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About Shen Shi’an 沈时安: An
independent Buddhist teacher and writer, 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 recently served as a Dharma Trainer and Project
Coordinator in its Community Development & Training Department
till 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-supported Buddhanet.net, one
of the world’s most popular Buddhist websites.
He is the founder and editor of TheDailyEnlightenment.com since 1997, one of
the world’s largest independent Buddhist inspirational e-newsletter
with over 29,000 members, the editor of ‘Be a Lamp Upon Yourself’,
‘Awaken: Gateway to Buddhism’ and the writer of ‘The Daily
Enlightenment (Book 1,2,3,4)’. He also contributes occasionally to
magazines such as ‘Nanyang Buddhist’, ‘Awaken’ (for which he was a
Contributing Editor) and ‘For You (Information)’, and writes movie
reviews for BuddhistChannel.tv,
the world’s leading Buddhist news network. To date, he had reviewed
over 300 movies. He popularised [email protected], which is an
innovative way of sharing the Dharma through detailed review
discussions of both popular and offbeat films, and was part of the
film selection team of T.H.I.S Buddhist Film Festival 2009.
Specialising in the Pure Land teachings, he has taught
the subject at Singapore Buddhist Federation, Pu Ji Si Buddhist
Research Centre and Poh Ming Tse, while leading the ongoing weekly
Pureland Practice Fellowship at Kong Meng San, where he continues
to teach various Dharma courses. He is also frequently invited to
conduct Dharma discussions for youths for tertiary institutions’
Buddhist societies (SPBS, NPBS, NYPBS, NUSBS, NTUBS) on various
subjects, along with the sharing Buddhist perspectives at Secondary
Schools (SPS, Manjusri School), Junior Colleges (CJC) and
International Schools (UWCSEA, SJII).
He was also a guest speaker for Dharma activities
hosted 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 and Kampung Senang. He has represented
Buddhist views at governmental events conducted by NACLI, NHB, NHG,
SAF, SPF, MHA, ACM, STB and OnePeople.sg, and was a committee
member of the Inter-Religious Organisation, co-representing the
Buddhist faith, through which he served in interfaith harmony
projects such as giving of public talks to introduce Buddhism. He
also co-runs Moonpointer.com, which
is a community blog that promotes sharing of Buddhism via creative
writing through thousands of articles. (He can be reached at
[email protected] for invitations to share the Dharma via
talks and classes.)