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Annandale News
volume 4, No. 7, page 11, July, 1998
BUDDHIST LEADER SPEAKS - Dae
Haeng Kun Sunim, one of the few females achieving a position of
leadership in the East Asian Buddhist tradition, was the featured
speaker recently for a lecture entitled "Life Is Not Suffering"
at the Richard J. Ernst Community Cultural Center at the Annandale
Campus of Northern Virginia Community College, 4001 Wakefield
Chapel Road. Sunim, the head of the HanMaUm Seon (Zen) Centers
around the world and a major Buddhist figure, spoke in Korean,
with simultaneous English interpretation provided through wireless
headphones. Lecture goers at the standing-room-only event included
participants from Canada, California, Florida and lllinois. The
event was coordinated by the HanMaUm Seon Center of Washington,
D.C., which is located at 7807 Trammell Road in Annandale.