A Korean Bhikkuni sunim (Buddhist nun), of the Seon (Zen) linage, Dae Haeng Sunim spent over 30 years practicing in the deep mountains of the Korean peninsula. With only the clothes she was wearing, and sleeping under trees, Dae Haeng Sunim wandered around in the mountains. She was never concerned about eating or her circumstances. The only thing she cared about was trying to understand her true owner, the true doer. Later, after awakening, she was absorbed in the various questions that spontaneously arose from inside.
After practicing like this for 20 years, she stopped moving around and spent a further 10 years practicing in a small hut on a remote mountain. Many, many people were coming to see her, and in order to accommodate them, she moved to Anyang city, a suburb of Seoul, and founded the first HanMaUm Seon Center. There Dae Haeng Sunim continues to teach people about their own inherent, true nature and how to awaken it. In addition, she travels outside of Korea once or twice a year to give Dharma talks at the overseas branches of HanMaUm Seon Center.
Covering a wide variety of topics, from Buddha-nature to family life, from suffering to Nirvana, this book has been compiled from over 15 years of Dae Haeng Sunim's Dharma talks. Throughout the book, she emphasizes that true freedom is found by relying on and entrusting everything to our own inherent nature, the true doer, our Buddha-nature. And when this is combined with applying and experimenting with the things we experience, our lives become more peaceful, happy, and harmonious. While living like this, the day will come when we suddenly awaken.
