Wherever I am, the world comes after me. It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it. Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist. "The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver
The UP Asian Center in partnership with UP Korea Research Center and Fully Booked is organizing a Book Talk and Signing Tour Featuring Haenim Sunim on 24 January 2025, 10:00 AM (GMT+8), at the Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center, University of the Philippines, Diliman. The event is free and open to the public. The event is free and open to the public. Online pre-registration is recommended due to limited seating.
ABOUT THE BOOK TALK
Fully Booked in partnership with the UP Korea Research Center and UP Asian Center is collaborating on an event with publisher Penguin Random House with an author visit featuring Haemin Sunim, the acclaimed author of The Map of Imperfect Things. With the significant interest in his work amongst many Filipino readers and Fully Booked’s successful sales of his book, it is anticipated a high level of enthusiasm in case we do an event with him. The event will be held in Metro Manila for two days: 24 January in UP Diliman Campus, 25 January in Fully Booked BGC branch. For the UP Diliman Campus activity, UP Korea Research Center is partnering with the UP Asian Center in co-hosting the event for wider audience including graduate students who are specializing in Korea.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
HAENIM SUNIM Zen Buddhist Teacher and Bestselling Author
Born in South Korea and educated at Berkeley, Harvard, and Princeton, Haenim Sunim received formal monastic training from Haein monastery, in South Korea. He taught Asian religions at Hampshire College in Massachusetts for seven years. He is one of the most influential Zen monks in the world. His first book, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down has been translated into more than 35 languages and sold over four million copies. His second book, Love for Imperfect Things was the number one bestseller of 2016 in South Korea and became available in multiple languages in 2019. Haemin resides in Seoul when not traveling to share his teachings.
ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS
The event is organized by the UP Korea Research Center and the UP Asian Center in partnership with Fully Booked.
For inquiries, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 891-8500 loc. 3586.
The Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman offers M.A. degrees in Asian Studies with four fields of specialization: Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and West Asia. The UP Asian Center also has an M.A. program in Philippine Studies that allows students to major in Philippine society and culture, Philippine foreign relations, or Philippine development studies. It also offers a Ph.D. program in Philippine Studies in conjunction with the College of Arts and Letters and the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy. For an overview of these graduate programs, click here. As an area studies institution, the Asian Center also publishes Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia, the latest issue of which can be downloaded at the journal's website.
