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The Covert Operations of Shame: Analysis of K-Pop Demon Hunters [Please watch film in advance.]
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Join us for an exploration of shame through the surprising lens of Netflix's K-Pop Demon Hunters. Through small group exploration, teaching, and a 20-minute guided meditation, we'll map shame's covert operations across our inner world, relationships, and society. We'll examine how the film reveals shame's origins, how it shapes our choices, why our usual coping strategies fail, and what true healing requires. Drawing on Buddhist practices of mindful awareness, sangha connection, and metta lovingkindness, we'll discover skillful approaches to working with this universal human experience.
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Sumi Loundon Kim
Buddhist Chaplain
Yale Chaplain's Office
Before joining Yale in 2018, I served as the Buddhist chaplain at Duke University for 8 years. I received a BA in fine arts from Williams College, followed by an MA in Buddhist Studies and Sanskrit from the Harvard Divinity School. I was raised in a Zen community until I was just shy of 9, where my parents lived and practiced. In my teens, I became a student of the Theravada (insight) lineage. I’m the author of Blue Jean Buddha (2001); The Buddha’s Apprentices (2005); Sitting Together (2017); and Goodnight Love (2023), among others. My husband, Professor Kim, teaches courses in Buddhism with the Department of Religious Studies, and we have two nearly-adult children.
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Co-hosted with: Yale Buddhist Student Community
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