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Feedback From Past
Runs:
Dear Shi’an, am full of gratitude and 法喜 (Dharma joy) to attend
another one of your well-researched Dharma courses. Truly
appreciate the length and depth you have obviously gone through to
present to your course attendees as complete a picture as possible
on the background, context and significance of the Dharma with
lively and interesting delivery. Really helped me to absorb and
make sense of the often very ‘chim’ (profound), sometimes seemingly
repetitive sutras. For this Universal Door Chapter, I was
especially excited to learn about the extended gathas in Sanskrit
which referred to Pure Land and Amituofo. I shared this ‘discovery’
immediately with my Mum who is very familiar with the sutra, having
memorised and recited it many times, but she too, never knew about
the extension. I hope to attend another run of this course in the
future, for I am sure I had not taken in everything you had shared
with us yet and there will be more discoveries to be
made! Amituofo! Suzanne (静慧)
Teacher Shi’an, your session last night was helpful to me and Lee
Lian in recomposing ourselves in the midst of busy work schedules.
Both of us have been quite overwhelmed by work these few weeks. The
session reminded us to realign ourselves and to recognise
impermenance in life. Refreshing and recharging. Thanks much!
– Teng Leng
Thanks for the organising and teaching this course. It has been
interesting and meaningful, especially when Pumenpin is something
which I had no knowledge of initially. I am glad that Shi’an had
been patient, slowly guiding the class with his examples and
lessons. Thank you once
again! Amituofo, Albert
Dear Bro Shi’an, thanks for sharing the wondrous Dharma.
Amituofo, Geok Choo
So far, I have been enjoying your classes and I look forward to
learning more from you. – Sam
‘I’m so glad I joined your class, and wish I have time to sign up
for all your classes.’ - Hwee
‘There is no better way to learn about Pu Men Pin, especially if
you are more English oriented.’ –
Amituofo, Rick
‘Hi Shi’an, appreciate your teaching, which has been enriching and
refreshing… Thank you and I am really glad to have had the
opportunity to attend your teaching.’ – Regards, Mee
Nah
‘The lesson tonight has further reinforced my faith in the path
again. Thanks again!’ - Lam
‘The lessons are good and it has been very interesting coupled with
the short videos. Thank you for the sharing.’-
Min
‘Very interesting class! Hope you can have it in
Mandarin.’ - Jo
‘Thanks to teacher Shi’an for conducting Dharma courses in a
mixture of English and Mandarin, especially for those of us who are
not proficient in Chinese. We benefited a lot from this class.
Thanks again.’ - Leng
‘So far, I have enjoyed your lessons a lot and they have definitely
benefited me in terms of my understanding of
Buddhism.’ - Alex
‘Congratulations for a successful run of the “The Universal Door of
Guanshiyin Pusa… Thank you very much.’ – Best
regards, Peter
‘Dear Bro Shi’an, thank you for your excellent Dharma sharing.’
– Linda
About
Teacher:
Shen Shi’an 沈时安: An independent Buddhist teacher, author,
researcher, translator, editor and poet, he was one of the founding
members of the Dharma Propagation Division of Kong Meng San Phor
Kark See Monastery (Bright Hill Temple in Singapore) in 1997.
Holding a Masters of Arts degree in Buddhist Studies that covered
all major Buddhist traditions, he served as a Dharma Trainer and
Project Coordinator in its Community Development & Training
Department until 2011, focusing on Buddhist research, writing,
teaching and answering of media queries on Buddhism.
He was the founder of the temple’s Youth Mission (now ‘KMSPKS
Youth’), a book purchaser for its Awareness Place project, and the
Chief Editor of the Web & Library Department, that co-supported
Buddhanet.net, a popular Buddhist education website.
He is the founder and editor of TheDailyEnlightenment.com since
1997, one of the world’s largest independent Buddhist inspirational
e-newsletters with over 31,000 members, the editor of ‘Be a Lamp
Upon Yourself’, ‘The Stonepeace Book (Volume 1-2)’, ‘Awaken:
Gateway to Buddhism (CD-ROM)’ and the writer of ‘The Daily
Enlightenment: Reflections For Practising Buddhists (Book 1-7)’ and
the bestselling graphic novel, ‘The Amazing & Amusing
Adventures of Sam & Sara: The Zen of All Kinds of Stuff!’ (He
is the author-editor-translator of 13 books.)
He also contributes occasionally to magazines such as ‘Nanyang
Buddhist’, ‘Awaken’ (for which he was a Contributing Editor), ‘For
You (Information)’ (for which he was invited to be an editorial
board member), and ‘Eastern Horizon’. He served with the film
selection team of a Buddhist film festival, writes movie reviews
for BuddhistChannel.tv, the world’s leading Buddhist news network,
and popularised [email protected], which is an innovative way of
sharing the Dharma through detailed reviews and discussions of both
popular and offbeat films.
Using retranslated sūtras and treatise texts, he has taught on the
Pure Land teachings at Singapore Buddhist Federation, Kong Meng
San, Pu Ji Si Buddhist Research Centre and Poh Ming Tse. He also
leads the Pureland Practice Fellowship.
He is also occasionally invited to conduct Dharma discussions for
youths of tertiary institutions’ Buddhist societies (NTUBS, NUSBS,
SIMBB, NPBS, NYPBS) on various subjects, and to introduce Buddhist
life perspectives at Secondary Schools (St. Patrick’s School,
Manjusri School), Junior Colleges (Catholic Junior College) and
International Schools (UWCSEA, SJII).
He was also invited to share on Buddhism by Dharma Drum Mountain
(Singapore), Fo Guang Shan (Singapore), Tai Pei Buddhist Centre,
Singapore Buddhist Mission Youth, Singapore Buddhist Youth Mission,
Wat Ananda Youth, Buddha of Medicine Welfare Society, The Buddhist
Union, Buddhist Fellowship and Kampung Senang. He has also been
invited to Indonesia and Malaysia to teach.
He was a committee member of the Inter-Religious Organisation,
through which he served in interfaith harmony projects by writing
and giving of public talks, having represented Buddhist points of
view at national events held by NACLI, NHB, NHG, SAF, SPF, MHA,
ACM, SPM, STB, OnePeople.sg, IRCC and MCYS.
He also co-runs Moonpointer.com, which is a community blog that
promotes creative sharing of Buddhism via thousands of articles. He
can be reached at tde thedailyenlightenment.com for invitations to
share the Dharma via articles and talks.
Interview In Buddhist
Magazine: http://moonpointer.com/new/2011/07/interview-with-shen-shian