Question: Dear Venerable! Thank you for your talk in Turku. I enjoyed your clear instructions on meditation. You also have a very interesting blog. I would have wanted to ask

Question: Hello Hyon Gak Sunim,  I was wondering if you could share a bit about the importance of Kensho in Zen? For some background, I have had some interest growing

Question: Dear Sunim,I have a question. Sometimes I feel such strong happiness and gratitude. But then when I become aware of that feeling, immediately I feel a “I’m-not-allowed-to-be happy”-feeling. Why?And

Noticing this is the first step in waking up. Then, you must act on it: meditation. No books or bibles here — only straight seeing, on a consistent basis: meditation.

Jonathan Haidt’s “main areas of study are the psychology of morality and moral emotions. He has been named one of the ‘top global thinkers’ by Foreign Policy magazine, and one of the ‘top world thinkers’

For whatever it’s worth, this is a true and complete record of an email exchange I had recently with a reader of this blog. This is the entirety of the