Haemin Sunim is a Zen Buddhist teacher and internationally bestselling author whose books have sold more than six million copies worldwide and been translated into 38 languages. His bestselling books include The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down, Love for Imperfect Things, and When Things Don’t Go Your Way.
Born in South Korea, Haemin received his undergraduate education at the University of California, Berkeley, and graduate degrees from Harvard University and Princeton University, where he earned a doctorate in religious studies, specializing in East Asian Buddhism.
After completing his monastic training in South Korea, he taught Asian religions at Hampshire College in Massachusetts for seven years. He later founded the School for Broken Hearts in Seoul, a nonprofit organization offering emotional support to people experiencing bereavement, divorce, and serious illness. He is currently an abbot of Godam Zen Center in South Korea.
Through his writing and teaching, Haemin brings together the depth of traditional Buddhist wisdom and the concerns of contemporary life, helping people discover greater compassion, clarity, and inner freedom.
