I have an acquaintance whose only hobby is fishing. One day, he asked me in a sullen tone, "In Buddhism why is fishing regarded as a sinful deed and banned totally?" He argued that from old times hunting has been a main resort of human beings' lives, and yet why is it sinful? His question led to a h
As its former faculty advisor, it was an enjoyable and significant task for me to read The Dongguk Post closely from the first page to the last. To be honest, since I quit The Post as its faculty advisor, I haven't found a chance to read The Post from cover to cover again.Since The Post transformed
The United States of America, the world's sole superpower, has been shaken by the horrific terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington D.C.This crime against humanity shocked peace-loving people around the globe and caused them deep sorrow and put them into
During the last few decades there have been enormous de- velopments in science and technology which have practically changed the face of the earth. But in spite of the great achievements in science and technology, we find that there prevails a certain chaos or confusion at all levels - Individual, S
The optimism on the Korean peninsula for a quick resolve to the cold war may be the only palpable force to its own credit. In all probability, our friends to the north will remain communist until we are all dead and buried. The facts are hard to deny.Despite the chronic food penuries that exist, the
Avacation is a good opportunity to be calm and composed and consider your life after so much time concentrating on your studies. Maybe you can take a part-time job or enjoy a dilettante's life that you couldn't while attending classes. And you certainly don't want to skip a vacation trip at home or
The so-called "People's Government?is often being accused of its principle or judgment which is more severe for one group of people or situation than another. On the one hand, many Korean universities and civic groups have long tried to invite the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, fo
Most students are bewildered and angry over the decision to remove the campus fountain, a place of fond memories and tradition, and replace it with The Elephant Family.Their two most common complaints are: (1) the campus lost an invaluable cool spot during the hot season, and (2) the tradition of th
Is April really the cruelest month of the year? Are the newly blossomed spring flowers just poor things to be perished in this fleeting world? Yes, maybe. Growing unrest in our society indicates that there seems to be a certain mood of fatalism among people. It is miserable for no one to have any vi
If you were a Canadian teaching English in Seoul in the 1980s and your name was Jack or Jill, "Canadian" was probably affixed to your name because it was unlikely that there was another "Canadian Jack" or "Jill" teaching in Seoul back then. Today, by contrast, it's hard to find an English-teaching J
Washington Post article written by Dough Struck appeared last December and revived the sad scandal surrounding Baek Ji Young, a pop diva.The scandal was a useful topic for me to use in my group-discussion evaluations for English Conversation because choosing a random topic that all of the students i
When I was wasting most of my time sleeping or watching TV during the semester I skipped in 1999, one dream gave me an idea to travel to remote countries like India, Australia or Russia.South Korea is not different from North Korea in terms of freedom, identity or imagination. I needed more inspirat
Orientation for freshmen! As for me, two kinds of activities are impressed on my memory about the orientation. The first one is drinking, and the next is playing games, such as "the Game of Death" that force other students to drink unwillingly. Those were my first experiences of campus culture as a
Autumn colors are everywhere on campus. The landscape is dotted with the browns, oranges, and yellows of autumn leaves. In this most beautiful season of the year, when you have a break for a couple of minutes, why don't you take a sentimental journey through the past old days, in which everything, i
How can it be that George W. Bush, a mediocre man of middling achievements as Governor of Texas, may just be the next President of the United States of America?It is because his father, George Herbert Walker Bush, was a President. And when you are a scion of a privileged Yankee family like the Bushe
I look at myself in a mirror and see a woman with a care-worn face. She looks shabby and tired. I cry out "Put forth your strength!" at her with all my might, but it seems that she is not aware of my voice. Yes, my will wants the face in the mirror to do something. My heart always sinks because She
I am sitting at my desk in The Dongguk Post office. I'm carelessly turning over the leaves of a book and doodling on empty paper. While listening to Yeuhangsketch's third track, I recall my childhood. My hometown is Youngduck, Kyoungsangbukdo. I lived in a small village not far from the sea. I have
he present essay is concerned with the problems of conflicting truth claims among the world religions and the Buddhist attitude toward religious pluralism. Most religions have a exclusive attitude toward other religions. The exclusivism insists that final salvation is to be found only in a specific
Today's society is more convenient and faster than past societies. One of the powerful influences which make our society to be changed is the Internet. The Internet is very helpful to most people, especially to university students. Students should take advantage of the Internet, but without recognit
The fifteenth August 2000 will never be forgotten by Koreans. On that day, Koreans realized one of the biggest achievements in Korean history: Family reunions. As the long separated families finally met their mothers, fathers, and relatives and burst out in tears, all Koreans became very emotional.