Dear Brothers & Sisters,
Do you see that your life right now is a manifestation of your past Karma?
Can past Karma be purified?
Do you know how to create positive Karma to improve your well-being and quality of life?
Come join us for this evening of Dharma Sharing, as we share about the Truth of Karma and its significance for our lives.
Time: 7.30pm – 9.30pm
Venue: 妙心林 Good Hearts Garden
Looking forward to your presence.
Please wear comfortable clothing as we will be seated on the floor.
“The Gift of Dharma (Truth) Excels All Other Gifts”
~ The Buddha
Jian Xin Shifu
About Venerable Shi Jian Xin
Venerable Jian Xin also holds a Specialist Diploma in Counselling and Guidance and a Postgraduate Diploma in Satir Systemic Brief Therapy. She used to work as a professional Counsellor and Therapist for 15 years. She has assisted many individuals to gain insights, clarity and direction in their lives. She has also been trained in group facilitation and has conducted numerous personal transformation workshops.
Since her first encounter with Buddhist teachings at the age of 15, her life has been greatly transformed. She now shares the teachings of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and aspires to assist in the awakening of individuals.
The essence of our mind is like space, for it is
- Unobstructed, never limited of confined by the thoughts or feelings arising within it
- Omnipresent, always immediately available, and extending in all directions
- Impartial, allowing everything to be what it is
- Vast, extending infinitely beyond all the mind’s limitations
- Formless, unable to be contained within any conceptual box
- Pure, uncontaminated by anything that arises within it
- Stable, neither arising nor passing away, but the ever-present ground of all passing experience
- Beyond existence, for it cannot be located in any definite way
- Beyond nonexistence, for it is not simply nothing, but rather a clear, bright presence
- Ungraspable, for it cannot be fixed or held on to in any way
Meditation opens a gateway into this larger space by relaxing our tendency to identify with the compulsive thinking that usually fills it up.
This capacity to relax and trust in the open space of being is essential in creative work. Artists, scientists, inventors, and mathematicians often make their most creative discoveries in moments when they are not directly concentrating on the problem at hand, but relaxing and giving it space to be. The deepest spiritual realizations also arise out of this alert empty-mindedness, which allows the mind to move upon silence, into self-arising wisdom.
Come and experience this relaxed state into the expansiveness.
Date: 21 Jul 2015, Tuesday
Time: 7.30pm – 9.30pm
Venue: 妙心林 Good Hearts Garden
Looking forward to your presence.
With Loving Kindness,
Jian Xin Shifu
About Venerable Shi Jian Xin
Venerable Jian Xin also holds a Specialist Diploma in Counselling and Guidance and a Postgraduate Diploma in Satir Systemic Brief Therapy. She used to work as a professional Counsellor and Therapist for 15 years. She has assisted many individuals to gain insights, clarity and direction in their lives. She has also been trained in group facilitation and has conducted numerous personal transformation workshops.
Since her first encounter with Buddhist teachings at the age of 15, her life has been greatly transformed. She now shares the teachings of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and aspires to assist in the awakening of individuals.
Dear Brothers & Sisters,
Enlightenment Day of Bodhisattva Guan Yin falls on 3 Aug (19th Day of the Sixth Lunar Month) this year.
Let’s come together to celebrate this auspicious day.
Bodhisattva Guan Yin has touched countless lives all these thousands of years with Her Great Compassion.
We will share more about Her Great Compassion Aspirations and meditate on Her Great Compassion and Loving Kindness.
Looking forward to your presence.
Please wear comfortable clothing as we will be seated on the floor.
“Namo Great Compassionate Avalokitesvara,
May I quickly know all Dharmas”
Date: 31 Jul 2015, Friday
Time: 7.30pm – 9.30pm
Venue: 妙心林 Good Hearts Garden
The Five Desires : The Root Of Our Unhappiness
Humans are driven by many desires, but there are five that we are especially driven by.
While all of the five desires shape our behaviours, we may be especially attached to one or two.
It is important to identify which is our “favourite” desire, so we can eventually be freed from the root causes of our unhappiness.
In this session, I will share about the Five Desires and support you to identify your “favourite” desire.
Looking forward to your presence.
“The Gift of Dharma (Truth) Excels All Other Gifts”
~ The Buddha
With Loving Kindness,
Jian Xin Shifu
Date: 17 Jul 2015, Friday, Hari Raya Puasa
Time: 7.30pm – 9.30pm
Venue: 妙心林 Good Hearts Garden
About Venerable Shi Jian Xin
Venerable Jian Xin also holds a Specialist Diploma in Counselling and Guidance and a Postgraduate Diploma in Satir Systemic Brief Therapy. She used to work as a professional Counsellor and Therapist for 15 years. She has assisted many individuals to gain insights, clarity and direction in their lives. She has also been trained in group facilitation and has conducted numerous personal transformation workshops.
Since her first encounter with Buddhist teachings at the age of 15, her life has been greatly transformed. She now shares the teachings of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and aspires to assist in the awakening of individuals.
On “Love”
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
What did the Buddha teach about “love”?
What are the differences between love, loving kindness and compassion?
What are some of the beautiful and enlightening “love stories” in Buddhism?
We look forward to your loving presence.
“He who sees Dharma (Truth) sees me”
~The Buddha
Please wear comfortable clothing as we will be seated on the floor.
With Loving Kindness,
Jian Xin Shifu
Date: 10 Jul 2015, Friday
Time: 7.30pm – 9.30pm
Venue: 妙心林 Good Hearts Garden
About Venerable Shi Jian Xin
Venerable Jian Xin also holds a Specialist Diploma in Counselling and Guidance and a Postgraduate Diploma in Satir Systemic Brief Therapy. She used to work as a professional Counsellor and Therapist for 15 years. She has assisted many individuals to gain insights, clarity and direction in their lives. She has also been trained in group facilitation and has conducted numerous personal transformation workshops.
Since her first encounter with Buddhist teachings at the age of 15, her life has been greatly transformed. She now shares the teachings of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and aspires to assist in the awakening of individuals.
The Power Of Repentance
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
What is Repentance?
How can Repentance purify our negative actions and karma?
How can we do sincere Repentance to purify all the karma that we have committed through our body, speech and mind, since beginingless time?
In this session, we will be sharing about the meaning and power of Repentance.
We look forward to your loving presence.
“He who sees Dharma (Truth) sees me”
~The Buddha
Please wear comfortable clothing as we will be seated on the floor.
With Loving Kindness,
Jian Xin Shifu
Date: 3 Jul 2015, Friday
Time: 7.30pm – 9.30pm
Venue: 妙心林 Good Hearts Garden
About Venerable Shi Jian Xin
Venerable Jian Xin also holds a Specialist Diploma in Counselling and Guidance and a Postgraduate Diploma in Satir Systemic Brief Therapy. She used to work as a professional Counsellor and Therapist for 15 years. She has assisted many individuals to gain insights, clarity and direction in their lives. She has also been trained in group facilitation and has conducted numerous personal transformation workshops.
Since her first encounter with Buddhist teachings at the age of 15, her life has been greatly transformed. She now shares the teachings of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and aspires to assist in the awakening of individuals.
Mara – The Buddhist “Demon”
Who is Mara?
How did he tempt the Buddha to obstruct Him from gaining Enlightenment?
How does he distract practitioners from the spiritual life?
Is he an entity having a literal existence or is he also a psychological force – a metaphor for various processes of doubt and temptation that obstruct spiritual practice?
In this session, we will share about Mara and how to overcome him and his forces.
We look forward to your loving presence.
“The Gift of Dharma (Truth) Excels All Other Gifts”
~The Buddha
Please wear comfortable clothing as we will be seated on the floor.
With Loving Kindness,
Jian Xin Shifu
Date: 26 Jun 2015, Friday
Time: 7.30pm – 9.30pm
Venue: 妙心林 Good Hearts Garden
About Venerable Shi Jian Xin
Venerable Jian Xin also holds a Specialist Diploma in Counselling and Guidance and a Postgraduate Diploma in Satir Systemic Brief Therapy. She used to work as a professional Counsellor and Therapist for 15 years. She has assisted many individuals to gain insights, clarity and direction in their lives. She has also been trained in group facilitation and has conducted numerous personal transformation workshops.
Since her first encounter with Buddhist teachings at the age of 15, her life has been greatly transformed. She now shares the teachings of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and aspires to assist in the awakening of individuals.