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Haemin Sunim

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Haemin Sunim is one of the most influential Zen Buddhist teachers and writers in the world. Born in South Korea and educated at Berkeley, Harvard and Princeton, he received formal monastic training in Korea and taught Buddhism at Hampshire College in Massachusetts. He has more than a million followers on Twitter (@haeminsunim) and Facebook and lives in Seoul when not traveling to share his teachings. In Korea, The Things You Can See sold more than three million copies and spent 41 weeks at Number One. Love For Imperfect Things was Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller.

Books by Haemin Sunim

Love for Imperfect Things

A beautiful Sunday Times bestseller on learning to love ourselves, from the author of the internationally bestselling The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

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When Things Don’t Go Your Way

The million-copy bestselling monk returns with this essential book of Zen wisdom for modern living

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The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

A multimillion-copy bestselling book of spiritual wisdom about slowing down in our fast-paced world

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