What Does It Mean to Experience the Unknown?
You can’t uncover unconditional freedom by grasping; you have to realize you’re already there.
Haemin Sunim
Haemin Sunim is the founder of the School for Broken Hearts in Seoul, a nonprofit that helps people in difficulty through group counseling and meditation. His first book, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down has sold more than three million copies worldwide, and his latest book, Love for Imperfect Things: How to Accept Yourself in a World Striving for Perfection has received widespread acclaim.
Finding Happiness by No Longer Looking for It
How we can let go of superficial notions of happiness and instead relax into the present moment
The Pine Tree in the Courtyard
The ordinary mind is the awakened mind.
Lessons from Life’s Low Point
Using our struggles to harness compassion
Nirvana Is Here and Now
A koan practice for working with resistance to what is, and for finding the unknown
You’ve Already Arrived
Understanding the peace and openness of the don’t-know mind—and that we’ve been there all along
Approaching Nonduality
Practice with the koan “If all things return to one, where does the one return?”
Nothing Is Outside of Awareness
Some simple questions to better grasp the meaning of “form and emptiness”
An Invitation to the Unknown
Find groundless freedom and realize your unconditional nature.
Online Courses
Online Course
Awakening Here and Now
What is enlightenment? How does it happen? In this six-part online course, Zen monk Haemin Sunim maps out a clear, direct path to awakening. Through traditional koan practice and insights from his personal experience, Haemin Sunim will guide you toward a glimpse of awakened nature.
Podcasts
A Guide for When Things Don’t Go Your Way
In this episode of Life As It Is, Korean Zen monk Haemin Sunim offers a guide to transforming life’s unexpected challenges into opportunities for awakening.
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Letting Go of the Perfect Self
Zen monk Haemin Sunim sits down with Tricycle Editor and Publisher James Shaheen to discuss his journey from US college professor to Korean household name, and how he teaches people to let go of their ideas about perfection.
Listen Now on Tricycle | Apple Podcasts | Spotify
Dharma Talks
Awakening with Zen Koans
For Meditation Month 2026, meditation teacher Haemin Sunim will guide us through Zen koan practice.
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