Well it's just a house, he didn't buy an island tho. At the end, he's just a human he's imperfect. He still does the good things, he spreads kindness, the positive words and thoughts...
There are no excuses or "explanations". If ALL monks chose to live in an all-furnished apartment building with all the luxuries of modern technology like he did, then EVERYONE would be a monk. That's not the purpose of a monk's life. What he did was fine for the everyday man, but not for someone who claims a monastic life. If that's how he wants to live, he should not be a monk. That is why the criticisms came his way.
Becoming a monk is practicing simple life, if he wanna be author, he dont be a monk, be a ordinary people. Because become a monk, be able to responsible to his student or maybe follower.
There are no excuses or "explanations". If ALL monks chose to live in an all-furnished apartment building with all the luxuries of modern technology like he did, then EVERYONE would be a monk. That's not the purpose of a monk's life. What he did was fine for the everyday man, but not for someone who claims a monastic life. If that's how he wants to live, he should not be a monk. That is why the criticisms came his way.
For Hyongak Sunim to criticize Haemin Sunim verbally and publicly also violates his monastic precept of malicious speech. In fact, for me as a practicing Buddhist, to criticize his criticism also borders the violation of my own precept. Teach the Dharma, let people be -- be they monks or otherwise, and mind your own path.
I can see why people would be confused about the whole situation. I'm not sure I could recommend to any one to suspend logic and reason. If the one doing the teaching can't abide by what they say, how can one expect the student to? That would make the teacher shamefully hypocritical
It's so suck when the Korean netizens want a monk to live in a temple on the remote mountain or something like that instead of living in the center of Seoul. He is a monk, but he is talent and intelligent. He is educated at Harvard, Princeton,... and he knows to earn his living, instead of depending on funds from the charities that donate for the temple/ pagoda. He is well-known as a guest speakers worldwide with 2 international best selling books. I know that he has founded Broken Hearts school for free. People criticize why his meditation app charge fee, but they don't know that it requires money and time to develop an app. People just want to take, but don't give. I just say that Korean netizens are the toughest public the world.
There are no excuses or "explanations". If ALL monks chose to live in an all-furnished apartment building with all the luxuries of modern technology like he did, then EVERYONE would be a monk. That's not the purpose of a monk's life. What he did was fine for the everyday man, but not for someone who claims a monastic life. If that's how he wants to live, he should not be a monk. That is why the criticisms came his way.
@@la381 Have you seen some modern western monastries? They have the latest gizmos, beautiful lodgings and travel to the best places around the world. All paid for by people working hard, so the monks can do what they like. It's really sick.
People are too fast to judge. Not all Buddhist monks live forever in monasteries. A lot of them especially the ones who have completed their studies in the monasteries live in their own houses. Haenim Sunim is not only a monk but he is also a writer and a philosopher. He works with organisations that provides counselling and group therapy. All of this work may not be feasible to do in the monastery as they have a rigid routine to follow there. He is human after all what do you expect. His book itself says love for imperfect beings. 😑
There are no excuses or "explanations". If ALL monks chose to live in an all-furnished apartment building with all the luxuries of modern technology like he did, then EVERYONE would be a monk. That's not the purpose of a monk's life. What he did was fine for the everyday man, but not for someone who claims a monastic life. If that's how he wants to live, he should not be a monk. That is why the criticisms came his way.
@@la381He doesn’t tell everyone to be a monk either. 😂 His teaching is about being a good normal imperfect human. How is that he became a normal person contradict his teaching? It didn’t.
I dont know why they are hating on him, he is such a lovely human being that has helped people all over the world. He just have a nice house, its not even a mansion. He teaches compassion, understanding, happiness and, if he is somehow wrong ( which i dont think he is), love for imperfect things.
There are no excuses or "explanations". If ALL monks chose to live in an all-furnished apartment building with all the luxuries of modern technology like he did, then EVERYONE would be a monk. That's not the purpose of a monk's life. What he did was fine for the everyday man, but not for someone who claims a monastic life. If that's how he wants to live, he should not be a monk. That is why the criticisms came his way.
I myself went to Korea with my South Korean wife, where we stayed in a Korean temple. They were horrible racistic in this temple, I went home crying after several hours. (I am a grown up guy, but this was to much even for me) Also my wife was treated horrible because she was with me.. When we left the temple, we could see lots of “boedist “ monks go out of the temple and to there car. They were putting on k-pop while smoking and using a smartphone and driving the car.. I was so shocked, it installs destroyed my dream of these temples. I always wanted to visit that for my entire life. After this we went back to Seoul, where we ate good foods under the Seoul Sky, so that we still ended up in a okay day. I do want to point out that this was the ONLY rasistic treatment I experienced in Korea. I am married with a Korean wife, we got married in Korea with hundreds of Koreans guests. Everyone is very lovely and friendly, I also visited other places in Korea without any bad comments or looks. It was only in this temple ( who I will not mention by name, because I won’t be any better then those people there). Don’t let this one bad experience stop you from visiting Korea, it has lots of beautiful places and wearing a hanbok is very fun! Just don’t bother to stay in these temples, just visit them for there historical beauty, not for the boedist.
Hi! If you don't mind, could you tell me more about your experiences (especially bad) about the monks (if there were more)? I would need it for a novel, which I have been doing my research for, but it's quite hard to find little details like what you mentioned about them.
If you think non possession means not owning stuff then you need to read a little more on the subject. Possessing is far more than holding the receipt.
People criticise him for earning a living. Yet don't mind rich people donating to monastries, so monks can live very well for doing sweet f'all. Those rich people have earned the money they donate. So why can't a monk earn himself?
According to my Korean friends and family, Haenim Sunim has been criticized by Korean Buddhists in Korea because he doesn't follow the Buddhist teachings of non-possesions and life of a non-egoic life, taught by Buddhism.
Well it's just a house, he didn't buy an island tho. At the end, he's just a human he's imperfect. He still does the good things, he spreads kindness, the positive words and thoughts...
We are all imperfect
There are no excuses or "explanations". If ALL monks chose to live in an all-furnished apartment building with all the luxuries of modern technology like he did, then EVERYONE would be a monk. That's not the purpose of a monk's life. What he did was fine for the everyday man, but not for someone who claims a monastic life. If that's how he wants to live, he should not be a monk. That is why the criticisms came his way.
Becoming a monk is practicing simple life, if he wanna be author, he dont be a monk, be a ordinary people. Because become a monk, be able to responsible to his student or maybe follower.
Non possession is not about the things you own physically, it's about your mental attachments.
People are so quick to judge!
There are no excuses or "explanations". If ALL monks chose to live in an all-furnished apartment building with all the luxuries of modern technology like he did, then EVERYONE would be a monk. That's not the purpose of a monk's life. What he did was fine for the everyday man, but not for someone who claims a monastic life. If that's how he wants to live, he should not be a monk. That is why the criticisms came his way.
Educate yourself first on a the vows monks take in Korean Buddhism. You're quick to judge as well.
For Hyongak Sunim to criticize Haemin Sunim verbally and publicly also violates his monastic precept of malicious speech. In fact, for me as a practicing Buddhist, to criticize his criticism also borders the violation of my own precept. Teach the Dharma, let people be -- be they monks or otherwise, and mind your own path.
I can see why people would be confused about the whole situation.
I'm not sure I could recommend to any one to suspend logic and reason.
If the one doing the teaching can't abide by what they say, how can one expect the student to?
That would make the teacher shamefully hypocritical
@@JohnSmith-uu5ov Buddhism the darling of new agers, is as filled with hypocrisy as all religions. The common denominator is human beings.
It's so suck when the Korean netizens want a monk to live in a temple on the remote mountain or something like that instead of living in the center of Seoul. He is a monk, but he is talent and intelligent. He is educated at Harvard, Princeton,... and he knows to earn his living, instead of depending on funds from the charities that donate for the temple/ pagoda. He is well-known as a guest speakers worldwide with 2 international best selling books. I know that he has founded Broken Hearts school for free. People criticize why his meditation app charge fee, but they don't know that it requires money and time to develop an app. People just want to take, but don't give. I just say that Korean netizens are the toughest public the world.
There are no excuses or "explanations". If ALL monks chose to live in an all-furnished apartment building with all the luxuries of modern technology like he did, then EVERYONE would be a monk. That's not the purpose of a monk's life. What he did was fine for the everyday man, but not for someone who claims a monastic life. If that's how he wants to live, he should not be a monk. That is why the criticisms came his way.
@@la381 Have you seen some modern western monastries? They have the latest gizmos, beautiful lodgings and travel to the best places around the world. All paid for by people working hard, so the monks can do what they like. It's really sick.
People are too fast to judge. Not all Buddhist monks live forever in monasteries. A lot of them especially the ones who have completed their studies in the monasteries live in their own houses. Haenim Sunim is not only a monk but he is also a writer and a philosopher. He works with organisations that provides counselling and group therapy. All of this work may not be feasible to do in the monastery as they have a rigid routine to follow there. He is human after all what do you expect. His book itself says love for imperfect beings. 😑
There are no excuses or "explanations". If ALL monks chose to live in an all-furnished apartment building with all the luxuries of modern technology like he did, then EVERYONE would be a monk. That's not the purpose of a monk's life. What he did was fine for the everyday man, but not for someone who claims a monastic life. If that's how he wants to live, he should not be a monk. That is why the criticisms came his way.
@@la381He doesn’t tell everyone to be a monk either. 😂 His teaching is about being a good normal imperfect human. How is that he became a normal person contradict his teaching? It didn’t.
I dont know why they are hating on him, he is such a lovely human being that has helped people all over the world.
He just have a nice house, its not even a mansion.
He teaches compassion, understanding, happiness and, if he is somehow wrong ( which i dont think he is), love for imperfect things.
He lied about himself. That is the problem.
@@bizfree I don't think he lied about anything. I think people assumed stuff and how monks are " supposed to be"
There are no excuses or "explanations". If ALL monks chose to live in an all-furnished apartment building with all the luxuries of modern technology like he did, then EVERYONE would be a monk. That's not the purpose of a monk's life. What he did was fine for the everyday man, but not for someone who claims a monastic life. If that's how he wants to live, he should not be a monk. That is why the criticisms came his way.
I myself went to Korea with my South Korean wife, where we stayed in a Korean temple. They were horrible racistic in this temple, I went home crying after several hours. (I am a grown up guy, but this was to much even for me) Also my wife was treated horrible because she was with me.. When we left the temple, we could see lots of “boedist “ monks go out of the temple and to there car. They were putting on k-pop while smoking and using a smartphone and driving the car.. I was so shocked, it installs destroyed my dream of these temples. I always wanted to visit that for my entire life. After this we went back to Seoul, where we ate good foods under the Seoul Sky, so that we still ended up in a okay day.
I do want to point out that this was the ONLY rasistic treatment I experienced in Korea. I am married with a Korean wife, we got married in Korea with hundreds of Koreans guests. Everyone is very lovely and friendly, I also visited other places in Korea without any bad comments or looks. It was only in this temple ( who I will not mention by name, because I won’t be any better then those people there). Don’t let this one bad experience stop you from visiting Korea, it has lots of beautiful places and wearing a hanbok is very fun! Just don’t bother to stay in these temples, just visit them for there historical beauty, not for the boedist.
Hi! If you don't mind, could you tell me more about your experiences (especially bad) about the monks (if there were more)? I would need it for a novel, which I have been doing my research for, but it's quite hard to find little details like what you mentioned about them.
Keep up the great work Haemin. It is your Dharma to teach the world, even if it is done in a modern and secular way.
it's not about whether you own your possessions, it's about whether your possessions own you
Non-possession ? No,
Full-possession
공수래 공수거? No,
공수래 풀수거
If you think non possession means not owning stuff then you need to read a little more on the subject. Possessing is far more than holding the receipt.
Does Haemin Sunim teacher have social media? I couldn't find any.. Please help..
I think he left all the social media platforms due to these allegations
What happened to the middle path..preached by Buddha🙏
People criticise him for earning a living. Yet don't mind rich people donating to monastries, so monks can live very well for doing sweet f'all. Those rich people have earned the money they donate. So why can't a monk earn himself?
According to my Korean friends and family, Haenim Sunim has been criticized by Korean Buddhists in Korea because he doesn't follow the Buddhist teachings of non-possesions and life of a non-egoic life, taught by Buddhism.
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