Visiting Beomeosa Temple: “It’s a difficult situation, but I think of it as karma… “If you throw a stone, I will hit.”

Visit Beomeosa Temple in Busan and meet temple officials including Monk Jeong Yeo

President Yoon Seok-yeol talks with Monk Noh after finishing his visit to Daeungjeon at Beomeosa Temple in Geumjeong-gu, Busan on the 22nd. 2024.10.22/Provided by the Office of the President President Yoon Seok-yeol said on the 22nd, “There are many difficult situations, but I will think of them as karma and work for the country and the people non-stop.”

On this day, President Yoon visited Beomeosa Temple in Busan and met Venerable Jeong Yeo, the head monk, and said, “Even if I throw a stone, I will still be hit, “President’s Office spokesperson Jeong Hye-jeon said in a written statement.

Monk Jeong Yeo replied to President Yoon, “It’s encouraging to see him continue and not get caught. “

President Yoon’s comments seem to have referred to the political situation, including the recent decline in approval ratings and the offensive of the opposition party. In particular, in a meeting with Han Dong-hoon, a representative of the People’s Power Party the day before, it is explained that he expressed his inner feelings about the so-called ‘Yunhan conflict theory’. become wider.

Before President Yoon spoke, Buddhist monk Jeong Yeo said, “As you go through life, there are things that remain in your heart and there are times when you shake yourself instead of having shake you from the outside. ”

He also said, “If we keep the wounds in our hearts too much, they will become sick,” and “the mentality of moderately emptying them and filling them with new ones will help in running the government.” President Yoon replied, “It came too late.”

President Yoon visited Beomeosa Temple after attending the ‘2024 Busan World Volunteer Conference’ held in Busan this afternoon. Upon his arrival at Beomeosa Temple, President Yoon greeted temple officials and devotees, including Monk Jeong Yeo and Monk Noon.

Beomeosa Temple was decorated on both sides of the main hall with chrysanthemums to welcome President Yoon. President Yoon welcomed Monk Noon, saying, “I worked in Busan about 20 years ago, and even after I left, I walked Mount Geumjeong and visited this place several times,” and he said, “It is good to see Buddha on a rainy day.”

Monk Noon said to President Yoon, “You have given hope to many people by saying that you are loyal to the people, not people, and by overcoming hardships with determination to be president.” He said, “It is difficult to run the government because of the excessive use of national finances in the time of Corona. “You have to be going through something, but there are a lot of sad things about it,” he said.

Monk Noon presented President Yoon with a plaque that he had personally written with the quote, “There is no fault in life, so there is nothing to worry about.”

(Seoul = News 1)