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Rounds:
Thank you for painstakingly explaining every vow, giving a lot of
examples and analogies that are innovative, relevant and
interesting… and sharing of many Dharma stories. Every lesson helps
to strengthen our faith and aspiration to go Pure Land… Thank you
for sharing the Dharma… I have learnt a lot.
Amituofo, Meow Lin
I always enjoy your lessons. - Bee Lan
Thank you very much for your clear teachings. : ) It’s indeed my
blessing to be able to understand more about Amituofo through what
you have taught. I am very grateful. Thank you. - Hock
Chye
I really enjoy your lessons. Prior to meeting you I have read some
of your books and have been a TDE subscriber for years. I am a
beginner actually. So what you shared is interesting and
informative to me… I signed up for 48 vows without knowing anything
about Amituofo except it is a ‘mantra’! I am glad I did! You are
very good at conducting such lessons in an interesting and lively
manner, with very good visual effects too. I really appreciate your
time and effort put into your research, detailed interpretations
and guidance. Attending your ’48
Vows’ and‘Understanding
Amituofo’ courses has further strengthened my faith.
My husband and I are very encouraged to take on the practice more
seriously. We are looking forward to more of your courses. As the
year is drawing to a close, I thank you, not just for the recent
lessons, but also for all these years, for what I have learnt from
your books and publications. I also sincerely wish that you are
always blessed to continue your great work in sharing the
Dharma. - Jenny
You are a really ‘Wonderful’ instructor. I really enjoy your class.
It so interesting, so interactive. Looking forward for your class
every week. A million thanks. - Wallace
Thank you Brother Shi’an for the painstaking planning, preparing
and presenting of the course! The amount of research put into the
numerous slides for the very interesting and mind-blowing
knowledge-sharing sessions (and notes) is indeed commendable! We
enjoyed the sessions and fellowship sessions and wish that everyone
who attend them do too. We now believe that our aspiration to go to
Pure Land has become stronger. We’ll definitely recommend people to
attend the next run. Amituofo! Tio Siang &
Jacqueline
Btw, I enjoy every single lesson and your effort is definitely
appreciated! Amituofo, Monica
Dharma Teacher Shi’an is very sincere and earnest in delivery of
his courses. Always filled with many interesting and creative
analogies or metaphors to let us have a better idea and
understanding. The various creative media used and
implementation of the element of humour brings the Dharma classes
alive without boredom, very often allowing me to feel inspired and
invigorated with renewed energy after the lessons. Really
appreciate the amount of effort Teacher Shi’an put into preparing
his classes. Hope that the work of Teacher Shi’an will continue and
benefit more of us! - Ricky
I would like to take this opportunity to say I enjoyed your
lessens. They are very interesting. Many thanks. -
Lilian
Thanks, Brother Shi’an for conducting the class. You had put in a
lot of effort to explain in English. -
Iris
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About Shen Shi’an
沈时安: An independent BuddhistAn independent
Buddhist teacher, writer, poet, translator and editor, 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 an MA in Buddhist Studies, which covered the 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. He was the founder of the temple’s
Youth Mission (now ‘KMS Youth’), a book purchaser for its Awareness
Place project, and the Chief Editor of the Web (and Library)
Department, which co-supportedBuddhanet.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 29,900 members, the editor of ‘Be a Lamp
Upon Yourself’, ‘The Stonepeace Book (Volume 1-2)’, ‘Awaken:
Gateway to Buddhism (CD-ROM)’ and the writer-editor of ‘The Daily
Enlightenment: Reflections for Practising Buddhists (Book 1-6)’ and
‘The Amazing & Amusing Adventures of Sam & Sara: The Zen of
All Kinds of Stuff!’ He also translates sutras and commentaries,
and contributes occasionally to magazines such as ‘Nanyang
Buddhist’, ‘Awaken’ (for which he was a Contributing Editor), ‘For
You (Information)’, 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], an
innovative way of sharing the Dharma through detailed reviews and
discussions of both popular and offbeat films.
Specialising in the Pure Land teachings, he has taught the subject
at Singapore Buddhist Federation, Kong Meng San, Pu Ji Si Buddhist
Research Centre and Poh Ming Tse, while leading an ongoing weekly
Pureland Practice Fellowship. He is also frequently invited to
conduct Dharma discussions for youths of tertiary institutions’
Buddhist societies (NUSBS, NTUBS, SIMBB, NYPBS, NPBS) 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 (Singapore) 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. He has represented Buddhist points of view at
governmental events conducted by NACLI, NHB, NHG, SAF, SPF, MHA,
ACM, SPM, STB, OnePeople.sg, IRCC and MCYS. He also
co-runs Moonpointer.com, 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.
Interview In Buddhist
Magazine: http://moonpointer.com/new/2011/07/interview-with-shen-shian