Bom Hyon Sunim
Venerable Bom Hyon Sunim | |
|---|---|
| Personal | |
| Born | Gabriele Rose |
| Religion | Korean Zen Buddhism |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Profession | Chaplain |
| Senior posting | |
| Profession | Chaplain |
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Bom Hyon Sunim (born Gabriele Rose)[1] is an Australian bhikkhuni nun in the Korean Zen tradition.[2] She has been pivotal in setting up Korean Zen Buddhist centres across Australia.
Education
Sunim is a postgraduate Fellow of the Peace and Conflict Resolution studies program at Chulalaongkorn University, Thailand.[3]
Career
Sunim returned to Australia from Korea in 2010. She established the Buddhist Spiritual Care program for the Buddhist Council Victoria.[3]
Sunim is the Senior Buddhist Chaplain for the Australian Defence Forces. [4] She was appointed to the Religious Advisory committee of the Australian Defence Forces in 2012.[3] She volunteers as a chaplain at Western Sydney University.[3][5] She notes that chaplaincy is “intentionally about ‘spiritual'’ rather than religious ministry.” Sunim describes spirituality as “the self: in-relationship with self, others, nature, environment, universe and the transcendent.”[5] Sunim has also been involved in prison chaplaincy.[6]
At this time she also managed the BodhiAhm Meditation Centre in Melbourne.[3]
Sunim has lived at the Korean Jong Bop Sa Temple in Sydney since 2017.[4][7]
In 2018, she and Tina Ng founded an urban nuns residence to support Buddhist nuns called Therimettarama. It is now known as Mettarama Nun’s Monastery.[8]
Sunim has used her knowledge of grief and loss in presentations for Metta Centre.[9] Metta Centre is a Buddhist centre situated in south-western Sydney that presents classes and courses on Buddhist teachings.[10]
Sunim was the resident teacher of the Bodhi Ahm Buddhist Centre. She was a founder of the Healthcare Chaplaincy program for the Buddhist Council.[4]
Sunim is the Chairperson of the Australian Sangha Association.[4][11] Sunim has been featured on the Humanistic Buddhism Centre's series on Ageing, Illness, Dying and Death.[12] The Humanistic Buddhism Centre is situated within the Nan Tien Institute of Higher Education, Woolongong, Australia.
Sunim is completing a doctorate into the culture and practice of chaplaincy in Australian universities. She is particularly interested in the perspectives of people in the 18-35 age demographic.[3]
References
- ↑ "OFF THE CUSHION AND INTO THE MARKETPLACE. BOM HYON SUNIM (Gabriele Rose) - PDF Free Download". docplayer.net. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
- ↑ "The World of Buddhist Poetry with Bom Hyon Sunim - Online". Buddhist Council of NSW. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "BomHyon Sunim". Bluegum Sangha. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Absence and Presence of Mind (Online event)". Buddhist Library and Meditation Centre. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Waddington, Western Sydney University-Marissa. "Sunim Bomhyon". www.westernsydney.edu.au. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
- ↑ "How Australia's prison chaplains have helped inmates cope with the isolation of COVID-19". SBS News. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
- ↑ Haynes, Bronwyn (2017-12-11). "Korean tea master visit". Crookwell Gazette. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
- ↑ "Mettarama Vision Day – Metta Centre". Retrieved 2021-09-29.
- ↑ Grief and loss with Ven Bom Hyon Sunim (pt1), retrieved 2021-09-29
- ↑ "About our Vision – Metta Centre". Retrieved 2021-09-29.
- ↑ "About Us | Rainbodhi". Retrieved 2021-09-29.
- ↑ "Humanistic Buddhism Centre". SoundCloud. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
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