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Among a series of posts aimed at Haemin, a singer of heavy metal band Victim Mentality, Krocodile Choi, uploaded two videos on his YouTube channel, which has some 8.9 million subscribers, criticizing Haemin. Monk Haemin Haemin was quickly ridiculed on social media for living totally opposite to his teachings of a life with no possessions. Since then, he had been actively carrying out activities outside the temple, which include opening a counseling center named Maum Hakgyo in 2015, publishing his second book “Love for Imperfect Things” (2016) and opening a start-up to launch meditation app Kokkiri last year. The Korean-American monk, whose real name is Ryan Joo, gained international fame for “The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down,” which has been translated into more than 35 different languages and sold over four million copies, even topping Amazon UK's list of best-selling books in 2017. “The more grateful we feel, the happier we become,” and “True giving is done without expecting anything in return,” are just a few quotes from his bestselling book, “The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down” (2012) in which he shares how to build a modest self-image with no greed. But people were shocked after the episode aired, expecting the monk to be living an austere and modest life.
