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Uploaded on May 10, 2009

Dennis Wholey interview about Zen beliefs and practices with Hyon Gak Sunim in Seoul, Korea.

Venerable Hyon Gak Sunim - was born Paul Muenzen in 1964 to a family of devout Catholics in New Jersey, U.S.A. His mother is a PhD in biochemistry, and his father was an executive at a prominent American computer company, and later founded his own company. He has eight brothers and sisters.

He is currently the Head Teacher of the Zen hall at 500 year-old Hwa Gye Sah Temple in the Sam Gak Sahn Mountain range, outside Seoul, South Korea. In August 2001, he received inka by Zen Master Seung Sahn the 78th Patriarch in a lineage stretching back to Shakyamuni Buddha.

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  • dtseringdorje

    dtseringdorje 1 week ago

    You love a banana milkshake? Well, try a strawberry one or a blueberry. Tastes good, too.

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    EbsNhexz 1 week ago

    Ahh, I love it!

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    dtseringdorje 1 month ago

    Go drink banana milkshake.

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    dtseringdorje 1 month ago

    Very unusual conversation.

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    iillxxllii 1 month ago

    Fail...because you already focus on Saying.

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  • Shana Han

    Shana Han 8 months ago

    Hyon Gak Sunim is an inspiration... Thank you for speaking of truth you have found along the way without any fear of being judges by others. If everyone thinks like him, we will just have world peace right away. haha.

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  • Hal Lee

    Hal Lee 11 months ago

    woah this guy's book (which I read in Korean) changed my life about 7~8 years ago. feels like a full circle back finding this video.

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  • convanjo

    convanjo 1 year ago

    WHAT A MONK！

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    cherylmalone1 1 year ago

    I appreciate your conversation. It is so good to see an American Monk; are there many American monks where you are?

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