Do-Myong Sunim has been studying and practing Buddhism in earnest since 1996. Much of that time has been devoted to studying and practicing within the Tibetan Nyingma and Drikung Kagyu traditions under the guidance of Tulku Nyima Gyaltsen Rinpoche, H.E. Garchen Rinpoche and others. In more recent years, he has taken up studying and practicing Theravada traditions and Zen. He is grateful to have connected with the Five Mountain Zen sangha and Rev. Paul Yuanzhi Lynch, with whom he is engaged in ongoing Koan work and a deepening of his Zen practice. Rev. Do-Myong has a great love for his daily meditation practices and for retreat practice. They keep him happy and sane (-ish)!
Do-Myong Sunim lives in Brooklyn and is a licensed clinical social worker in the state of New York, where he specializes in working with young people who have experienced trauma. He is especially interested in the integration of Attachment Theory and recent advances in affective neuroscience into psychotherapy and other brain/body-based approaches to healing. He also partners with organizations to do social justice work in various capacities, particularly for and with queer youth of color. In his sparse free time, Rev. Do-Myong Sunim can be found digging away in the garden or hovering over a cup of tea.
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