
The traditional goal of Buddhism is to reach a state of enlightenment, which can be achieved by a lifetime of meditation and quiet contemplation. But one Buddhist monk, the Venerable Pomnyun Sunim, long ago decided that his contemplation had to be paired with activism. Since then, he has pursued a very different, more worldly goal: bringing an end to the human rights crisis in North Korea.
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