책소개

법륜 스님의 《깨달음》이 영문으로 출간되었다. 『Awakening』은 짤막한 일화들을 통해 지금까지의 내 삶과 현재의 나를 들여다볼 수 있는 깊은 성찰의 시간을 갖게 한다. 스님의 가르침을 따라 자기 내면의 들여다보고 지금 이 순간 깨어 있는 연습을 통해 우리는 가치 있는 인생이 무엇인지 바르게 인식할 수 있게 된다. 헛된 삶이 무엇인지 그때서야 비로소 알게 되는 것이다. 그것을 바르게 인식할 때 그동안의 헛된 삶을 버리고 가치 있는 삶, 행복한 삶을 살아가게 된다. 지금 여기서 ‘내 눈을 뜨는 것’이 절실한 까닭이다.      

법륜

저자 법륜은 평화와 화해의 메시지를 전하는 평화 운동가이자, 제3세계를 지원하는 활동가이며, 인류의 문명전환을 실현해 가는 사상가, 깨어 있는 수행자다. 1988년 괴로움이 없고 자유로운 사람, 이웃과 세상에 보탬이 되는 보살의 삶을 서원으로 한 수행공동체(정토회)를 설립하여 수행자들과 함께 생활하고 있다.

법륜 스님의 법문은 쉽고 명쾌하다. 언제나 현대인의 눈높이에 맞추어 깨달음과 수행을 이야기한다. 법륜 스님의 말과 글은 빙 돌려 하지 않고 군더더기 없이 근본을 직시한다. 밖을 향해 있던 우리의 시선을 안으로 돌이킨다. 어렵고 난해한 경전 역시, 법륜 스님을 만나면 스님의 지혜와 직관, 통찰의 힘으로 살아 숨 쉬는 가르침이 된다.

지은 책으로는 [행복한 출근길], [날마다 웃는 집], [붓다, 나를 흔들다], [붓다에게 물들다], [실천적 불교사상], [인간 붓다], [금강경 강좌], [답답하면 물어라], [스님 마음이 불편해요], [행복하기 행복전하기], 수행지침서 [기도, 내려놓기], [깨달음, 내 눈 뜨기] [스님의 주례사], [엄마수업], [인생수업], [방황해도 괜찮아], [새로운 백년], [지금 여기, 깨어있기] 등이 있다.

2000년 만해상 포교상, 2002년 라몬 막사이사이상, 2007년 민족화해상, 2011년 포스코 청암 봉사상, 통일문화대상, 2015 인도 벵골 불자연합 크리파사란 상 수상

Venerable Pomnyun Sunim is a Korean Buddhist monk who is the founder and leading Zen master of the Jungto Society. He entered the Buddhist Sangha at Boonwhangsa Temple, South Korea, in 1969, and was ordained a bihikku in 1991.
He is not only a Buddhist monk but also a social activist who leads various movements such as an ecological awareness campaign, promotion of human rights and world peace, and eradication of famine, disease, and illiteracy.
Ven. Pomnyun Sunim has been advocating a new paradigm of civilization movement in which everyone becomes happy through practice, creates a happy society through active participation in social movements, and protects our environment and the Earth by adopting a simple lifestyle. This vision is expressed in the Jungto Society’s motto, “Open Mind, Good Friends, and Clean Earth.”
Instead of lecturing about Buddhism, he invites individuals in his audience to ask him questions about their concerns and doubts. He then engages them in a dialogue to help them gain insight into the true nature of their problems with his extraordinary gift for explaining the Buddha’s teachings in simple layman’s terms. He challenges them to question their personal biases and helps them become more aware of their own perception of the world. After a short exchange with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim, most people are able to view their problems in a different light and feel happier and freer in their lives.
His talks have become very popular over the years and it is not unusual to see an audience of 2,000 or more people at his talks in Korea. His “Hope”
speaking tour from 2011 until 2014 was attended by more than 600,000 participants across 436 locations in Korea. In 2014, he went on a global speaking tour. He visited 106 cities around the world in 114 days and delivered 115 talks to more than 20,000 Koreans living overseas. Of these 115 talks, 8 were conducted in English for English-speaking audiences.
Pomnyun Sunim’s words of wisdom can be accessed through his books, social media, YouTube, TV, and radio. He has published more than 50 books since 1994. His latest book, “The Moment of Enlightenment,” published in January 2015, became the #1 bestseller in Korea within two weeks of publication. He has over 1 million followers in Korea’s KakaoTalk, 100,000 daily downloads of his podcasts, and over 3 million views of his YouTube videos.
His extensive humanitarian work includes efforts to alleviate the suffering of ordinary North Koreans through the development of food aid programs and by working with marginalized people in Asian countries to build schools and promote community development. In recognition of his humanitarian work, he received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Peace and International Understanding in 2002 and the POSCO TJ Park Community Development
and Philanthropy Prize in 2011. Finally, in 2015, Pomnyun Sunim received Kripasaran Award from the Bengal Association at the 150th Birth Anniwversary Celebration of Ven. Mahasthavir Kripasaran, for his efforts in reviving Buddhism in India.      

Foreword

1. Freedom from Existence
- Where Are You at This Very Moment?
- Nothing Is Inherently Right or Wrong
- One Bowl of Rice
- Freedom from Existence
- At This Moment
- Be Happy with Yourself
- Repentance
- Obstacles That Hinder Practice
- Seeing with an Empty Mind

2. Your Life Is Already in Front of You
- Prayer
- Have You Ever Seen a Stone Float on Water?
- The Principle of Cause, Condition, and Efect
- Interconnectedness of Every Existence in the World
- Good Causes and Conditions, Bad Causes and Conditions
- Your Life Is Already in Front of You
- Only Wash Hands When You Wash Hands Only Eat When You Eat

3. The Path to Enlightenment
- The Path to Enlightenment
- Practice in Name Only
- It Is You Who Makes Someone into a Teacher
- Things as They Are
- Reflect on the Past and Look at the Present from the Perspective of the Future
- Why Love Turns into Hatred or Sorrow

4. Those Who Influence Others
- Those Who Are Easily Influenced by Negative Conditions
- Those Who Are Not Influenced Because They Distance Themselves from External Conditions
- Those Who Are Not Influenced by External Conditions
- Those Who Influence Their Surroundings
- True Freedom
- Like Water, Like Wind
- Nothing to Be Attained

5. People · World · Nature
- Pure Land
- Future World
- The World, Beautiful Just the Way It Is
- Awareness Revolution
- Pure Mind, Good Friends, and Clean Land
- Returning to the Fundamental Teachings of the Buddha
- Cultivators of Pure Land

In Closing the Book

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