Venerable Pomnyun Sunim is one of the most recognized and influential religious leaders in South Korea with an active following. He is well known for his unique way of engaging audiences in Dharma Q&A sessions that are rooted in Buddhist teachings.

He is the founder and chair of Join Together Society, an international relief agency; Good Friends, a center for peace, human rights and refugees; The Peace Foundation, a think-tank; and EcoBuddha, an environmental movement organization. To read more, please visit www.pomnyun.com.

His Dharma talks are posted on YouTube and watched by millions of people. In recent years, he started offering Dharma talks in English with the help of an interpreter. Here is a 6 min YouTube video taken from his Dharma talk held in NYC a few years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLqrZAYtJUo

In this interactive Dharma Q&A session, Venerable Pomnyun Sunim takes questions from the audience and engages the questioner in a dialogue that examines and explores the true nature of the problem. The format follows the interaction that the Buddha had with people from all walks of life on their suffering, eventually leading them into enlightenment. This informal style of Dharma Q&A has been well received by Korean and non-Korean audiences because it is easy to understand, free from difficult jargons, applicable to everyday life and yet deeply rooted in Buddhist teachings such as emptiness and The Four Noble Truths.