tradition is embedded in the very consciousness and culture of this remote land, where it has flourished with an unbroken history that dates back to its introduction from Tibet by Padmasambhava, also known as Guru Rinpoche, in the eighth century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on May 22, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThank you for providing winter blankets to the nuns,\u201d said Ani Pema from Neylung Nunnery. \u201cI am pleased that they will help protect against the cold season. We are grateful to everyone who has helped the sisters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Remote, landlocked, and perched in the rarified air of the eastern Himalaya, the Kingdom of Bhutan, sandwiched between two political and economic heavy-hitters India and China, is the world\u2019s last remaining Vajrayana Buddhist country. The ancient spiritual tradition is embedded in the very consciousness and culture of this remote land, where it has flourished with an unbroken history that dates back to its introduction from Tibet by Padmasambhava, also known as Guru Rinpoche, in the eighth century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on May 22, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to seeing bright smiles light up the faces of the young Buddhist nuns as a result of to their assistance, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim and JTS also received numerous messages of gratitude for their efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThank you for providing winter blankets to the nuns,\u201d said Ani Pema from Neylung Nunnery. \u201cI am pleased that they will help protect against the cold season. We are grateful to everyone who has helped the sisters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Remote, landlocked, and perched in the rarified air of the eastern Himalaya, the Kingdom of Bhutan, sandwiched between two political and economic heavy-hitters India and China, is the world\u2019s last remaining Vajrayana Buddhist country. The ancient spiritual tradition is embedded in the very consciousness and culture of this remote land, where it has flourished with an unbroken history that dates back to its introduction from Tibet by Padmasambhava, also known as Guru Rinpoche, in the eighth century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on May 22, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In close cooperation with the BNF, JTS lent support to 1,585 young nuns across 36 nunneries, supplying essentials that included 590 winter jackets, 500 pairs of socks, 500 blankets, and 1,239 pairs of shoes. JTS also provided sports equipment to support the physical well-being of the young monastics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to seeing bright smiles light up the faces of the young Buddhist nuns as a result of to their assistance, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim and JTS also received numerous messages of gratitude for their efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThank you for providing winter blankets to the nuns,\u201d said Ani Pema from Neylung Nunnery. \u201cI am pleased that they will help protect against the cold season. We are grateful to everyone who has helped the sisters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Remote, landlocked, and perched in the rarified air of the eastern Himalaya, the Kingdom of Bhutan, sandwiched between two political and economic heavy-hitters India and China, is the world\u2019s last remaining Vajrayana Buddhist country. The ancient spiritual tradition is embedded in the very consciousness and culture of this remote land, where it has flourished with an unbroken history that dates back to its introduction from Tibet by Padmasambhava, also known as Guru Rinpoche, in the eighth century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on May 22, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In close cooperation with the BNF, JTS lent support to 1,585 young nuns across 36 nunneries, supplying essentials that included 590 winter jackets, 500 pairs of socks, 500 blankets, and 1,239 pairs of shoes. JTS also provided sports equipment to support the physical well-being of the young monastics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to seeing bright smiles light up the faces of the young Buddhist nuns as a result of to their assistance, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim and JTS also received numerous messages of gratitude for their efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThank you for providing winter blankets to the nuns,\u201d said Ani Pema from Neylung Nunnery. \u201cI am pleased that they will help protect against the cold season. We are grateful to everyone who has helped the sisters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Remote, landlocked, and perched in the rarified air of the eastern Himalaya, the Kingdom of Bhutan, sandwiched between two political and economic heavy-hitters India and China, is the world\u2019s last remaining Vajrayana Buddhist country. The ancient spiritual tradition is embedded in the very consciousness and culture of this remote land, where it has flourished with an unbroken history that dates back to its introduction from Tibet by Padmasambhava, also known as Guru Rinpoche, in the eighth century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on May 22, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In close cooperation with the BNF, JTS lent support to 1,585 young nuns across 36 nunneries, supplying essentials that included 590 winter jackets, 500 pairs of socks, 500 blankets, and 1,239 pairs of shoes. JTS also provided sports equipment to support the physical well-being of the young monastics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to seeing bright smiles light up the faces of the young Buddhist nuns as a result of to their assistance, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim and JTS also received numerous messages of gratitude for their efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThank you for providing winter blankets to the nuns,\u201d said Ani Pema from Neylung Nunnery. \u201cI am pleased that they will help protect against the cold season. We are grateful to everyone who has helped the sisters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Remote, landlocked, and perched in the rarified air of the eastern Himalaya, the Kingdom of Bhutan, sandwiched between two political and economic heavy-hitters India and China, is the world\u2019s last remaining Vajrayana Buddhist country. The ancient spiritual tradition is embedded in the very consciousness and culture of this remote land, where it has flourished with an unbroken history that dates back to its introduction from Tibet by Padmasambhava, also known as Guru Rinpoche, in the eighth century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on May 22, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In close cooperation with the BNF, JTS lent support to 1,585 young nuns across 36 nunneries, supplying essentials that included 590 winter jackets, 500 pairs of socks, 500 blankets, and 1,239 pairs of shoes. JTS also provided sports equipment to support the physical well-being of the young monastics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to seeing bright smiles light up the faces of the young Buddhist nuns as a result of to their assistance, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim and JTS also received numerous messages of gratitude for their efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThank you for providing winter blankets to the nuns,\u201d said Ani Pema from Neylung Nunnery. \u201cI am pleased that they will help protect against the cold season. We are grateful to everyone who has helped the sisters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Remote, landlocked, and perched in the rarified air of the eastern Himalaya, the Kingdom of Bhutan, sandwiched between two political and economic heavy-hitters India and China, is the world\u2019s last remaining Vajrayana Buddhist country. The ancient spiritual tradition is embedded in the very consciousness and culture of this remote land, where it has flourished with an unbroken history that dates back to its introduction from Tibet by Padmasambhava, also known as Guru Rinpoche, in the eighth century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on May 22, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In close cooperation with the BNF, JTS lent support to 1,585 young nuns across 36 nunneries, supplying essentials that included 590 winter jackets, 500 pairs of socks, 500 blankets, and 1,239 pairs of shoes. JTS also provided sports equipment to support the physical well-being of the young monastics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to seeing bright smiles light up the faces of the young Buddhist nuns as a result of to their assistance, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim and JTS also received numerous messages of gratitude for their efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThank you for providing winter blankets to the nuns,\u201d said Ani Pema from Neylung Nunnery. \u201cI am pleased that they will help protect against the cold season. We are grateful to everyone who has helped the sisters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Remote, landlocked, and perched in the rarified air of the eastern Himalaya, the Kingdom of Bhutan, sandwiched between two political and economic heavy-hitters India and China, is the world\u2019s last remaining Vajrayana Buddhist country. The ancient spiritual tradition is embedded in the very consciousness and culture of this remote land, where it has flourished with an unbroken history that dates back to its introduction from Tibet by Padmasambhava, also known as Guru Rinpoche, in the eighth century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on May 22, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim established the humanitarian relief organization Join Together Society (JTS) as an expression of the compassion of engaged Buddhism, and based on the principle that helping others is the best way to enrich one\u2019s own life. Charged with bringing hope, empowerment, and self-reliance to underprivileged communities in developing countries, JTS is run and manned by unpaid volunteers, who ensure that all donations benefit marginalized communities. JTS carries out relief work in countries suffering from humanitarian disasters, and has engaged in humanitarian projects in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. The relief organization has also earned Special Consultative Status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Working together with the Bhutan Nuns Foundation (BNF), which operates under the patronage of Her Majesty the Queen Mother Ashi Tshering Yangdoen Wangchuck to educate and empower Buddhist nuns in Bhutan, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim and the team from JTS prepared winter supplies for distribution to national bhikshuni<\/em> training institutions to help the women residing and practicing there cope with the harsh winter climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim established the humanitarian relief organization Join Together Society (JTS) as an expression of the compassion of engaged Buddhism, and based on the principle that helping others is the best way to enrich one\u2019s own life. Charged with bringing hope, empowerment, and self-reliance to underprivileged communities in developing countries, JTS is run and manned by unpaid volunteers, who ensure that all donations benefit marginalized communities. JTS carries out relief work in countries suffering from humanitarian disasters, and has engaged in humanitarian projects in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. The relief organization has also earned Special Consultative Status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The revered Korean Dharma master and Buddhist activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) and volunteers from the Buddhist humanitarian relief organization JTS Korea have been running a collaborative project from December 2023\u2013March 2024 to support female monastics across to the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Working together with the Bhutan Nuns Foundation (BNF), which operates under the patronage of Her Majesty the Queen Mother Ashi Tshering Yangdoen Wangchuck to educate and empower Buddhist nuns in Bhutan, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim and the team from JTS prepared winter supplies for distribution to national bhikshuni<\/em> training institutions to help the women residing and practicing there cope with the harsh winter climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim established the humanitarian relief organization Join Together Society (JTS) as an expression of the compassion of engaged Buddhism, and based on the principle that helping others is the best way to enrich one\u2019s own life. Charged with bringing hope, empowerment, and self-reliance to underprivileged communities in developing countries, JTS is run and manned by unpaid volunteers, who ensure that all donations benefit marginalized communities. JTS carries out relief work in countries suffering from humanitarian disasters, and has engaged in humanitarian projects in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. The relief organization has also earned Special Consultative Status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The revered Korean Dharma master and Buddhist activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) and volunteers from the Buddhist humanitarian relief organization JTS Korea have been running a collaborative project from December 2023\u2013March 2024 to support female monastics across to the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Working together with the Bhutan Nuns Foundation (BNF), which operates under the patronage of Her Majesty the Queen Mother Ashi Tshering Yangdoen Wangchuck to educate and empower Buddhist nuns in Bhutan, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim and the team from JTS prepared winter supplies for distribution to national bhikshuni<\/em> training institutions to help the women residing and practicing there cope with the harsh winter climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim established the humanitarian relief organization Join Together Society (JTS) as an expression of the compassion of engaged Buddhism, and based on the principle that helping others is the best way to enrich one\u2019s own life. Charged with bringing hope, empowerment, and self-reliance to underprivileged communities in developing countries, JTS is run and manned by unpaid volunteers, who ensure that all donations benefit marginalized communities. JTS carries out relief work in countries suffering from humanitarian disasters, and has engaged in humanitarian projects in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. The relief organization has also earned Special Consultative Status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Chasing Happiness","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"chasing-happiness","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-31 14:25:11","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-31 19:25:11","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=19363","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":19336,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-05-22 23:32:48","post_date_gmt":"2024-05-23 04:32:48","post_content":"\n
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The revered Korean Dharma master and Buddhist activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) and volunteers from the Buddhist humanitarian relief organization JTS Korea have been running a collaborative project from December 2023\u2013March 2024 to support female monastics across to the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Working together with the Bhutan Nuns Foundation (BNF), which operates under the patronage of Her Majesty the Queen Mother Ashi Tshering Yangdoen Wangchuck to educate and empower Buddhist nuns in Bhutan, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim and the team from JTS prepared winter supplies for distribution to national bhikshuni<\/em> training institutions to help the women residing and practicing there cope with the harsh winter climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim established the humanitarian relief organization Join Together Society (JTS) as an expression of the compassion of engaged Buddhism, and based on the principle that helping others is the best way to enrich one\u2019s own life. Charged with bringing hope, empowerment, and self-reliance to underprivileged communities in developing countries, JTS is run and manned by unpaid volunteers, who ensure that all donations benefit marginalized communities. JTS carries out relief work in countries suffering from humanitarian disasters, and has engaged in humanitarian projects in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. The relief organization has also earned Special Consultative Status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Chasing Happiness","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"chasing-happiness","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-31 14:25:11","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-31 19:25:11","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=19363","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":19336,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-05-22 23:32:48","post_date_gmt":"2024-05-23 04:32:48","post_content":"\n
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The revered Korean Dharma master and Buddhist activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) and volunteers from the Buddhist humanitarian relief organization JTS Korea have been running a collaborative project from December 2023\u2013March 2024 to support female monastics across to the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Working together with the Bhutan Nuns Foundation (BNF), which operates under the patronage of Her Majesty the Queen Mother Ashi Tshering Yangdoen Wangchuck to educate and empower Buddhist nuns in Bhutan, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim and the team from JTS prepared winter supplies for distribution to national bhikshuni<\/em> training institutions to help the women residing and practicing there cope with the harsh winter climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim established the humanitarian relief organization Join Together Society (JTS) as an expression of the compassion of engaged Buddhism, and based on the principle that helping others is the best way to enrich one\u2019s own life. Charged with bringing hope, empowerment, and self-reliance to underprivileged communities in developing countries, JTS is run and manned by unpaid volunteers, who ensure that all donations benefit marginalized communities. JTS carries out relief work in countries suffering from humanitarian disasters, and has engaged in humanitarian projects in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. The relief organization has also earned Special Consultative Status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you go after happiness because you are currently unhappy, you will be chasing happiness for the rest of your life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Chasing Happiness","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"chasing-happiness","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-31 14:25:11","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-31 19:25:11","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=19363","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":19336,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-05-22 23:32:48","post_date_gmt":"2024-05-23 04:32:48","post_content":"\n
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The revered Korean Dharma master and Buddhist activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) and volunteers from the Buddhist humanitarian relief organization JTS Korea have been running a collaborative project from December 2023\u2013March 2024 to support female monastics across to the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Working together with the Bhutan Nuns Foundation (BNF), which operates under the patronage of Her Majesty the Queen Mother Ashi Tshering Yangdoen Wangchuck to educate and empower Buddhist nuns in Bhutan, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim and the team from JTS prepared winter supplies for distribution to national bhikshuni<\/em> training institutions to help the women residing and practicing there cope with the harsh winter climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim established the humanitarian relief organization Join Together Society (JTS) as an expression of the compassion of engaged Buddhism, and based on the principle that helping others is the best way to enrich one\u2019s own life. Charged with bringing hope, empowerment, and self-reliance to underprivileged communities in developing countries, JTS is run and manned by unpaid volunteers, who ensure that all donations benefit marginalized communities. JTS carries out relief work in countries suffering from humanitarian disasters, and has engaged in humanitarian projects in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. The relief organization has also earned Special Consultative Status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Special Report: Ven. Pomnyun Sunim Leads 10,000 People in Great Dharma Assembly for Peace on the Korean Peninsula","post_excerpt":"The Korean Seon (Zen) master Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) wears many hats: Buddhist monk, teacher, author, environmentalist, and social activist, to name a few. As a widely respected Dharma teacher and a tireless socially engaged activist in his native South Korea, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim has founded numerous Dharma-based organizations, initiatives, and projects that are active across the world. Among them, Jungto Society, a volunteer-based community founded on the Buddhist teachings and expressing equality, simple living, and sustainability, is dedicated to addressing modern social issues that lead to suffering, including environmental degradation, poverty, and conflict.\n\nThis column, shared by Jungto Society, presents a series of highlights from Ven. Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s writings, teachings, public talks, and regular live-streamed Dharma Q+A sessions, which are accessible across the globe.\n","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"special-report-ven-pomnyun-sunim-leads-10000-people-in-great-dharma-assembly-for-peace-on-the-korean-peninsula","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-06-21 13:17:50","post_modified_gmt":"2024-06-21 18:17:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=19684","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":19363,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-05-31 14:25:09","post_date_gmt":"2024-05-31 19:25:09","post_content":"\n
If you go after happiness because you are currently unhappy, you will be chasing happiness for the rest of your life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Chasing Happiness","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"chasing-happiness","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-31 14:25:11","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-31 19:25:11","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=19363","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":19336,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-05-22 23:32:48","post_date_gmt":"2024-05-23 04:32:48","post_content":"\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The revered Korean Dharma master and Buddhist activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) and volunteers from the Buddhist humanitarian relief organization JTS Korea have been running a collaborative project from December 2023\u2013March 2024 to support female monastics across to the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Working together with the Bhutan Nuns Foundation (BNF), which operates under the patronage of Her Majesty the Queen Mother Ashi Tshering Yangdoen Wangchuck to educate and empower Buddhist nuns in Bhutan, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim and the team from JTS prepared winter supplies for distribution to national bhikshuni<\/em> training institutions to help the women residing and practicing there cope with the harsh winter climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim established the humanitarian relief organization Join Together Society (JTS) as an expression of the compassion of engaged Buddhism, and based on the principle that helping others is the best way to enrich one\u2019s own life. Charged with bringing hope, empowerment, and self-reliance to underprivileged communities in developing countries, JTS is run and manned by unpaid volunteers, who ensure that all donations benefit marginalized communities. JTS carries out relief work in countries suffering from humanitarian disasters, and has engaged in humanitarian projects in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. The relief organization has also earned Special Consultative Status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Special Report: Ven. Pomnyun Sunim Leads 10,000 People in Great Dharma Assembly for Peace on the Korean Peninsula","post_excerpt":"The Korean Seon (Zen) master Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) wears many hats: Buddhist monk, teacher, author, environmentalist, and social activist, to name a few. As a widely respected Dharma teacher and a tireless socially engaged activist in his native South Korea, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim has founded numerous Dharma-based organizations, initiatives, and projects that are active across the world. Among them, Jungto Society, a volunteer-based community founded on the Buddhist teachings and expressing equality, simple living, and sustainability, is dedicated to addressing modern social issues that lead to suffering, including environmental degradation, poverty, and conflict.\n\nThis column, shared by Jungto Society, presents a series of highlights from Ven. Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s writings, teachings, public talks, and regular live-streamed Dharma Q+A sessions, which are accessible across the globe.\n","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"special-report-ven-pomnyun-sunim-leads-10000-people-in-great-dharma-assembly-for-peace-on-the-korean-peninsula","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-06-21 13:17:50","post_modified_gmt":"2024-06-21 18:17:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=19684","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":19363,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-05-31 14:25:09","post_date_gmt":"2024-05-31 19:25:09","post_content":"\n
If you go after happiness because you are currently unhappy, you will be chasing happiness for the rest of your life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Chasing Happiness","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"chasing-happiness","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-31 14:25:11","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-31 19:25:11","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=19363","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":19336,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-05-22 23:32:48","post_date_gmt":"2024-05-23 04:32:48","post_content":"\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The revered Korean Dharma master and Buddhist activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) and volunteers from the Buddhist humanitarian relief organization JTS Korea have been running a collaborative project from December 2023\u2013March 2024 to support female monastics across to the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Working together with the Bhutan Nuns Foundation (BNF), which operates under the patronage of Her Majesty the Queen Mother Ashi Tshering Yangdoen Wangchuck to educate and empower Buddhist nuns in Bhutan, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim and the team from JTS prepared winter supplies for distribution to national bhikshuni<\/em> training institutions to help the women residing and practicing there cope with the harsh winter climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim established the humanitarian relief organization Join Together Society (JTS) as an expression of the compassion of engaged Buddhism, and based on the principle that helping others is the best way to enrich one\u2019s own life. Charged with bringing hope, empowerment, and self-reliance to underprivileged communities in developing countries, JTS is run and manned by unpaid volunteers, who ensure that all donations benefit marginalized communities. JTS carries out relief work in countries suffering from humanitarian disasters, and has engaged in humanitarian projects in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. The relief organization has also earned Special Consultative Status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Special Report: Ven. Pomnyun Sunim Leads 10,000 People in Great Dharma Assembly for Peace on the Korean Peninsula","post_excerpt":"The Korean Seon (Zen) master Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) wears many hats: Buddhist monk, teacher, author, environmentalist, and social activist, to name a few. As a widely respected Dharma teacher and a tireless socially engaged activist in his native South Korea, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim has founded numerous Dharma-based organizations, initiatives, and projects that are active across the world. Among them, Jungto Society, a volunteer-based community founded on the Buddhist teachings and expressing equality, simple living, and sustainability, is dedicated to addressing modern social issues that lead to suffering, including environmental degradation, poverty, and conflict.\n\nThis column, shared by Jungto Society, presents a series of highlights from Ven. Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s writings, teachings, public talks, and regular live-streamed Dharma Q+A sessions, which are accessible across the globe.\n","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"special-report-ven-pomnyun-sunim-leads-10000-people-in-great-dharma-assembly-for-peace-on-the-korean-peninsula","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-06-21 13:17:50","post_modified_gmt":"2024-06-21 18:17:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=19684","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":19363,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-05-31 14:25:09","post_date_gmt":"2024-05-31 19:25:09","post_content":"\n
If you go after happiness because you are currently unhappy, you will be chasing happiness for the rest of your life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Chasing Happiness","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"chasing-happiness","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-31 14:25:11","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-31 19:25:11","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=19363","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":19336,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-05-22 23:32:48","post_date_gmt":"2024-05-23 04:32:48","post_content":"\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The revered Korean Dharma master and Buddhist activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) and volunteers from the Buddhist humanitarian relief organization JTS Korea have been running a collaborative project from December 2023\u2013March 2024 to support female monastics across to the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Working together with the Bhutan Nuns Foundation (BNF), which operates under the patronage of Her Majesty the Queen Mother Ashi Tshering Yangdoen Wangchuck to educate and empower Buddhist nuns in Bhutan, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim and the team from JTS prepared winter supplies for distribution to national bhikshuni<\/em> training institutions to help the women residing and practicing there cope with the harsh winter climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim established the humanitarian relief organization Join Together Society (JTS) as an expression of the compassion of engaged Buddhism, and based on the principle that helping others is the best way to enrich one\u2019s own life. Charged with bringing hope, empowerment, and self-reliance to underprivileged communities in developing countries, JTS is run and manned by unpaid volunteers, who ensure that all donations benefit marginalized communities. JTS carries out relief work in countries suffering from humanitarian disasters, and has engaged in humanitarian projects in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. The relief organization has also earned Special Consultative Status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Special Report: Ven. Pomnyun Sunim Leads 10,000 People in Great Dharma Assembly for Peace on the Korean Peninsula","post_excerpt":"The Korean Seon (Zen) master Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) wears many hats: Buddhist monk, teacher, author, environmentalist, and social activist, to name a few. As a widely respected Dharma teacher and a tireless socially engaged activist in his native South Korea, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim has founded numerous Dharma-based organizations, initiatives, and projects that are active across the world. Among them, Jungto Society, a volunteer-based community founded on the Buddhist teachings and expressing equality, simple living, and sustainability, is dedicated to addressing modern social issues that lead to suffering, including environmental degradation, poverty, and conflict.\n\nThis column, shared by Jungto Society, presents a series of highlights from Ven. Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s writings, teachings, public talks, and regular live-streamed Dharma Q+A sessions, which are accessible across the globe.\n","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"special-report-ven-pomnyun-sunim-leads-10000-people-in-great-dharma-assembly-for-peace-on-the-korean-peninsula","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-06-21 13:17:50","post_modified_gmt":"2024-06-21 18:17:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=19684","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":19363,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-05-31 14:25:09","post_date_gmt":"2024-05-31 19:25:09","post_content":"\n
If you go after happiness because you are currently unhappy, you will be chasing happiness for the rest of your life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Chasing Happiness","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"chasing-happiness","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-31 14:25:11","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-31 19:25:11","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=19363","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":19336,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-05-22 23:32:48","post_date_gmt":"2024-05-23 04:32:48","post_content":"\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The revered Korean Dharma master and Buddhist activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) and volunteers from the Buddhist humanitarian relief organization JTS Korea have been running a collaborative project from December 2023\u2013March 2024 to support female monastics across to the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Working together with the Bhutan Nuns Foundation (BNF), which operates under the patronage of Her Majesty the Queen Mother Ashi Tshering Yangdoen Wangchuck to educate and empower Buddhist nuns in Bhutan, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim and the team from JTS prepared winter supplies for distribution to national bhikshuni<\/em> training institutions to help the women residing and practicing there cope with the harsh winter climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim established the humanitarian relief organization Join Together Society (JTS) as an expression of the compassion of engaged Buddhism, and based on the principle that helping others is the best way to enrich one\u2019s own life. Charged with bringing hope, empowerment, and self-reliance to underprivileged communities in developing countries, JTS is run and manned by unpaid volunteers, who ensure that all donations benefit marginalized communities. JTS carries out relief work in countries suffering from humanitarian disasters, and has engaged in humanitarian projects in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. The relief organization has also earned Special Consultative Status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Special Report: Ven. Pomnyun Sunim Leads 10,000 People in Great Dharma Assembly for Peace on the Korean Peninsula","post_excerpt":"The Korean Seon (Zen) master Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) wears many hats: Buddhist monk, teacher, author, environmentalist, and social activist, to name a few. As a widely respected Dharma teacher and a tireless socially engaged activist in his native South Korea, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim has founded numerous Dharma-based organizations, initiatives, and projects that are active across the world. Among them, Jungto Society, a volunteer-based community founded on the Buddhist teachings and expressing equality, simple living, and sustainability, is dedicated to addressing modern social issues that lead to suffering, including environmental degradation, poverty, and conflict.\n\nThis column, shared by Jungto Society, presents a series of highlights from Ven. Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s writings, teachings, public talks, and regular live-streamed Dharma Q+A sessions, which are accessible across the globe.\n","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"special-report-ven-pomnyun-sunim-leads-10000-people-in-great-dharma-assembly-for-peace-on-the-korean-peninsula","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-06-21 13:17:50","post_modified_gmt":"2024-06-21 18:17:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=19684","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":19363,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-05-31 14:25:09","post_date_gmt":"2024-05-31 19:25:09","post_content":"\n
If you go after happiness because you are currently unhappy, you will be chasing happiness for the rest of your life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Chasing Happiness","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"chasing-happiness","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-31 14:25:11","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-31 19:25:11","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=19363","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":19336,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-05-22 23:32:48","post_date_gmt":"2024-05-23 04:32:48","post_content":"\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The revered Korean Dharma master and Buddhist activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) and volunteers from the Buddhist humanitarian relief organization JTS Korea have been running a collaborative project from December 2023\u2013March 2024 to support female monastics across to the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Working together with the Bhutan Nuns Foundation (BNF), which operates under the patronage of Her Majesty the Queen Mother Ashi Tshering Yangdoen Wangchuck to educate and empower Buddhist nuns in Bhutan, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim and the team from JTS prepared winter supplies for distribution to national bhikshuni<\/em> training institutions to help the women residing and practicing there cope with the harsh winter climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim established the humanitarian relief organization Join Together Society (JTS) as an expression of the compassion of engaged Buddhism, and based on the principle that helping others is the best way to enrich one\u2019s own life. Charged with bringing hope, empowerment, and self-reliance to underprivileged communities in developing countries, JTS is run and manned by unpaid volunteers, who ensure that all donations benefit marginalized communities. JTS carries out relief work in countries suffering from humanitarian disasters, and has engaged in humanitarian projects in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. The relief organization has also earned Special Consultative Status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Special Report: Ven. Pomnyun Sunim Leads 10,000 People in Great Dharma Assembly for Peace on the Korean Peninsula","post_excerpt":"The Korean Seon (Zen) master Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) wears many hats: Buddhist monk, teacher, author, environmentalist, and social activist, to name a few. As a widely respected Dharma teacher and a tireless socially engaged activist in his native South Korea, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim has founded numerous Dharma-based organizations, initiatives, and projects that are active across the world. Among them, Jungto Society, a volunteer-based community founded on the Buddhist teachings and expressing equality, simple living, and sustainability, is dedicated to addressing modern social issues that lead to suffering, including environmental degradation, poverty, and conflict.\n\nThis column, shared by Jungto Society, presents a series of highlights from Ven. Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s writings, teachings, public talks, and regular live-streamed Dharma Q+A sessions, which are accessible across the globe.\n","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"special-report-ven-pomnyun-sunim-leads-10000-people-in-great-dharma-assembly-for-peace-on-the-korean-peninsula","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-06-21 13:17:50","post_modified_gmt":"2024-06-21 18:17:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=19684","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":19363,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-05-31 14:25:09","post_date_gmt":"2024-05-31 19:25:09","post_content":"\n
If you go after happiness because you are currently unhappy, you will be chasing happiness for the rest of your life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Chasing Happiness","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"chasing-happiness","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-31 14:25:11","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-31 19:25:11","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=19363","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":19336,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-05-22 23:32:48","post_date_gmt":"2024-05-23 04:32:48","post_content":"\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The revered Korean Dharma master and Buddhist activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) and volunteers from the Buddhist humanitarian relief organization JTS Korea have been running a collaborative project from December 2023\u2013March 2024 to support female monastics across to the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Working together with the Bhutan Nuns Foundation (BNF), which operates under the patronage of Her Majesty the Queen Mother Ashi Tshering Yangdoen Wangchuck to educate and empower Buddhist nuns in Bhutan, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim and the team from JTS prepared winter supplies for distribution to national bhikshuni<\/em> training institutions to help the women residing and practicing there cope with the harsh winter climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim established the humanitarian relief organization Join Together Society (JTS) as an expression of the compassion of engaged Buddhism, and based on the principle that helping others is the best way to enrich one\u2019s own life. Charged with bringing hope, empowerment, and self-reliance to underprivileged communities in developing countries, JTS is run and manned by unpaid volunteers, who ensure that all donations benefit marginalized communities. JTS carries out relief work in countries suffering from humanitarian disasters, and has engaged in humanitarian projects in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. The relief organization has also earned Special Consultative Status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Special Report: Ven. Pomnyun Sunim Leads 10,000 People in Great Dharma Assembly for Peace on the Korean Peninsula","post_excerpt":"The Korean Seon (Zen) master Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) wears many hats: Buddhist monk, teacher, author, environmentalist, and social activist, to name a few. As a widely respected Dharma teacher and a tireless socially engaged activist in his native South Korea, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim has founded numerous Dharma-based organizations, initiatives, and projects that are active across the world. Among them, Jungto Society, a volunteer-based community founded on the Buddhist teachings and expressing equality, simple living, and sustainability, is dedicated to addressing modern social issues that lead to suffering, including environmental degradation, poverty, and conflict.\n\nThis column, shared by Jungto Society, presents a series of highlights from Ven. Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s writings, teachings, public talks, and regular live-streamed Dharma Q+A sessions, which are accessible across the globe.\n","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"special-report-ven-pomnyun-sunim-leads-10000-people-in-great-dharma-assembly-for-peace-on-the-korean-peninsula","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-06-21 13:17:50","post_modified_gmt":"2024-06-21 18:17:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=19684","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":19363,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-05-31 14:25:09","post_date_gmt":"2024-05-31 19:25:09","post_content":"\n
If you go after happiness because you are currently unhappy, you will be chasing happiness for the rest of your life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Chasing Happiness","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"chasing-happiness","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-31 14:25:11","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-31 19:25:11","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=19363","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":19336,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-05-22 23:32:48","post_date_gmt":"2024-05-23 04:32:48","post_content":"\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The revered Korean Dharma master and Buddhist activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) and volunteers from the Buddhist humanitarian relief organization JTS Korea have been running a collaborative project from December 2023\u2013March 2024 to support female monastics across to the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Working together with the Bhutan Nuns Foundation (BNF), which operates under the patronage of Her Majesty the Queen Mother Ashi Tshering Yangdoen Wangchuck to educate and empower Buddhist nuns in Bhutan, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim and the team from JTS prepared winter supplies for distribution to national bhikshuni<\/em> training institutions to help the women residing and practicing there cope with the harsh winter climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim established the humanitarian relief organization Join Together Society (JTS) as an expression of the compassion of engaged Buddhism, and based on the principle that helping others is the best way to enrich one\u2019s own life. Charged with bringing hope, empowerment, and self-reliance to underprivileged communities in developing countries, JTS is run and manned by unpaid volunteers, who ensure that all donations benefit marginalized communities. JTS carries out relief work in countries suffering from humanitarian disasters, and has engaged in humanitarian projects in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. The relief organization has also earned Special Consultative Status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Special Report: Ven. Pomnyun Sunim Leads 10,000 People in Great Dharma Assembly for Peace on the Korean Peninsula","post_excerpt":"The Korean Seon (Zen) master Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) wears many hats: Buddhist monk, teacher, author, environmentalist, and social activist, to name a few. As a widely respected Dharma teacher and a tireless socially engaged activist in his native South Korea, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim has founded numerous Dharma-based organizations, initiatives, and projects that are active across the world. Among them, Jungto Society, a volunteer-based community founded on the Buddhist teachings and expressing equality, simple living, and sustainability, is dedicated to addressing modern social issues that lead to suffering, including environmental degradation, poverty, and conflict.\n\nThis column, shared by Jungto Society, presents a series of highlights from Ven. Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s writings, teachings, public talks, and regular live-streamed Dharma Q+A sessions, which are accessible across the globe.\n","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"special-report-ven-pomnyun-sunim-leads-10000-people-in-great-dharma-assembly-for-peace-on-the-korean-peninsula","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-06-21 13:17:50","post_modified_gmt":"2024-06-21 18:17:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=19684","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":19363,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-05-31 14:25:09","post_date_gmt":"2024-05-31 19:25:09","post_content":"\n
If you go after happiness because you are currently unhappy, you will be chasing happiness for the rest of your life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Chasing Happiness","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"chasing-happiness","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-31 14:25:11","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-31 19:25:11","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=19363","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":19336,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-05-22 23:32:48","post_date_gmt":"2024-05-23 04:32:48","post_content":"\n
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The revered Korean Dharma master and Buddhist activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) and volunteers from the Buddhist humanitarian relief organization JTS Korea have been running a collaborative project from December 2023\u2013March 2024 to support female monastics across to the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Working together with the Bhutan Nuns Foundation (BNF), which operates under the patronage of Her Majesty the Queen Mother Ashi Tshering Yangdoen Wangchuck to educate and empower Buddhist nuns in Bhutan, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim and the team from JTS prepared winter supplies for distribution to national bhikshuni<\/em> training institutions to help the women residing and practicing there cope with the harsh winter climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim established the humanitarian relief organization Join Together Society (JTS) as an expression of the compassion of engaged Buddhism, and based on the principle that helping others is the best way to enrich one\u2019s own life. Charged with bringing hope, empowerment, and self-reliance to underprivileged communities in developing countries, JTS is run and manned by unpaid volunteers, who ensure that all donations benefit marginalized communities. JTS carries out relief work in countries suffering from humanitarian disasters, and has engaged in humanitarian projects in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. The relief organization has also earned Special Consultative Status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Special Report: Ven. Pomnyun Sunim Leads 10,000 People in Great Dharma Assembly for Peace on the Korean Peninsula","post_excerpt":"The Korean Seon (Zen) master Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) wears many hats: Buddhist monk, teacher, author, environmentalist, and social activist, to name a few. As a widely respected Dharma teacher and a tireless socially engaged activist in his native South Korea, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim has founded numerous Dharma-based organizations, initiatives, and projects that are active across the world. Among them, Jungto Society, a volunteer-based community founded on the Buddhist teachings and expressing equality, simple living, and sustainability, is dedicated to addressing modern social issues that lead to suffering, including environmental degradation, poverty, and conflict.\n\nThis column, shared by Jungto Society, presents a series of highlights from Ven. Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s writings, teachings, public talks, and regular live-streamed Dharma Q+A sessions, which are accessible across the globe.\n","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"special-report-ven-pomnyun-sunim-leads-10000-people-in-great-dharma-assembly-for-peace-on-the-korean-peninsula","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-06-21 13:17:50","post_modified_gmt":"2024-06-21 18:17:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=19684","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":19363,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-05-31 14:25:09","post_date_gmt":"2024-05-31 19:25:09","post_content":"\n
If you go after happiness because you are currently unhappy, you will be chasing happiness for the rest of your life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Chasing Happiness","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"chasing-happiness","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-31 14:25:11","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-31 19:25:11","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=19363","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":19336,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-05-22 23:32:48","post_date_gmt":"2024-05-23 04:32:48","post_content":"\n
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The revered Korean Dharma master and Buddhist activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) and volunteers from the Buddhist humanitarian relief organization JTS Korea have been running a collaborative project from December 2023\u2013March 2024 to support female monastics across to the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Working together with the Bhutan Nuns Foundation (BNF), which operates under the patronage of Her Majesty the Queen Mother Ashi Tshering Yangdoen Wangchuck to educate and empower Buddhist nuns in Bhutan, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim and the team from JTS prepared winter supplies for distribution to national bhikshuni<\/em> training institutions to help the women residing and practicing there cope with the harsh winter climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim established the humanitarian relief organization Join Together Society (JTS) as an expression of the compassion of engaged Buddhism, and based on the principle that helping others is the best way to enrich one\u2019s own life. Charged with bringing hope, empowerment, and self-reliance to underprivileged communities in developing countries, JTS is run and manned by unpaid volunteers, who ensure that all donations benefit marginalized communities. JTS carries out relief work in countries suffering from humanitarian disasters, and has engaged in humanitarian projects in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. The relief organization has also earned Special Consultative Status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Special Report: Ven. Pomnyun Sunim Leads 10,000 People in Great Dharma Assembly for Peace on the Korean Peninsula","post_excerpt":"The Korean Seon (Zen) master Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) wears many hats: Buddhist monk, teacher, author, environmentalist, and social activist, to name a few. As a widely respected Dharma teacher and a tireless socially engaged activist in his native South Korea, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim has founded numerous Dharma-based organizations, initiatives, and projects that are active across the world. Among them, Jungto Society, a volunteer-based community founded on the Buddhist teachings and expressing equality, simple living, and sustainability, is dedicated to addressing modern social issues that lead to suffering, including environmental degradation, poverty, and conflict.\n\nThis column, shared by Jungto Society, presents a series of highlights from Ven. Pomnyun Sunim\u2019s writings, teachings, public talks, and regular live-streamed Dharma Q+A sessions, which are accessible across the globe.\n","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"special-report-ven-pomnyun-sunim-leads-10000-people-in-great-dharma-assembly-for-peace-on-the-korean-peninsula","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-06-21 13:17:50","post_modified_gmt":"2024-06-21 18:17:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=19684","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":19363,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-05-31 14:25:09","post_date_gmt":"2024-05-31 19:25:09","post_content":"\n
If you go after happiness because you are currently unhappy, you will be chasing happiness for the rest of your life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Chasing Happiness","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"chasing-happiness","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-31 14:25:11","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-31 19:25:11","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=19363","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":19336,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2024-05-22 23:32:48","post_date_gmt":"2024-05-23 04:32:48","post_content":"\n
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The revered Korean Dharma master and Buddhist activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (\ubc95\ub95c\uc2a4\ub2d8) and volunteers from the Buddhist humanitarian relief organization JTS Korea have been running a collaborative project from December 2023\u2013March 2024 to support female monastics across to the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Working together with the Bhutan Nuns Foundation (BNF), which operates under the patronage of Her Majesty the Queen Mother Ashi Tshering Yangdoen Wangchuck to educate and empower Buddhist nuns in Bhutan, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim and the team from JTS prepared winter supplies for distribution to national bhikshuni<\/em> training institutions to help the women residing and practicing there cope with the harsh winter climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim established the humanitarian relief organization Join Together Society (JTS) as an expression of the compassion of engaged Buddhism, and based on the principle that helping others is the best way to enrich one\u2019s own life. Charged with bringing hope, empowerment, and self-reliance to underprivileged communities in developing countries, JTS is run and manned by unpaid volunteers, who ensure that all donations benefit marginalized communities. JTS carries out relief work in countries suffering from humanitarian disasters, and has engaged in humanitarian projects in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. The relief organization has also earned Special Consultative Status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second segment, led by talk-show host Kim Je-dong, featured all the participants joining in a mass chorus, a peace march, and a climactic performance of symbolic banners stating the aspirations of this historic event borne aloft by drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 17, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first part, emceed by popular actor Kim Byeong-jo, began with a traditional Korean drum performance and featured the ceremonial lighting of a peace flame, representing the deeply held aspirations of the Dharma Gathering: \u201cA peaceful Korean Peninsula, a happy society for citizens, and sustainable development.\u201d This was followed by the reading of a formal declaration for peace and national unity on the Korean Peninsula and a candlelight vigil for harmony and cooperation, representing the wishes of the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second segment, led by talk-show host Kim Je-dong, featured all the participants joining in a mass chorus, a peace march, and a climactic performance of symbolic banners stating the aspirations of this historic event borne aloft by drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 17, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma Assembly, hosted by the Baek Yongseong Commemoration Project Association and organized by Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, was conducted in two segments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first part, emceed by popular actor Kim Byeong-jo, began with a traditional Korean drum performance and featured the ceremonial lighting of a peace flame, representing the deeply held aspirations of the Dharma Gathering: \u201cA peaceful Korean Peninsula, a happy society for citizens, and sustainable development.\u201d This was followed by the reading of a formal declaration for peace and national unity on the Korean Peninsula and a candlelight vigil for harmony and cooperation, representing the wishes of the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second segment, led by talk-show host Kim Je-dong, featured all the participants joining in a mass chorus, a peace march, and a climactic performance of symbolic banners stating the aspirations of this historic event borne aloft by drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 17, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Republic of Korea has become a developed nation after overcoming many difficulties, but it is now in crisis,\u201d Ven. Pomnyun Sunim explained ahead of the landmark Buddhist ceremony. \u201cMilitary tensions between the two Koreas are escalating, increasing the risk of war, and public opinion is becoming more divided. If peace and national unity are not ensured, growth potential will be exhausted, leading to long-term stagnation. To overcome this crisis and make the Republic of Korea a nation that greatly contributes to human happiness, we have organized this Dharma gathering of 10,000 people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma Assembly, hosted by the Baek Yongseong Commemoration Project Association and organized by Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, was conducted in two segments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first part, emceed by popular actor Kim Byeong-jo, began with a traditional Korean drum performance and featured the ceremonial lighting of a peace flame, representing the deeply held aspirations of the Dharma Gathering: \u201cA peaceful Korean Peninsula, a happy society for citizens, and sustainable development.\u201d This was followed by the reading of a formal declaration for peace and national unity on the Korean Peninsula and a candlelight vigil for harmony and cooperation, representing the wishes of the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second segment, led by talk-show host Kim Je-dong, featured all the participants joining in a mass chorus, a peace march, and a climactic performance of symbolic banners stating the aspirations of this historic event borne aloft by drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 17, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Republic of Korea has become a developed nation after overcoming many difficulties, but it is now in crisis,\u201d Ven. Pomnyun Sunim explained ahead of the landmark Buddhist ceremony. \u201cMilitary tensions between the two Koreas are escalating, increasing the risk of war, and public opinion is becoming more divided. If peace and national unity are not ensured, growth potential will be exhausted, leading to long-term stagnation. To overcome this crisis and make the Republic of Korea a nation that greatly contributes to human happiness, we have organized this Dharma gathering of 10,000 people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dharma Assembly, hosted by the Baek Yongseong Commemoration Project Association and organized by Jungto Society, the international Buddhist community founded by Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, was conducted in two segments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first part, emceed by popular actor Kim Byeong-jo, began with a traditional Korean drum performance and featured the ceremonial lighting of a peace flame, representing the deeply held aspirations of the Dharma Gathering: \u201cA peaceful Korean Peninsula, a happy society for citizens, and sustainable development.\u201d This was followed by the reading of a formal declaration for peace and national unity on the Korean Peninsula and a candlelight vigil for harmony and cooperation, representing the wishes of the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second segment, led by talk-show host Kim Je-dong, featured all the participants joining in a mass chorus, a peace march, and a climactic performance of symbolic banners stating the aspirations of this historic event borne aloft by drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on June 17, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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