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About The 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