{"id":3502,"date":"2009-08-30T01:08:40","date_gmt":"2009-08-29T17:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=3502"},"modified":"2009-08-30T01:09:40","modified_gmt":"2009-08-29T17:09:40","slug":"debunking-the-top-10-myths-of-the-7th-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2009\/08\/debunking-the-top-10-myths-of-the-7th-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Debunking the Top 10 Myths of the 7th Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3503\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/149.jpg?resize=185%2C169\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Debunking the Top 10 Myths of the 7th Month<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nFree Sharing by Shen Shi&#8217;an<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Do all ghosts take a month\u2019s worth of annual leave from hell to wreck havoc on Earth? Do they demand for song and dance performances? Do we all end up like them eventually? How should we relate to them and how can we help? Come discover the Buddhist perspective of supernatural beings. \u2018Incredible tales\u2019 included!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue:<\/strong> Awareness Place [Well-Being] Centre, #03-39 Bras Basah Complex<br \/>\n<strong>Date\/Time: <\/strong>Thu 10 Sep 2009, 7.30pm \u2013 9.30pm<br \/>\n<strong>Register:<\/strong> Email <a href=\"http:\/\/\">wsdp@kmspks.org<\/a>, Tel 6849 5346 or SMS 9765 4322 your name and contact info<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><strong>About the Speaker:<\/strong> Shen Shi\u2019an was one of the founding members of Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery\u2019s Dharma Propagation Division in 1997. Holding an MA in Buddhist Studies, he currently serves as a Dharma Trainer and Project Coordinator in the Community Development &amp; Training Department, focusing on research, writing and teaching on various subjects of Buddhism.<\/p>\n<p>He was the founder of the monastery\u2019s Youth Mission (now named Youth Ministry), a purchaser for its Awareness Place bookshop project, and the Chief Editor of the Web and Library Department, which co-supported <a href=\"http:\/\/buddhanet.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Buddhanet.net<\/a>, the world\u2019s most popular Buddhist website. He is the founder and editor of <a href=\"http:\/\/thedailyenlightenment.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">TheDailyEnlightenment.com<\/a>, one of the world\u2019s largest independent Buddhist inspirational e-newsletter with over 26,000 members, the editor of \u2018Be a Lamp Upon Yourself\u2019, \u2018Awaken: Gateway to Buddhism\u2019 and \u2018The Daily Enlightenment (1,2,3)\u2019. He also contributes occasionally to magazines such as \u2018Nanyang Buddhist\u2019, \u2018Awaken\u2019 and \u2018For You (Information)\u2019, and writes Dharma movie reviews for <a href=\"http:\/\/buddhistchannel.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\">BuddhistChannel.tv<\/a>, the world\u2019s leading international Buddhist news network.<\/p>\n<p>He is used to conducting Dharma discussions for youths at tertiary institutions\u2019 Buddhist societies, and has taught at the Singapore Buddhist Federation\u2019s English Dharma Class. He has represented Buddhist perspectives in NACLI, NHB, NHG, SAF, SPF and ACM events and is a member of the Inter-Religious Organisation, through which he participates in interfaith harmony projects. He also co-runs <a href=\"..\/..\/\">Moonpointer.com<\/a>, which is a community blog that promotes sharing of Buddhism via writing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Organised by kmsYM<\/strong> (Youth Ministry of Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery): Offering young adults effective ways to learn Buddhism while achieving personal &amp; spiritual growth: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kmspks.org\/youth\" target=\"_blank\">www.kmspks.org\/youth<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Debunking the Top 10 Myths of the 7th Month Free Sharing by Shen Shi&#8217;an Do all ghosts take a month\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[360],"tags":[178],"class_list":["post-3502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ghost","wpcat-360-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3502\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}