\u25b6\ufe0f Published by INEB on November 24, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25b6\ufe0f Read more: https:\/\/www.inebnetwork.org\/dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea","post_excerpt":"INEB and Jungto Society joint DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-27 22:12:47","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-28 03:12:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14222","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":15},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"}; This happened because different people had different ideas of what Korea should be and how the people should live. Those differences became hatred and disdain that launched bombs, bullets, and knives against innocent people, and caused untold suffering that continues to resonate today beneath our very feet on this symbolic ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Published by INEB on November 24, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Read more: https:\/\/www.inebnetwork.org\/dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea","post_excerpt":"INEB and Jungto Society joint DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-27 22:12:47","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-28 03:12:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14222","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":15},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"}; This happened because different people had different ideas of what Korea should be and how the people should live. Those differences became hatred and disdain that launched bombs, bullets, and knives against innocent people, and caused untold suffering that continues to resonate today beneath our very feet on this symbolic ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Published by INEB on November 24, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Read more: https:\/\/www.inebnetwork.org\/dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea","post_excerpt":"INEB and Jungto Society joint DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-27 22:12:47","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-28 03:12:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14222","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":15},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"}; On this fine fall day, as we stand here surrounded by nature\u2019s beauty, let us bear witness to a horrific history of suffering. The Korean War began in 1950 and lasted for three years. It pitted fathers against sons, brothers against brothers, mothers against daughters, sisters against sisters. At the end of three years, three million people were killed, properties were destroyed, and the land was devastated. And it remains divided to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This happened because different people had different ideas of what Korea should be and how the people should live. Those differences became hatred and disdain that launched bombs, bullets, and knives against innocent people, and caused untold suffering that continues to resonate today beneath our very feet on this symbolic ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Published by INEB on November 24, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Read more: https:\/\/www.inebnetwork.org\/dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea","post_excerpt":"INEB and Jungto Society joint DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-27 22:12:47","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-28 03:12:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14222","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":15},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"}; Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Practice to Thank","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"practice-to-thank","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-30 11:54:50","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14231","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14222,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-27 21:56:56","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-28 02:56:56","post_content":"\n On this fine fall day, as we stand here surrounded by nature\u2019s beauty, let us bear witness to a horrific history of suffering. The Korean War began in 1950 and lasted for three years. It pitted fathers against sons, brothers against brothers, mothers against daughters, sisters against sisters. At the end of three years, three million people were killed, properties were destroyed, and the land was devastated. And it remains divided to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This happened because different people had different ideas of what Korea should be and how the people should live. Those differences became hatred and disdain that launched bombs, bullets, and knives against innocent people, and caused untold suffering that continues to resonate today beneath our very feet on this symbolic ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Published by INEB on November 24, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Read more: https:\/\/www.inebnetwork.org\/dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea","post_excerpt":"INEB and Jungto Society joint DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-27 22:12:47","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-28 03:12:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14222","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":15},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"}; Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Practice to Thank","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"practice-to-thank","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-30 11:54:50","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14231","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14222,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-27 21:56:56","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-28 02:56:56","post_content":"\n On this fine fall day, as we stand here surrounded by nature\u2019s beauty, let us bear witness to a horrific history of suffering. The Korean War began in 1950 and lasted for three years. It pitted fathers against sons, brothers against brothers, mothers against daughters, sisters against sisters. At the end of three years, three million people were killed, properties were destroyed, and the land was devastated. And it remains divided to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This happened because different people had different ideas of what Korea should be and how the people should live. Those differences became hatred and disdain that launched bombs, bullets, and knives against innocent people, and caused untold suffering that continues to resonate today beneath our very feet on this symbolic ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Published by INEB on November 24, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Read more: https:\/\/www.inebnetwork.org\/dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea","post_excerpt":"INEB and Jungto Society joint DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-27 22:12:47","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-28 03:12:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14222","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":15},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"}; You learn how to thank other people through practice and experience. You cannot purchase gratitude with money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Practice to Thank","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"practice-to-thank","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-30 11:54:50","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14231","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14222,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-27 21:56:56","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-28 02:56:56","post_content":"\n On this fine fall day, as we stand here surrounded by nature\u2019s beauty, let us bear witness to a horrific history of suffering. The Korean War began in 1950 and lasted for three years. It pitted fathers against sons, brothers against brothers, mothers against daughters, sisters against sisters. At the end of three years, three million people were killed, properties were destroyed, and the land was devastated. And it remains divided to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This happened because different people had different ideas of what Korea should be and how the people should live. Those differences became hatred and disdain that launched bombs, bullets, and knives against innocent people, and caused untold suffering that continues to resonate today beneath our very feet on this symbolic ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Published by INEB on November 24, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Read more: https:\/\/www.inebnetwork.org\/dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea","post_excerpt":"INEB and Jungto Society joint DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-27 22:12:47","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-28 03:12:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14222","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":15},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"}; <\/p>\n\n\n\n You learn how to thank other people through practice and experience. You cannot purchase gratitude with money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Practice to Thank","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"practice-to-thank","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-30 11:54:50","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14231","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14222,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-27 21:56:56","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-28 02:56:56","post_content":"\n On this fine fall day, as we stand here surrounded by nature\u2019s beauty, let us bear witness to a horrific history of suffering. The Korean War began in 1950 and lasted for three years. It pitted fathers against sons, brothers against brothers, mothers against daughters, sisters against sisters. At the end of three years, three million people were killed, properties were destroyed, and the land was devastated. And it remains divided to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This happened because different people had different ideas of what Korea should be and how the people should live. Those differences became hatred and disdain that launched bombs, bullets, and knives against innocent people, and caused untold suffering that continues to resonate today beneath our very feet on this symbolic ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Published by INEB on November 24, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Read more: https:\/\/www.inebnetwork.org\/dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea","post_excerpt":"INEB and Jungto Society joint DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-27 22:12:47","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-28 03:12:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14222","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":15},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"}; Writer: Lee Choong-Keol Former editor-in-chief of GQ Korea. He has published a novel titled Totally Imperfect, a collection of interviews titled Playing with the Sun Behind Me, a collection of editor\u2019s letters for 18 years titled Our Specialness That Nobody Appreciates, and an essay about his mother titled How Can Mom Be So.<\/strong><\/p>\n","post_title":"\u201cThe President Is Our Employee, Not Our Boss\u2026 We Need To Fulfill Our \u2018Duty To Vote\u2019 To Hire The Right Person\u201d","post_excerpt":"The first and foremost job of the president is to ensure national security","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"the-president-is-our-employee-not-our-boss-we-need-to-fulfill-our-duty-to-vote-to-hire-the-right-person","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-12-02 21:30:56","post_modified_gmt":"2022-12-03 02:30:56","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14235","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14231,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-30 11:54:48","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:48","post_content":"\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n You learn how to thank other people through practice and experience. You cannot purchase gratitude with money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Practice to Thank","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"practice-to-thank","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-30 11:54:50","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14231","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14222,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-27 21:56:56","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-28 02:56:56","post_content":"\n On this fine fall day, as we stand here surrounded by nature\u2019s beauty, let us bear witness to a horrific history of suffering. The Korean War began in 1950 and lasted for three years. It pitted fathers against sons, brothers against brothers, mothers against daughters, sisters against sisters. At the end of three years, three million people were killed, properties were destroyed, and the land was devastated. And it remains divided to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This happened because different people had different ideas of what Korea should be and how the people should live. Those differences became hatred and disdain that launched bombs, bullets, and knives against innocent people, and caused untold suffering that continues to resonate today beneath our very feet on this symbolic ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Published by INEB on November 24, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Read more: https:\/\/www.inebnetwork.org\/dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea","post_excerpt":"INEB and Jungto Society joint DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-27 22:12:47","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-28 03:12:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14222","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":15},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"}; Writer: Lee Choong-Keol Former editor-in-chief of GQ Korea. He has published a novel titled Totally Imperfect, a collection of interviews titled Playing with the Sun Behind Me, a collection of editor\u2019s letters for 18 years titled Our Specialness That Nobody Appreciates, and an essay about his mother titled How Can Mom Be So.<\/strong><\/p>\n","post_title":"\u201cThe President Is Our Employee, Not Our Boss\u2026 We Need To Fulfill Our \u2018Duty To Vote\u2019 To Hire The Right Person\u201d","post_excerpt":"The first and foremost job of the president is to ensure national security","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"the-president-is-our-employee-not-our-boss-we-need-to-fulfill-our-duty-to-vote-to-hire-the-right-person","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-12-02 21:30:56","post_modified_gmt":"2022-12-03 02:30:56","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14235","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14231,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-30 11:54:48","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:48","post_content":"\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n You learn how to thank other people through practice and experience. You cannot purchase gratitude with money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Practice to Thank","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"practice-to-thank","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-30 11:54:50","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14231","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14222,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-27 21:56:56","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-28 02:56:56","post_content":"\n On this fine fall day, as we stand here surrounded by nature\u2019s beauty, let us bear witness to a horrific history of suffering. The Korean War began in 1950 and lasted for three years. It pitted fathers against sons, brothers against brothers, mothers against daughters, sisters against sisters. At the end of three years, three million people were killed, properties were destroyed, and the land was devastated. And it remains divided to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This happened because different people had different ideas of what Korea should be and how the people should live. Those differences became hatred and disdain that launched bombs, bullets, and knives against innocent people, and caused untold suffering that continues to resonate today beneath our very feet on this symbolic ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Published by INEB on November 24, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Read more: https:\/\/www.inebnetwork.org\/dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea","post_excerpt":"INEB and Jungto Society joint DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-27 22:12:47","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-28 03:12:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14222","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":15},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"}; Cause and effect had brought us together and it was time for us to part accordingly. Talking with someone who had filtered out greed and pleasure, I felt myself to be unqualified to discuss the most important things in life, whatever they may be. When I stepped out, I felt like I was thrown into a formless and time-irrelevant world in which the past and future are closed. Did the moments we had together evaporate and melt into the unreal and evanescent? Only the fact that the morning mist resembled the color of his kasaya gave me an odd sense of relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Writer: Lee Choong-Keol Former editor-in-chief of GQ Korea. He has published a novel titled Totally Imperfect, a collection of interviews titled Playing with the Sun Behind Me, a collection of editor\u2019s letters for 18 years titled Our Specialness That Nobody Appreciates, and an essay about his mother titled How Can Mom Be So.<\/strong><\/p>\n","post_title":"\u201cThe President Is Our Employee, Not Our Boss\u2026 We Need To Fulfill Our \u2018Duty To Vote\u2019 To Hire The Right Person\u201d","post_excerpt":"The first and foremost job of the president is to ensure national security","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"the-president-is-our-employee-not-our-boss-we-need-to-fulfill-our-duty-to-vote-to-hire-the-right-person","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-12-02 21:30:56","post_modified_gmt":"2022-12-03 02:30:56","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14235","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14231,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-30 11:54:48","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:48","post_content":"\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n You learn how to thank other people through practice and experience. You cannot purchase gratitude with money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Practice to Thank","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"practice-to-thank","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-30 11:54:50","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14231","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14222,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-27 21:56:56","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-28 02:56:56","post_content":"\n On this fine fall day, as we stand here surrounded by nature\u2019s beauty, let us bear witness to a horrific history of suffering. The Korean War began in 1950 and lasted for three years. It pitted fathers against sons, brothers against brothers, mothers against daughters, sisters against sisters. At the end of three years, three million people were killed, properties were destroyed, and the land was devastated. And it remains divided to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This happened because different people had different ideas of what Korea should be and how the people should live. Those differences became hatred and disdain that launched bombs, bullets, and knives against innocent people, and caused untold suffering that continues to resonate today beneath our very feet on this symbolic ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Published by INEB on November 24, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Read more: https:\/\/www.inebnetwork.org\/dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea","post_excerpt":"INEB and Jungto Society joint DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-27 22:12:47","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-28 03:12:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14222","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":15},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"}; \u201cOur current koan(Hwadu in Korean, a statement used in Zen practice to provoke great doubt) is national unity. This nation is too big for one party or one person to lead. The president elect should utilize his rivals or their policies, so why can\u2019t he? The Republic of Korea ranks high in national power. If it maintains a peaceful relationship and cooperates with North Korea, its national power will increase further, but if a war breaks out, its economy will be destroyed. How can we make contributions so that we are liberated from \u2018Korea risk\u2019 and don\u2019t have to worry about nuclear weapons or missiles anymore? How can we create an alternative model to overcome the environmental crisis by promoting that nature is the foundation of our lives rather than a target to be conquered?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cause and effect had brought us together and it was time for us to part accordingly. Talking with someone who had filtered out greed and pleasure, I felt myself to be unqualified to discuss the most important things in life, whatever they may be. When I stepped out, I felt like I was thrown into a formless and time-irrelevant world in which the past and future are closed. Did the moments we had together evaporate and melt into the unreal and evanescent? Only the fact that the morning mist resembled the color of his kasaya gave me an odd sense of relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Writer: Lee Choong-Keol Former editor-in-chief of GQ Korea. He has published a novel titled Totally Imperfect, a collection of interviews titled Playing with the Sun Behind Me, a collection of editor\u2019s letters for 18 years titled Our Specialness That Nobody Appreciates, and an essay about his mother titled How Can Mom Be So.<\/strong><\/p>\n","post_title":"\u201cThe President Is Our Employee, Not Our Boss\u2026 We Need To Fulfill Our \u2018Duty To Vote\u2019 To Hire The Right Person\u201d","post_excerpt":"The first and foremost job of the president is to ensure national security","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"the-president-is-our-employee-not-our-boss-we-need-to-fulfill-our-duty-to-vote-to-hire-the-right-person","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-12-02 21:30:56","post_modified_gmt":"2022-12-03 02:30:56","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14235","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14231,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-30 11:54:48","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:48","post_content":"\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n You learn how to thank other people through practice and experience. You cannot purchase gratitude with money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Practice to Thank","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"practice-to-thank","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-30 11:54:50","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14231","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14222,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-27 21:56:56","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-28 02:56:56","post_content":"\n On this fine fall day, as we stand here surrounded by nature\u2019s beauty, let us bear witness to a horrific history of suffering. The Korean War began in 1950 and lasted for three years. It pitted fathers against sons, brothers against brothers, mothers against daughters, sisters against sisters. At the end of three years, three million people were killed, properties were destroyed, and the land was devastated. And it remains divided to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This happened because different people had different ideas of what Korea should be and how the people should live. Those differences became hatred and disdain that launched bombs, bullets, and knives against innocent people, and caused untold suffering that continues to resonate today beneath our very feet on this symbolic ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Published by INEB on November 24, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Read more: https:\/\/www.inebnetwork.org\/dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea","post_excerpt":"INEB and Jungto Society joint DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-27 22:12:47","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-28 03:12:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14222","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":15},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"}; Again he begins to embrace the future which is defined by what one dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur current koan(Hwadu in Korean, a statement used in Zen practice to provoke great doubt) is national unity. This nation is too big for one party or one person to lead. The president elect should utilize his rivals or their policies, so why can\u2019t he? The Republic of Korea ranks high in national power. If it maintains a peaceful relationship and cooperates with North Korea, its national power will increase further, but if a war breaks out, its economy will be destroyed. How can we make contributions so that we are liberated from \u2018Korea risk\u2019 and don\u2019t have to worry about nuclear weapons or missiles anymore? How can we create an alternative model to overcome the environmental crisis by promoting that nature is the foundation of our lives rather than a target to be conquered?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cause and effect had brought us together and it was time for us to part accordingly. Talking with someone who had filtered out greed and pleasure, I felt myself to be unqualified to discuss the most important things in life, whatever they may be. When I stepped out, I felt like I was thrown into a formless and time-irrelevant world in which the past and future are closed. Did the moments we had together evaporate and melt into the unreal and evanescent? Only the fact that the morning mist resembled the color of his kasaya gave me an odd sense of relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Writer: Lee Choong-Keol Former editor-in-chief of GQ Korea. He has published a novel titled Totally Imperfect, a collection of interviews titled Playing with the Sun Behind Me, a collection of editor\u2019s letters for 18 years titled Our Specialness That Nobody Appreciates, and an essay about his mother titled How Can Mom Be So.<\/strong><\/p>\n","post_title":"\u201cThe President Is Our Employee, Not Our Boss\u2026 We Need To Fulfill Our \u2018Duty To Vote\u2019 To Hire The Right Person\u201d","post_excerpt":"The first and foremost job of the president is to ensure national security","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"the-president-is-our-employee-not-our-boss-we-need-to-fulfill-our-duty-to-vote-to-hire-the-right-person","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-12-02 21:30:56","post_modified_gmt":"2022-12-03 02:30:56","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14235","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14231,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-30 11:54:48","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:48","post_content":"\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n You learn how to thank other people through practice and experience. You cannot purchase gratitude with money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Practice to Thank","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"practice-to-thank","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-30 11:54:50","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14231","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14222,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-27 21:56:56","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-28 02:56:56","post_content":"\n On this fine fall day, as we stand here surrounded by nature\u2019s beauty, let us bear witness to a horrific history of suffering. The Korean War began in 1950 and lasted for three years. It pitted fathers against sons, brothers against brothers, mothers against daughters, sisters against sisters. At the end of three years, three million people were killed, properties were destroyed, and the land was devastated. And it remains divided to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This happened because different people had different ideas of what Korea should be and how the people should live. Those differences became hatred and disdain that launched bombs, bullets, and knives against innocent people, and caused untold suffering that continues to resonate today beneath our very feet on this symbolic ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Published by INEB on November 24, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Read more: https:\/\/www.inebnetwork.org\/dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea","post_excerpt":"INEB and Jungto Society joint DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-27 22:12:47","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-28 03:12:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14222","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":15},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"}; In this life without end because there is no beginning, he is going to give lectures on the essential teachings of the Buddha 30 years after his first lectures. He said that in the lectures for the Jungto Buddhism Course, which he gave when he was very young, his explanations were long and he used many Buddhist terms. However, the new lectures will be delivered online using everyday language for easier understanding. \u201c We are planning to \u2018spread the Dharma to 10,000 people.\u2019 We aim to register 10,000 students since we will be concluding 10,000 days of practice this year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Again he begins to embrace the future which is defined by what one dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur current koan(Hwadu in Korean, a statement used in Zen practice to provoke great doubt) is national unity. This nation is too big for one party or one person to lead. The president elect should utilize his rivals or their policies, so why can\u2019t he? The Republic of Korea ranks high in national power. If it maintains a peaceful relationship and cooperates with North Korea, its national power will increase further, but if a war breaks out, its economy will be destroyed. How can we make contributions so that we are liberated from \u2018Korea risk\u2019 and don\u2019t have to worry about nuclear weapons or missiles anymore? How can we create an alternative model to overcome the environmental crisis by promoting that nature is the foundation of our lives rather than a target to be conquered?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cause and effect had brought us together and it was time for us to part accordingly. Talking with someone who had filtered out greed and pleasure, I felt myself to be unqualified to discuss the most important things in life, whatever they may be. When I stepped out, I felt like I was thrown into a formless and time-irrelevant world in which the past and future are closed. Did the moments we had together evaporate and melt into the unreal and evanescent? Only the fact that the morning mist resembled the color of his kasaya gave me an odd sense of relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Writer: Lee Choong-Keol Former editor-in-chief of GQ Korea. He has published a novel titled Totally Imperfect, a collection of interviews titled Playing with the Sun Behind Me, a collection of editor\u2019s letters for 18 years titled Our Specialness That Nobody Appreciates, and an essay about his mother titled How Can Mom Be So.<\/strong><\/p>\n","post_title":"\u201cThe President Is Our Employee, Not Our Boss\u2026 We Need To Fulfill Our \u2018Duty To Vote\u2019 To Hire The Right Person\u201d","post_excerpt":"The first and foremost job of the president is to ensure national security","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"the-president-is-our-employee-not-our-boss-we-need-to-fulfill-our-duty-to-vote-to-hire-the-right-person","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-12-02 21:30:56","post_modified_gmt":"2022-12-03 02:30:56","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14235","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14231,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-30 11:54:48","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:48","post_content":"\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n You learn how to thank other people through practice and experience. You cannot purchase gratitude with money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Practice to Thank","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"practice-to-thank","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-30 11:54:50","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14231","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14222,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-27 21:56:56","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-28 02:56:56","post_content":"\n On this fine fall day, as we stand here surrounded by nature\u2019s beauty, let us bear witness to a horrific history of suffering. The Korean War began in 1950 and lasted for three years. It pitted fathers against sons, brothers against brothers, mothers against daughters, sisters against sisters. At the end of three years, three million people were killed, properties were destroyed, and the land was devastated. And it remains divided to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This happened because different people had different ideas of what Korea should be and how the people should live. Those differences became hatred and disdain that launched bombs, bullets, and knives against innocent people, and caused untold suffering that continues to resonate today beneath our very feet on this symbolic ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Published by INEB on November 24, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Read more: https:\/\/www.inebnetwork.org\/dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea","post_excerpt":"INEB and Jungto Society joint DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-27 22:12:47","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-28 03:12:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14222","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":15},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"}; \u201cOur Koan is National Unity. Why Can\u2019t We Achieve It?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In this life without end because there is no beginning, he is going to give lectures on the essential teachings of the Buddha 30 years after his first lectures. He said that in the lectures for the Jungto Buddhism Course, which he gave when he was very young, his explanations were long and he used many Buddhist terms. However, the new lectures will be delivered online using everyday language for easier understanding. \u201c We are planning to \u2018spread the Dharma to 10,000 people.\u2019 We aim to register 10,000 students since we will be concluding 10,000 days of practice this year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Again he begins to embrace the future which is defined by what one dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur current koan(Hwadu in Korean, a statement used in Zen practice to provoke great doubt) is national unity. This nation is too big for one party or one person to lead. The president elect should utilize his rivals or their policies, so why can\u2019t he? The Republic of Korea ranks high in national power. If it maintains a peaceful relationship and cooperates with North Korea, its national power will increase further, but if a war breaks out, its economy will be destroyed. How can we make contributions so that we are liberated from \u2018Korea risk\u2019 and don\u2019t have to worry about nuclear weapons or missiles anymore? How can we create an alternative model to overcome the environmental crisis by promoting that nature is the foundation of our lives rather than a target to be conquered?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cause and effect had brought us together and it was time for us to part accordingly. Talking with someone who had filtered out greed and pleasure, I felt myself to be unqualified to discuss the most important things in life, whatever they may be. When I stepped out, I felt like I was thrown into a formless and time-irrelevant world in which the past and future are closed. Did the moments we had together evaporate and melt into the unreal and evanescent? Only the fact that the morning mist resembled the color of his kasaya gave me an odd sense of relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Writer: Lee Choong-Keol Former editor-in-chief of GQ Korea. He has published a novel titled Totally Imperfect, a collection of interviews titled Playing with the Sun Behind Me, a collection of editor\u2019s letters for 18 years titled Our Specialness That Nobody Appreciates, and an essay about his mother titled How Can Mom Be So.<\/strong><\/p>\n","post_title":"\u201cThe President Is Our Employee, Not Our Boss\u2026 We Need To Fulfill Our \u2018Duty To Vote\u2019 To Hire The Right Person\u201d","post_excerpt":"The first and foremost job of the president is to ensure national security","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"the-president-is-our-employee-not-our-boss-we-need-to-fulfill-our-duty-to-vote-to-hire-the-right-person","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-12-02 21:30:56","post_modified_gmt":"2022-12-03 02:30:56","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14235","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14231,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-30 11:54:48","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:48","post_content":"\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n You learn how to thank other people through practice and experience. You cannot purchase gratitude with money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Practice to Thank","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"practice-to-thank","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-30 11:54:50","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14231","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14222,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-27 21:56:56","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-28 02:56:56","post_content":"\n On this fine fall day, as we stand here surrounded by nature\u2019s beauty, let us bear witness to a horrific history of suffering. The Korean War began in 1950 and lasted for three years. It pitted fathers against sons, brothers against brothers, mothers against daughters, sisters against sisters. At the end of three years, three million people were killed, properties were destroyed, and the land was devastated. And it remains divided to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This happened because different people had different ideas of what Korea should be and how the people should live. Those differences became hatred and disdain that launched bombs, bullets, and knives against innocent people, and caused untold suffering that continues to resonate today beneath our very feet on this symbolic ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Published by INEB on November 24, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Read more: https:\/\/www.inebnetwork.org\/dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea","post_excerpt":"INEB and Jungto Society joint DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-27 22:12:47","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-28 03:12:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14222","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":15},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"}; Sometimes, one\u2019s clothing signifies one\u2019s life, living thoughts, and contact through skin. His gray robes and dark reddish kasaya looked like objects that accentuates the sturdy energy emanating from his body rather than opaque apparel that makes him look solemn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur Koan is National Unity. Why Can\u2019t We Achieve It?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In this life without end because there is no beginning, he is going to give lectures on the essential teachings of the Buddha 30 years after his first lectures. He said that in the lectures for the Jungto Buddhism Course, which he gave when he was very young, his explanations were long and he used many Buddhist terms. However, the new lectures will be delivered online using everyday language for easier understanding. \u201c We are planning to \u2018spread the Dharma to 10,000 people.\u2019 We aim to register 10,000 students since we will be concluding 10,000 days of practice this year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Again he begins to embrace the future which is defined by what one dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur current koan(Hwadu in Korean, a statement used in Zen practice to provoke great doubt) is national unity. This nation is too big for one party or one person to lead. The president elect should utilize his rivals or their policies, so why can\u2019t he? The Republic of Korea ranks high in national power. If it maintains a peaceful relationship and cooperates with North Korea, its national power will increase further, but if a war breaks out, its economy will be destroyed. How can we make contributions so that we are liberated from \u2018Korea risk\u2019 and don\u2019t have to worry about nuclear weapons or missiles anymore? How can we create an alternative model to overcome the environmental crisis by promoting that nature is the foundation of our lives rather than a target to be conquered?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cause and effect had brought us together and it was time for us to part accordingly. Talking with someone who had filtered out greed and pleasure, I felt myself to be unqualified to discuss the most important things in life, whatever they may be. When I stepped out, I felt like I was thrown into a formless and time-irrelevant world in which the past and future are closed. Did the moments we had together evaporate and melt into the unreal and evanescent? Only the fact that the morning mist resembled the color of his kasaya gave me an odd sense of relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Writer: Lee Choong-Keol Former editor-in-chief of GQ Korea. He has published a novel titled Totally Imperfect, a collection of interviews titled Playing with the Sun Behind Me, a collection of editor\u2019s letters for 18 years titled Our Specialness That Nobody Appreciates, and an essay about his mother titled How Can Mom Be So.<\/strong><\/p>\n","post_title":"\u201cThe President Is Our Employee, Not Our Boss\u2026 We Need To Fulfill Our \u2018Duty To Vote\u2019 To Hire The Right Person\u201d","post_excerpt":"The first and foremost job of the president is to ensure national security","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"the-president-is-our-employee-not-our-boss-we-need-to-fulfill-our-duty-to-vote-to-hire-the-right-person","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-12-02 21:30:56","post_modified_gmt":"2022-12-03 02:30:56","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14235","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14231,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-30 11:54:48","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:48","post_content":"\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n You learn how to thank other people through practice and experience. You cannot purchase gratitude with money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Practice to Thank","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"practice-to-thank","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-30 11:54:50","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14231","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14222,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-27 21:56:56","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-28 02:56:56","post_content":"\n On this fine fall day, as we stand here surrounded by nature\u2019s beauty, let us bear witness to a horrific history of suffering. The Korean War began in 1950 and lasted for three years. It pitted fathers against sons, brothers against brothers, mothers against daughters, sisters against sisters. At the end of three years, three million people were killed, properties were destroyed, and the land was devastated. And it remains divided to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This happened because different people had different ideas of what Korea should be and how the people should live. Those differences became hatred and disdain that launched bombs, bullets, and knives against innocent people, and caused untold suffering that continues to resonate today beneath our very feet on this symbolic ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Published by INEB on November 24, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Read more: https:\/\/www.inebnetwork.org\/dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea","post_excerpt":"INEB and Jungto Society joint DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-27 22:12:47","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-28 03:12:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14222","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":15},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"}; \u201cOne thing I always bear in mind is \u2018I start fresh now.\u2019 Everything I did up until yesterday was an exercise, and I start fresh now. And when this is over, I will consider it an exercise again. I live with such a mindset.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes, one\u2019s clothing signifies one\u2019s life, living thoughts, and contact through skin. His gray robes and dark reddish kasaya looked like objects that accentuates the sturdy energy emanating from his body rather than opaque apparel that makes him look solemn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur Koan is National Unity. Why Can\u2019t We Achieve It?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In this life without end because there is no beginning, he is going to give lectures on the essential teachings of the Buddha 30 years after his first lectures. He said that in the lectures for the Jungto Buddhism Course, which he gave when he was very young, his explanations were long and he used many Buddhist terms. However, the new lectures will be delivered online using everyday language for easier understanding. \u201c We are planning to \u2018spread the Dharma to 10,000 people.\u2019 We aim to register 10,000 students since we will be concluding 10,000 days of practice this year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Again he begins to embrace the future which is defined by what one dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur current koan(Hwadu in Korean, a statement used in Zen practice to provoke great doubt) is national unity. This nation is too big for one party or one person to lead. The president elect should utilize his rivals or their policies, so why can\u2019t he? The Republic of Korea ranks high in national power. If it maintains a peaceful relationship and cooperates with North Korea, its national power will increase further, but if a war breaks out, its economy will be destroyed. How can we make contributions so that we are liberated from \u2018Korea risk\u2019 and don\u2019t have to worry about nuclear weapons or missiles anymore? How can we create an alternative model to overcome the environmental crisis by promoting that nature is the foundation of our lives rather than a target to be conquered?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cause and effect had brought us together and it was time for us to part accordingly. Talking with someone who had filtered out greed and pleasure, I felt myself to be unqualified to discuss the most important things in life, whatever they may be. When I stepped out, I felt like I was thrown into a formless and time-irrelevant world in which the past and future are closed. Did the moments we had together evaporate and melt into the unreal and evanescent? Only the fact that the morning mist resembled the color of his kasaya gave me an odd sense of relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Writer: Lee Choong-Keol Former editor-in-chief of GQ Korea. He has published a novel titled Totally Imperfect, a collection of interviews titled Playing with the Sun Behind Me, a collection of editor\u2019s letters for 18 years titled Our Specialness That Nobody Appreciates, and an essay about his mother titled How Can Mom Be So.<\/strong><\/p>\n","post_title":"\u201cThe President Is Our Employee, Not Our Boss\u2026 We Need To Fulfill Our \u2018Duty To Vote\u2019 To Hire The Right Person\u201d","post_excerpt":"The first and foremost job of the president is to ensure national security","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"the-president-is-our-employee-not-our-boss-we-need-to-fulfill-our-duty-to-vote-to-hire-the-right-person","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-12-02 21:30:56","post_modified_gmt":"2022-12-03 02:30:56","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14235","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14231,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-30 11:54:48","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:48","post_content":"\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n You learn how to thank other people through practice and experience. You cannot purchase gratitude with money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Practice to Thank","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"practice-to-thank","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-30 11:54:50","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14231","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14222,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-27 21:56:56","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-28 02:56:56","post_content":"\n On this fine fall day, as we stand here surrounded by nature\u2019s beauty, let us bear witness to a horrific history of suffering. The Korean War began in 1950 and lasted for three years. It pitted fathers against sons, brothers against brothers, mothers against daughters, sisters against sisters. At the end of three years, three million people were killed, properties were destroyed, and the land was devastated. And it remains divided to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This happened because different people had different ideas of what Korea should be and how the people should live. Those differences became hatred and disdain that launched bombs, bullets, and knives against innocent people, and caused untold suffering that continues to resonate today beneath our very feet on this symbolic ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Published by INEB on November 24, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Read more: https:\/\/www.inebnetwork.org\/dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea","post_excerpt":"INEB and Jungto Society joint DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-27 22:12:47","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-28 03:12:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14222","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":15},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"}; He is one who combines Seon(Zen) practices with farm work, seeking enlightenment while engaging in farming. And he tells us about freedom from indolence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOne thing I always bear in mind is \u2018I start fresh now.\u2019 Everything I did up until yesterday was an exercise, and I start fresh now. And when this is over, I will consider it an exercise again. I live with such a mindset.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes, one\u2019s clothing signifies one\u2019s life, living thoughts, and contact through skin. His gray robes and dark reddish kasaya looked like objects that accentuates the sturdy energy emanating from his body rather than opaque apparel that makes him look solemn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur Koan is National Unity. Why Can\u2019t We Achieve It?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In this life without end because there is no beginning, he is going to give lectures on the essential teachings of the Buddha 30 years after his first lectures. He said that in the lectures for the Jungto Buddhism Course, which he gave when he was very young, his explanations were long and he used many Buddhist terms. However, the new lectures will be delivered online using everyday language for easier understanding. \u201c We are planning to \u2018spread the Dharma to 10,000 people.\u2019 We aim to register 10,000 students since we will be concluding 10,000 days of practice this year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Again he begins to embrace the future which is defined by what one dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur current koan(Hwadu in Korean, a statement used in Zen practice to provoke great doubt) is national unity. This nation is too big for one party or one person to lead. The president elect should utilize his rivals or their policies, so why can\u2019t he? The Republic of Korea ranks high in national power. If it maintains a peaceful relationship and cooperates with North Korea, its national power will increase further, but if a war breaks out, its economy will be destroyed. How can we make contributions so that we are liberated from \u2018Korea risk\u2019 and don\u2019t have to worry about nuclear weapons or missiles anymore? How can we create an alternative model to overcome the environmental crisis by promoting that nature is the foundation of our lives rather than a target to be conquered?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cause and effect had brought us together and it was time for us to part accordingly. Talking with someone who had filtered out greed and pleasure, I felt myself to be unqualified to discuss the most important things in life, whatever they may be. When I stepped out, I felt like I was thrown into a formless and time-irrelevant world in which the past and future are closed. Did the moments we had together evaporate and melt into the unreal and evanescent? Only the fact that the morning mist resembled the color of his kasaya gave me an odd sense of relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Writer: Lee Choong-Keol Former editor-in-chief of GQ Korea. He has published a novel titled Totally Imperfect, a collection of interviews titled Playing with the Sun Behind Me, a collection of editor\u2019s letters for 18 years titled Our Specialness That Nobody Appreciates, and an essay about his mother titled How Can Mom Be So.<\/strong><\/p>\n","post_title":"\u201cThe President Is Our Employee, Not Our Boss\u2026 We Need To Fulfill Our \u2018Duty To Vote\u2019 To Hire The Right Person\u201d","post_excerpt":"The first and foremost job of the president is to ensure national security","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"the-president-is-our-employee-not-our-boss-we-need-to-fulfill-our-duty-to-vote-to-hire-the-right-person","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-12-02 21:30:56","post_modified_gmt":"2022-12-03 02:30:56","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14235","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14231,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-30 11:54:48","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:48","post_content":"\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n You learn how to thank other people through practice and experience. You cannot purchase gratitude with money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Practice to Thank","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"practice-to-thank","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-30 11:54:50","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14231","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14222,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-27 21:56:56","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-28 02:56:56","post_content":"\n On this fine fall day, as we stand here surrounded by nature\u2019s beauty, let us bear witness to a horrific history of suffering. The Korean War began in 1950 and lasted for three years. It pitted fathers against sons, brothers against brothers, mothers against daughters, sisters against sisters. At the end of three years, three million people were killed, properties were destroyed, and the land was devastated. And it remains divided to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This happened because different people had different ideas of what Korea should be and how the people should live. Those differences became hatred and disdain that launched bombs, bullets, and knives against innocent people, and caused untold suffering that continues to resonate today beneath our very feet on this symbolic ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Published by INEB on November 24, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Read more: https:\/\/www.inebnetwork.org\/dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea","post_excerpt":"INEB and Jungto Society joint DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-27 22:12:47","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-28 03:12:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14222","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":15},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"}; \u201cI tend to wait for spring because I have to prepare for farming. I have to plow the fields, sow seeds, plant trees, and prune branches. You can only do them during a certain time in the year. If you plant seeds or trees too early, they die.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He is one who combines Seon(Zen) practices with farm work, seeking enlightenment while engaging in farming. And he tells us about freedom from indolence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOne thing I always bear in mind is \u2018I start fresh now.\u2019 Everything I did up until yesterday was an exercise, and I start fresh now. And when this is over, I will consider it an exercise again. I live with such a mindset.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes, one\u2019s clothing signifies one\u2019s life, living thoughts, and contact through skin. His gray robes and dark reddish kasaya looked like objects that accentuates the sturdy energy emanating from his body rather than opaque apparel that makes him look solemn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur Koan is National Unity. Why Can\u2019t We Achieve It?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In this life without end because there is no beginning, he is going to give lectures on the essential teachings of the Buddha 30 years after his first lectures. He said that in the lectures for the Jungto Buddhism Course, which he gave when he was very young, his explanations were long and he used many Buddhist terms. However, the new lectures will be delivered online using everyday language for easier understanding. \u201c We are planning to \u2018spread the Dharma to 10,000 people.\u2019 We aim to register 10,000 students since we will be concluding 10,000 days of practice this year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Again he begins to embrace the future which is defined by what one dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur current koan(Hwadu in Korean, a statement used in Zen practice to provoke great doubt) is national unity. This nation is too big for one party or one person to lead. The president elect should utilize his rivals or their policies, so why can\u2019t he? The Republic of Korea ranks high in national power. If it maintains a peaceful relationship and cooperates with North Korea, its national power will increase further, but if a war breaks out, its economy will be destroyed. How can we make contributions so that we are liberated from \u2018Korea risk\u2019 and don\u2019t have to worry about nuclear weapons or missiles anymore? How can we create an alternative model to overcome the environmental crisis by promoting that nature is the foundation of our lives rather than a target to be conquered?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cause and effect had brought us together and it was time for us to part accordingly. Talking with someone who had filtered out greed and pleasure, I felt myself to be unqualified to discuss the most important things in life, whatever they may be. When I stepped out, I felt like I was thrown into a formless and time-irrelevant world in which the past and future are closed. Did the moments we had together evaporate and melt into the unreal and evanescent? Only the fact that the morning mist resembled the color of his kasaya gave me an odd sense of relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Writer: Lee Choong-Keol Former editor-in-chief of GQ Korea. He has published a novel titled Totally Imperfect, a collection of interviews titled Playing with the Sun Behind Me, a collection of editor\u2019s letters for 18 years titled Our Specialness That Nobody Appreciates, and an essay about his mother titled How Can Mom Be So.<\/strong><\/p>\n","post_title":"\u201cThe President Is Our Employee, Not Our Boss\u2026 We Need To Fulfill Our \u2018Duty To Vote\u2019 To Hire The Right Person\u201d","post_excerpt":"The first and foremost job of the president is to ensure national security","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"the-president-is-our-employee-not-our-boss-we-need-to-fulfill-our-duty-to-vote-to-hire-the-right-person","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-12-02 21:30:56","post_modified_gmt":"2022-12-03 02:30:56","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14235","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14231,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-30 11:54:48","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:48","post_content":"\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n You learn how to thank other people through practice and experience. You cannot purchase gratitude with money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Practice to Thank","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"practice-to-thank","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-30 11:54:50","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14231","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14222,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-27 21:56:56","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-28 02:56:56","post_content":"\n On this fine fall day, as we stand here surrounded by nature\u2019s beauty, let us bear witness to a horrific history of suffering. The Korean War began in 1950 and lasted for three years. It pitted fathers against sons, brothers against brothers, mothers against daughters, sisters against sisters. At the end of three years, three million people were killed, properties were destroyed, and the land was devastated. And it remains divided to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This happened because different people had different ideas of what Korea should be and how the people should live. Those differences became hatred and disdain that launched bombs, bullets, and knives against innocent people, and caused untold suffering that continues to resonate today beneath our very feet on this symbolic ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Published by INEB on November 24, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Read more: https:\/\/www.inebnetwork.org\/dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea","post_excerpt":"INEB and Jungto Society joint DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-27 22:12:47","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-28 03:12:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14222","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":15},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"}; Ultimately, a cause for people he believes in is the land and its products. The air has already become less dense. The movement of stars has brought spring to Dubuk, Ulsan in the southern part of Korea where he put in great effort into growing rice and other crops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI tend to wait for spring because I have to prepare for farming. I have to plow the fields, sow seeds, plant trees, and prune branches. You can only do them during a certain time in the year. If you plant seeds or trees too early, they die.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He is one who combines Seon(Zen) practices with farm work, seeking enlightenment while engaging in farming. And he tells us about freedom from indolence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOne thing I always bear in mind is \u2018I start fresh now.\u2019 Everything I did up until yesterday was an exercise, and I start fresh now. And when this is over, I will consider it an exercise again. I live with such a mindset.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes, one\u2019s clothing signifies one\u2019s life, living thoughts, and contact through skin. His gray robes and dark reddish kasaya looked like objects that accentuates the sturdy energy emanating from his body rather than opaque apparel that makes him look solemn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur Koan is National Unity. Why Can\u2019t We Achieve It?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In this life without end because there is no beginning, he is going to give lectures on the essential teachings of the Buddha 30 years after his first lectures. He said that in the lectures for the Jungto Buddhism Course, which he gave when he was very young, his explanations were long and he used many Buddhist terms. However, the new lectures will be delivered online using everyday language for easier understanding. \u201c We are planning to \u2018spread the Dharma to 10,000 people.\u2019 We aim to register 10,000 students since we will be concluding 10,000 days of practice this year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Again he begins to embrace the future which is defined by what one dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur current koan(Hwadu in Korean, a statement used in Zen practice to provoke great doubt) is national unity. This nation is too big for one party or one person to lead. The president elect should utilize his rivals or their policies, so why can\u2019t he? The Republic of Korea ranks high in national power. If it maintains a peaceful relationship and cooperates with North Korea, its national power will increase further, but if a war breaks out, its economy will be destroyed. How can we make contributions so that we are liberated from \u2018Korea risk\u2019 and don\u2019t have to worry about nuclear weapons or missiles anymore? How can we create an alternative model to overcome the environmental crisis by promoting that nature is the foundation of our lives rather than a target to be conquered?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cause and effect had brought us together and it was time for us to part accordingly. Talking with someone who had filtered out greed and pleasure, I felt myself to be unqualified to discuss the most important things in life, whatever they may be. When I stepped out, I felt like I was thrown into a formless and time-irrelevant world in which the past and future are closed. Did the moments we had together evaporate and melt into the unreal and evanescent? Only the fact that the morning mist resembled the color of his kasaya gave me an odd sense of relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Writer: Lee Choong-Keol Former editor-in-chief of GQ Korea. He has published a novel titled Totally Imperfect, a collection of interviews titled Playing with the Sun Behind Me, a collection of editor\u2019s letters for 18 years titled Our Specialness That Nobody Appreciates, and an essay about his mother titled How Can Mom Be So.<\/strong><\/p>\n","post_title":"\u201cThe President Is Our Employee, Not Our Boss\u2026 We Need To Fulfill Our \u2018Duty To Vote\u2019 To Hire The Right Person\u201d","post_excerpt":"The first and foremost job of the president is to ensure national security","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"the-president-is-our-employee-not-our-boss-we-need-to-fulfill-our-duty-to-vote-to-hire-the-right-person","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-12-02 21:30:56","post_modified_gmt":"2022-12-03 02:30:56","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14235","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14231,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-30 11:54:48","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:48","post_content":"\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n You learn how to thank other people through practice and experience. You cannot purchase gratitude with money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Practice to Thank","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"practice-to-thank","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-30 11:54:50","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14231","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14222,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-27 21:56:56","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-28 02:56:56","post_content":"\n On this fine fall day, as we stand here surrounded by nature\u2019s beauty, let us bear witness to a horrific history of suffering. The Korean War began in 1950 and lasted for three years. It pitted fathers against sons, brothers against brothers, mothers against daughters, sisters against sisters. At the end of three years, three million people were killed, properties were destroyed, and the land was devastated. And it remains divided to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This happened because different people had different ideas of what Korea should be and how the people should live. Those differences became hatred and disdain that launched bombs, bullets, and knives against innocent people, and caused untold suffering that continues to resonate today beneath our very feet on this symbolic ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Published by INEB on November 24, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Read more: https:\/\/www.inebnetwork.org\/dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea","post_excerpt":"INEB and Jungto Society joint DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-27 22:12:47","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-28 03:12:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14222","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":15},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"}; \u201cSince I was a child, I\u2019ve always imagined myself as a farmer; The image I have of myself at the end of my life is one who was born in a farm village, moved around a little bit and died as a farmer. This is how I think of myself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ultimately, a cause for people he believes in is the land and its products. The air has already become less dense. The movement of stars has brought spring to Dubuk, Ulsan in the southern part of Korea where he put in great effort into growing rice and other crops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI tend to wait for spring because I have to prepare for farming. I have to plow the fields, sow seeds, plant trees, and prune branches. You can only do them during a certain time in the year. If you plant seeds or trees too early, they die.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He is one who combines Seon(Zen) practices with farm work, seeking enlightenment while engaging in farming. And he tells us about freedom from indolence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOne thing I always bear in mind is \u2018I start fresh now.\u2019 Everything I did up until yesterday was an exercise, and I start fresh now. And when this is over, I will consider it an exercise again. I live with such a mindset.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes, one\u2019s clothing signifies one\u2019s life, living thoughts, and contact through skin. His gray robes and dark reddish kasaya looked like objects that accentuates the sturdy energy emanating from his body rather than opaque apparel that makes him look solemn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur Koan is National Unity. Why Can\u2019t We Achieve It?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In this life without end because there is no beginning, he is going to give lectures on the essential teachings of the Buddha 30 years after his first lectures. He said that in the lectures for the Jungto Buddhism Course, which he gave when he was very young, his explanations were long and he used many Buddhist terms. However, the new lectures will be delivered online using everyday language for easier understanding. \u201c We are planning to \u2018spread the Dharma to 10,000 people.\u2019 We aim to register 10,000 students since we will be concluding 10,000 days of practice this year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Again he begins to embrace the future which is defined by what one dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur current koan(Hwadu in Korean, a statement used in Zen practice to provoke great doubt) is national unity. This nation is too big for one party or one person to lead. The president elect should utilize his rivals or their policies, so why can\u2019t he? The Republic of Korea ranks high in national power. If it maintains a peaceful relationship and cooperates with North Korea, its national power will increase further, but if a war breaks out, its economy will be destroyed. How can we make contributions so that we are liberated from \u2018Korea risk\u2019 and don\u2019t have to worry about nuclear weapons or missiles anymore? How can we create an alternative model to overcome the environmental crisis by promoting that nature is the foundation of our lives rather than a target to be conquered?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cause and effect had brought us together and it was time for us to part accordingly. Talking with someone who had filtered out greed and pleasure, I felt myself to be unqualified to discuss the most important things in life, whatever they may be. When I stepped out, I felt like I was thrown into a formless and time-irrelevant world in which the past and future are closed. Did the moments we had together evaporate and melt into the unreal and evanescent? Only the fact that the morning mist resembled the color of his kasaya gave me an odd sense of relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Writer: Lee Choong-Keol Former editor-in-chief of GQ Korea. He has published a novel titled Totally Imperfect, a collection of interviews titled Playing with the Sun Behind Me, a collection of editor\u2019s letters for 18 years titled Our Specialness That Nobody Appreciates, and an essay about his mother titled How Can Mom Be So.<\/strong><\/p>\n","post_title":"\u201cThe President Is Our Employee, Not Our Boss\u2026 We Need To Fulfill Our \u2018Duty To Vote\u2019 To Hire The Right Person\u201d","post_excerpt":"The first and foremost job of the president is to ensure national security","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"the-president-is-our-employee-not-our-boss-we-need-to-fulfill-our-duty-to-vote-to-hire-the-right-person","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-12-02 21:30:56","post_modified_gmt":"2022-12-03 02:30:56","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14235","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14231,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-30 11:54:48","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:48","post_content":"\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n You learn how to thank other people through practice and experience. You cannot purchase gratitude with money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Practice to Thank","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"practice-to-thank","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-30 11:54:50","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14231","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14222,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-27 21:56:56","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-28 02:56:56","post_content":"\n On this fine fall day, as we stand here surrounded by nature\u2019s beauty, let us bear witness to a horrific history of suffering. The Korean War began in 1950 and lasted for three years. It pitted fathers against sons, brothers against brothers, mothers against daughters, sisters against sisters. At the end of three years, three million people were killed, properties were destroyed, and the land was devastated. And it remains divided to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This happened because different people had different ideas of what Korea should be and how the people should live. Those differences became hatred and disdain that launched bombs, bullets, and knives against innocent people, and caused untold suffering that continues to resonate today beneath our very feet on this symbolic ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Published by INEB on November 24, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Read more: https:\/\/www.inebnetwork.org\/dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea","post_excerpt":"INEB and Jungto Society joint DMZ Peace Declaration in Korea ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"dmz-peace-declaration-in-korea","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-27 22:12:47","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-28 03:12:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14222","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":15},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"}; Confronted with the topics I had never asked myself before I met him, I felt like a totally lonesome and penniless man. However, this comprehensive thinker defined himself as just \u201ca person.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSince I was a child, I\u2019ve always imagined myself as a farmer; The image I have of myself at the end of my life is one who was born in a farm village, moved around a little bit and died as a farmer. This is how I think of myself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ultimately, a cause for people he believes in is the land and its products. The air has already become less dense. The movement of stars has brought spring to Dubuk, Ulsan in the southern part of Korea where he put in great effort into growing rice and other crops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI tend to wait for spring because I have to prepare for farming. I have to plow the fields, sow seeds, plant trees, and prune branches. You can only do them during a certain time in the year. If you plant seeds or trees too early, they die.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He is one who combines Seon(Zen) practices with farm work, seeking enlightenment while engaging in farming. And he tells us about freedom from indolence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOne thing I always bear in mind is \u2018I start fresh now.\u2019 Everything I did up until yesterday was an exercise, and I start fresh now. And when this is over, I will consider it an exercise again. I live with such a mindset.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes, one\u2019s clothing signifies one\u2019s life, living thoughts, and contact through skin. His gray robes and dark reddish kasaya looked like objects that accentuates the sturdy energy emanating from his body rather than opaque apparel that makes him look solemn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur Koan is National Unity. Why Can\u2019t We Achieve It?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In this life without end because there is no beginning, he is going to give lectures on the essential teachings of the Buddha 30 years after his first lectures. He said that in the lectures for the Jungto Buddhism Course, which he gave when he was very young, his explanations were long and he used many Buddhist terms. However, the new lectures will be delivered online using everyday language for easier understanding. \u201c We are planning to \u2018spread the Dharma to 10,000 people.\u2019 We aim to register 10,000 students since we will be concluding 10,000 days of practice this year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Again he begins to embrace the future which is defined by what one dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur current koan(Hwadu in Korean, a statement used in Zen practice to provoke great doubt) is national unity. This nation is too big for one party or one person to lead. The president elect should utilize his rivals or their policies, so why can\u2019t he? The Republic of Korea ranks high in national power. If it maintains a peaceful relationship and cooperates with North Korea, its national power will increase further, but if a war breaks out, its economy will be destroyed. How can we make contributions so that we are liberated from \u2018Korea risk\u2019 and don\u2019t have to worry about nuclear weapons or missiles anymore? How can we create an alternative model to overcome the environmental crisis by promoting that nature is the foundation of our lives rather than a target to be conquered?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cause and effect had brought us together and it was time for us to part accordingly. Talking with someone who had filtered out greed and pleasure, I felt myself to be unqualified to discuss the most important things in life, whatever they may be. When I stepped out, I felt like I was thrown into a formless and time-irrelevant world in which the past and future are closed. Did the moments we had together evaporate and melt into the unreal and evanescent? Only the fact that the morning mist resembled the color of his kasaya gave me an odd sense of relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Writer: Lee Choong-Keol Former editor-in-chief of GQ Korea. He has published a novel titled Totally Imperfect, a collection of interviews titled Playing with the Sun Behind Me, a collection of editor\u2019s letters for 18 years titled Our Specialness That Nobody Appreciates, and an essay about his mother titled How Can Mom Be So.<\/strong><\/p>\n","post_title":"\u201cThe President Is Our Employee, Not Our Boss\u2026 We Need To Fulfill Our \u2018Duty To Vote\u2019 To Hire The Right Person\u201d","post_excerpt":"The first and foremost job of the president is to ensure national security","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"the-president-is-our-employee-not-our-boss-we-need-to-fulfill-our-duty-to-vote-to-hire-the-right-person","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-12-02 21:30:56","post_modified_gmt":"2022-12-03 02:30:56","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14235","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14231,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-30 11:54:48","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:48","post_content":"\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n You learn how to thank other people through practice and experience. You cannot purchase gratitude with money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Illustration by Maseol <\/p>\n","post_title":"Practice to Thank","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"practice-to-thank","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-11-30 11:54:50","post_modified_gmt":"2022-11-30 16:54:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14231","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14222,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-11-27 21:56:56","post_date_gmt":"2022-11-28 02:56:56","post_content":"\n On this fine fall day, as we stand here surrounded by nature\u2019s beauty, let us bear witness to a horrific history of suffering. The Korean War began in 1950 and lasted for three years. It pitted fathers against sons, brothers against brothers, mothers against daughters, sisters against sisters. At the end of three years, three million people were killed, properties were destroyed, and the land was devastated. And it remains divided to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This happened because different people had different ideas of what Korea should be and how the people should live. Those differences became hatred and disdain that launched bombs, bullets, and knives against innocent people, and caused untold suffering that continues to resonate today beneath our very feet on this symbolic ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25b6\ufe0f Published by INEB on November 24, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n \n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/batch_2022102970-1024x683-1.jpg\")
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