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Rumours Have It That He Also Drives a Ferrari and Owns a Building in Central Seoul. All of This from a Supposed Zen Monk Leading an Austere Life Whose Line from His Bestselling Book, True Giving Is Done Without Expecting Anything in Return, Has Become Widely Cited in South Korea and Elsewhere.

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But the Two Monks Later Reconciled After a Phone Call That Hyon Gak Said Was “Full of Love and Mutual Respect and Profound Gratitude for One Another”. Hyon Gak Then Praised Haemin as “An Unbelievably Beautiful Human Being with Great Sincerity” on His Facebook Page. “We Are Both Passionately Committed to the Same Thing: Practising Dharma. ”

Popular South Korean Buddhist Monk’s Un-Zen-Like Lifestyle Ends in Karmic Downfall

By Marcus Vance

• Oct 8, 2026 • 4 min read

Popular South Korean Buddhist Monk’s Un-Zen-Like Lifestyle Ends in Karmic Downfall

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He Gained International Fame for His Mega-Seller Book Entitled, the Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down, Which Was First Published in 2012 and Subsequently Translated into More Than 35 Languages. It Has Sold over Four Million Copies and Topped Amazon Uk‘s List of Bestselling Books in 2017, According to the Korea Joongang Daily.

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