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Note: (a) A sutta whose title is preceded by an asterisk (*) means that it is only an excerpt. (b) All files are in pdf.
Celebrating 20 years (2002-2023) of full-time sutta translation and teaching by Piya Tan (TAN Beng Sin) assisted by Ratna Lim and family:
Handbook of Meditation in Society 1 + 2, 3, 4, 5.6 (SD 60.1ab, SD 60.1c, SD 60.1d, SD 60.1e, SD 60.1f) by Piya Tan: covers/imprints/detailed contents [download].
Handbook of Meditation in Society 1 & 2 by Piya TanSD 60.1ab: Character analysis; and Samatha, Vipassana, Kammatthana (2022a, 2023 rev) [ISBN 978–981–18–5504–7]“Meditation is the ground from which we rise into the space of freedom.” | |||
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| 60.1ab | Character analysis; types of meditation: samatha, vipassana, kammatthana. | ||
| 60.1ab | SD 60.1ab Handbook of Meditation in Society 1 & 2 | ||
Note: (a) A sutta whose title is preceded by an asterisk (*) means that it is only an excerpt. (b) All files are in pdf.
Handbook of Meditation in Society 3 by Piya TanSD 60.1c: The rhetoric of Buddhist Experience: A psychosocial exploration of modern Buddhism (2022b).“Buddhism is daily experience fully and joyfully understood.” |
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| SD No. | Sutta or Chapter Title | Sutta reference | Theme |
| 60.1c | SD 60.1c Cover, imprint and detailed contents | ||
| 60.1c | A psychosocial exploration of modern Buddhism. | ||
Handbook of Meditation in Society 4 by Piya TanSD 60.1d: An Evolutionary Psychology of Mindfulness: Buddhist experience: the individual and society (2023a).“Mindfulness is knowing ourself so that we awaken to true freedom.” |
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| SD No. | Sutta or Chapter Title | Sutta reference | Theme |
| 60.1d | SD 60.1d Cover, imprint and detailed contents. | ||
| 60.1d | Buddhist experience: the individual and society | ||
Handbook of Meditation in Society 5 by Piya TanSD 60.1e: Delusion and Experience: Epistemology, psychology and the Abhidhamma (2023b).“What we know is what we sense: thinking makes sense of it.” |
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| SD No. | Sutta or Chapter Title | Sutta reference | Theme |
| 60.1e | SD 60.1e Cover and Detailed contents. | ||
| 60.1e | Epistemology, psychology and the Abhidhamma. | ||
Handbook of Meditation in Society 6 by Piya Tan
SD 60.1f: A Psychopathology of Mindfulness: when religion and meditation fail. (2023c).
“Wisdom and science are the better alternative to religion.”
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| 60.1f | SD 60.1f Cover and Detailed contents. | ||
| 60.1e | When religion and meditation fail. | ||
SD 60.2: Mindfulness in practice. (2024a).“Mindfulness is seeing here, awareness in knowing now.” | |||
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| SD No. | Sutta or Chapter Title | Sutta reference | Theme |
| SD 60.2 Cover imprint TMC activities | |||
| 60.2 | Mindfulness & lovingkindness | Essay | Versality and harmony in early Buddhist mental cultivation. |
| 60.3 | Pilinda Sutta | U 3.6 | Dealing with habitual tendencies. |
| 60.4 | Go,datta Sutta | S 41.7 | Citta the houselord’s teachings on the liberations of mind. |
| 60.5 | Maha Kaccana Lohicca Sutta | S 35.132 | Recalling goodness in the past. |
| 60.6 | Avassuta Pariyaya Sutta | S 35.202 | An arhat is a master of his senses and mind. |
| 60.7 | Yassadani kalam mannati | Essay | Formula for departure or invitation? |
| 60.8 | Makhadeva Sutta | M 83 | A good tradition that is worth perpetuating. |
60.9 | Sitibhava Sutta | A 6.85 | Wrong practice and right practice. |
| 60.10 | Chakka Arati Sutta | A 6.113 | Discontent is when we know not what is truly good. |
| 60.11 | Satipatthana Sati Sutta | S 47.2 | Mindfulness is being here and now. |
| 60.12 | Atthasata Sutta | S 36.22 | The various forms and sets of feelings. |
60.13 | Kappavasesa | Essay | The meanings and usages of kappavasesa in terms of the Buddha’s lifespan. |
| SD 60.2 BACK COVER 20 reasons for translating suttas | |||
SD 61a: Mara: A Buddhist mythology of evil and the reality of badness. (2024b).“Mara is the dark shadows of the light that let us see.” | |||
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| SD 61a | Mara: A Buddhist mythology of evil and the reality of badness. | (Essay) | |
SD 61b: Mara in our daily life. (2024c).“Seek not the light that blinds but one that lets us see.” | |||
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| SD No. | Sutta or Chapter Title | Sutta reference | Theme |
| SD 61b Cover imprint TMC activities | |||
| 61.1 | Dvedha Vitakka Sutta | M 19 | Dealing with the duality of thoughts. |
| 61.2 | Nivapa Sutta | M 25 | How to be free from Mara. |
| 61.3 | Cula Gopalaka Sutta | M 34 | Wisely keeping to the gradual way. |
| 61.4 | (Devata) Sakalika Sutta | S 1.38 | The Buddha easily withstands physical pain. |
| 61.5 | Puris’indriya,nana Sutta | A 6.62 | The Buddha’s power of mind-reading. |
| 61.5a | Devadatta | Essay | A study from the Pali texts |
| 61.5b | The Buddha’s Karma | Essay | A study of the Pubba,kamma,piloti and buddhodicy. |
| 61.6 | Sambahula (Bhikkhu) Sutta | S 4.21 | Mara works to hinder renunciation. |
| 61.7 | (Mara) Sakalika Sutta | S 4.13 | The Buddha sleeps happily. |
SD 61c: The various forms of Mara (2024d).“Mara can take on any form, often the one we least expect.” | |||
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| SD No. | Sutta or Chapter Title | Sutta reference | Theme |
| SD 61c Cover imprint TMC activities | |||
| 61.8 | Alavaka Sutta | Sn 1.10 | A ferocious cannibal awakens to the teaching of the buddhas. |
| 61.9 | (Mara) Partirupa Sutta | S 4.14 | Mara seeks to fault us when we do good. |
| 61.10 | (Mara) Manaso Sutta | S 4.15 | Mara traps us through the mind. |
| 61.11 | (Mara) Patta Sutta | S 4.16 | We should not be distracted when listening to or studying the Dharma. |
| 61.12 | Cha,phass’ayatana Sutta | S 4.17 | Mara is what distracts us away from doing or being good. |
| 61.13 | (Mara) Pinda Sutta | S 4.18 | Mara deprives the Buddha of food but he lives on joy. |
| 61.14 | (Mara) Sappa Sutta | S 4.6 | Mara appears as a fearsome serpent. |
| 61.15 | Mara Samyutta | S 4.1-25 | The Connected Discourses on Mara. |
| 61.16 | Mara Godhika Sutta | S 4.23 | An arhat’s rebirth-consciousness cannot be found. |
| 61.17 | (Mara) Rajja Sutta | S 4.20 | Mara invites the Buddha to wield sovereignty. |
| 61.18 | Mara in the early Vinaya | Mv 1.11-13. | The first 2 accounts of Mara in the Mahavagga of the Vinaya. |
| 61.19 | (Mara) Pasa Sutta 2 | S 4.5 | The great commission. |
| 61.20 | (Mara) Pasa Sutta 1 | S 4.4 | The second rains: the growing sangha. |
| 61.21 | Devasura Sangama Sutta | A 9.39 | In our battle with Mara we are only safe with a liberated mind. |
| 61.22 | Nandati Suttas | S 1.12 & S 4.8 | The joy of having family and property. |
| 61.23 | (Mara) Ayu Sutta 1 | S 4.9 | Do you want to live long like a suckling baby? |
| 61.24 | (Mara) Ayu Sutta 2 | S 4.10 | Does time fly or turn like a wheel? |
| 61.25 | (Mara) Pasana Sutta | S 4.11 | Mara shatters hill-side boulders on a dark night. |
| 61.26 | (Mara) Kin Nu Siha Sutta | S 4.12 | Are there others who can teach like the Buddha? |
| 61.27 | (Salayatana) Samiddhi Sutta 1-3 | S 35.65 + 66 + 67 | Mara, being and suffering that are the 6 sense-bases. |
| 61.28 | (Mara) Radha Sutta 1 | S 23.1 | The 5 aggregates are Mara. |
| SD 61c BACK COVER 20 reasons for translating suttas | |||
SD 62a: Conflict resolution, mental and social (2025a).“Conflicts are resolved by the single mind.” | |||
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| SD 62a Cover imprint TMC activities | |||
| 62.1 | (Chakka) Asava Sutta | A 6.58 | The ways of overcoming the influxes for attaining the path. |
| 62.2 | Padipopama Sutta | S 54.8 | The benefits of breath meditation. |
| 62.3 | Janavasabha Sutta | D 18 | Lay disciples who have attained the path, Bimbisara and Sanankumara. |
| 62.4a | Samagama Sutta | M 104 | Maintaining harmony in the sangha post-Buddha. |
| 62.4b | The Vinaya and Patimokkha | Essay | A glimpse into the evolution of early Buddhist monastic law. |
| 62.5 | (Atthaka) Vimokkha Sutta | A 8.66 | True liberation and wisdom. |
| 62.6a | (Bojjhanga) Pariyaya Sutta | S 46.52 | The Buddhist faith of non-Buddhists. |
| 62.6b | Religious Pluralism and Dual Belonging | Essay | An exploration into living both Buddhism and Christianity. |
| 62.7 | (Salayatana) Upavana Sutta | S 35.70 | The Dharma is personally experienced by the wise. |
| 62.8 | (Atthaka) Nanda Sutta | A 8.9 | The wise directly experience Dharma. |
| Back cover | 20 reasons for translating the suttas | ||
SD 62b: Conflict resolution, mental and social [2025b, ISBN 978-981-94-3760-3 (paperback); 978-981-94-3760-3 (pdf)]“Conflicts are resolved by the single mind.” | |||
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| 62.9 | (Bojjhanga) Kaya Sutta | S 46.2 | Causes of the mental hindrances and of the awakening factors. |
| 62.10a | (Chakka) Raga Sutta; 3.1.4.2 Vijaya Sutta | A 6.107 Sn 1.11 | The 3 unwholesome conducts and their uprooting. How to remove desire for the body. |
| 62.10b | (Chakka) Duccarita Sutta | A 6.108 | The 3 unwholesome conducts and the 3 wholesome conducts. |
| 62.10c | (Chakka) Vitakka Sutta | A 6.109 | Vitakka as thought, intention and minding. |
| 62.10d | (Chakka) Sañña Sutta | A 6.110 | Sañña and its many roles. |
| 62.10e | (Chakka) Dhatu Sutta | A 6.111 | Dhatu as “something” or mind-objects. |
| 62.10f | (Chakka) Assada Sutta | A 6.112 | How we can be fully free from suffering. |
| 62.10g | (Chakka) Arati Sutta | A 6.113 | Bad lifestyle and good lifestyle. |
| 62.10h | (Chakka) Santutthita Sutta | A 6.114 | Hindrances to the training and their remedies. |
| 62.10i | (Chakka) Dovacassata Sutta | A 6.115 | Hindrances to wholesome learning and their remedies. |
| 62.10j | (Chakka) Uddhacca Sutta | A 6.116 | A calm and clear wholesome mind sees true reality. |
| Back cover | 20 reasons for translating the suttas | ||
SD 62c: Conflict resolution, mental and social [2025c, ISBN 978-981-94-4817-3 (paperback); 978-981-94-4818-0 (pdf)]“Conflicts are resolved by the singular mind.” | |||
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| 62.11 | Aspiration for Buddhahood and Disciplehood | Becoming Buddha, Pacceka-buddha, Disciple and Practitioner. | |
| 62.12ab | The Two (Udana) Dabba Suttas | U 8.9 U 10 | The elder Dabba’s parinirvana. |
| 62.13 | (Iti) Desana Sutta | It 2.2.2 | The 2 steps for overcoming evil. |
| 62.14 | (Iti) Aggi Sutta | It 3.5.4 | The 3 unwholesome roots are fires to be extinguished. |
| 62.15 | (Satipatthana) Sala Sutta | S 47.4 | Even the saints practise satipatthana. |
| 62.16 | (Navaka) Tapussa Sutta | A 9.41 | Renunciation and the 9 progressive abodes. |
| 62.17 | Truth and Path: Some key terms | The noble individuals, 8, 9, 10 and related terms. | |
| 62.18a | (Catukka) Kala Sutta 1 | A 4.146 | The duties of Dharma practice. |
| 62.18b | (Catukka) Kala Sutta 2 | A 4.147 | The duties of Dharma practice. |
| 62.18c | Kala Dana Sutta | A 5.36 | The 5 kinds of material giving. |
| 62.18d | Knowledge, Language and Reality | A brief survey of early Buddhist epistemology. | |
| 62.19 | Sanna Sutta 1 | A 5.61 | The 5 perceptions for awakening to the path. |
| 62.20 | Sanna Sutta 2 | A 5.62 | Another 5 perceptions for awakening to the path. |
| 62.21 | (Anapana,sati) Vesali Sutta | S 54.9 | (1) Tell the truth to stop it. (2) The wholesomeness of breath meditation. |
| Back cover | 20 reasons for translating the suttas | ||
SD 63a: Buddha, the ideal of human awakening (2025d).“True disciplehood is imitation of the Buddha.” | |||
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| SD No. | Sutta or Chapter Title | Sutta reference | Theme |
| SD 63a Cover imprint TMC activities | |||
| 63.1 | The First 7 Weeks | The first events after the great awakening. | |
| 63.2 | Uruvela Patihariya | Mv 1.15-21 | Conversion of Uruvela Kassapa, Nadi Kassapa and Gaya Kassapa. |
| 63.3 | Sunakkhatta Sutta | M 3.1.5 | Self-overestimation and its dangers. |
| 63.4 | Pathika Sutta | D 24 | Irony and miracles in early Buddhism. |
| 63.5 | Was the Buddha a Monk? | Cult, homosexuality and renunciation. | |
| 63.6 | Khema Theri Sutta | S 44.1 | The 4 undeclarable after-death states of an awakened being. |
| 63.7 | Sukhumala Sutta | A 3.38 | The Bodhisattva’s sense-pleasures and epiphany. |
| SD 63a BACK COVER 20 reasons for translating suttas | |||
Selected essays from Piya Tan’s SD series (SD 60 onwards) | ||||
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| 64.17 | Bad friendship | Tha 387-392; S 5.35; Dh 33 f; S 6.2.8; D 16.2.26; Dh 160; A 5.88; U 4.1.7. | Avoiding unwholesome teacher-pupil relationship and abuse of religion. | |
| 66.13 | Monastics, sex and marriage |
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