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Celebrating 20 years (2002-2023) of full-time sutta translation and teaching by Piya Tan (TAN Beng Sin) assisted by Ratna Lim and family:<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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:<\/span> covers\/imprints\/detailed contents [download<\/a>].
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Handbook of Meditation in Society 1 & 2 by Piya Tan<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

SD 60.1ab: Character analysis; and Samatha, Vipassana, Kammatthana (2022a, 2023 rev)<\/strong> [ISBN 978<\/span>–<\/span>981<\/span>–<\/span>18<\/span>–<\/span>550<\/span>4<\/span>–<\/span>7<\/span>]<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
“Meditation is the ground from which we rise into the space of freedom.”<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/th><\/tr>

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SD 60.1ab Cover, imprint, detailed contents<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>

 <\/span><\/td>Character analysis; types of meditation: samatha, vipassana, kammatthana.<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
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Handbook of Meditation in Society 3 by Piya Tan<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

SD 60.1c: The rhetoric of Buddhist Experience: A psychosocial exploration of modern Buddhism (2022b).<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
“Buddhism is daily experience fully and joyfully understood.”<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/th><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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60.1c<\/span><\/td>\nSD 60.1c Cover, imprint and detailed contents<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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SD 60.1c The rhetoric of Buddhist Experience<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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A psychosocial exploration of modern Buddhism.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Handbook of Meditation in Society 4 by Piya Tan<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

SD 60.1d: An Evolutionary Psychology of Mindfulness: Buddhist experience: the individual and society (2023a).<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
“Mindfulness is knowing ourself so that we awaken to true freedom.”<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
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SD 60.1d An evolutionary psychology of mindfulness<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

 <\/td>\nBuddhist experience: the individual and society<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Handbook of Meditation in Society 5 by Piya Tan<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

SD 60.1e: Delusion and Experience: Epistemology, psychology and the Abhidhamma (2023b).<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
“What we know is what we sense: thinking makes sense of it.”<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
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SD No.<\/strong><\/td>\nSutta or Chapter Title<\/strong><\/td>\nSutta reference<\/strong><\/td>\nTheme<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a060.1e<\/span><\/td>\nSD 60.1e Cover and Detailed contents<\/a>.<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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SD 60.1e Delusion and Experience<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\u00a0<\/td>\nEpistemology, psychology and the Abhidhamma.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Handbook of Meditation in Society 6 by Piya Tan<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

SD 60.1f: A Psychopathology of Mindfulness: when religion and meditation fail. (2023c).<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
“Wisdom and science are the better alternative to religion.”<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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SD No.<\/strong><\/td>\nSutta or Chapter Title<\/strong><\/td>\nSutta reference<\/strong><\/td>\nTheme<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a060.1f<\/span><\/td>\nSD 60.1f Cover and Detailed contents<\/a>.<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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SD 60.1f A psychopathy of mindfulness<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\u00a0<\/td>\nWhen religion and meditation fail.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\u00a0<\/i><\/span>SD 60.2: Mindfulness in practice. (2024a).<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
“Mindfulness is seeing here, awareness in knowing now.”<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

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SD No.<\/strong><\/td>\nSutta or Chapter Title<\/strong><\/td>\nSutta reference<\/strong><\/td>\nTheme<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nSD 60.2 Cover imprint TMC activities<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60.2<\/td>\nMindfulness & lovingkindness<\/a><\/td>\nEssay<\/td>\nVersality and harmony in early Buddhist mental cultivation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60.3<\/td>\nPilinda Sutta<\/a><\/td>\nU 3.6<\/td>\nDealing with habitual tendencies.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60.4<\/td>\nGo,datta Sutta<\/a><\/td>\nS 41.7<\/td>\nCitta the houselord\u2019s teachings on the liberations of mind.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60.5<\/td>\nMaha Kaccana Lohicca Sutta<\/a><\/td>\nS 35.132<\/td>\nRecalling goodness in the past.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60.6<\/td>\nAvassuta Pariyaya Sutta<\/a><\/td>\nS 35.202<\/td>\nAn arhat is a master of his senses and mind.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60.7<\/td>\nYassadani kalam mannati<\/a><\/td>\nEssay<\/td>\nFormula for departure or invitation?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60.8<\/td>\nMakhadeva Sutta<\/a><\/td>\nM 83<\/td>\nA good tradition that is worth perpetuating.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Sitibhava Sutta<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nA 6.85<\/td>\nWrong practice and right practice.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60.10<\/td>\nChakka Arati Sutta<\/a><\/td>\nA 6.113<\/td>\nDiscontent is when we know not what is truly good.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60.11<\/td>\nSatipatthana Sati Sutta<\/a><\/td>\nS 47.2<\/td>\nMindfulness is being here and now.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60.12<\/td>\nAtthasata Sutta<\/a><\/td>\nS 36.22<\/td>\nThe various forms and sets of feelings.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Kappavasesa<\/a><\/td>\nEssay<\/td>\nThe meanings and usages of kappavasesa in terms of the Buddha’s lifespan.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nSD 60.2 BACK COVER 20 reasons for translating suttas<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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SD 61a: Mara: A Buddhist mythology of evil and the reality of badness. (2024b).<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
“Mara is the dark shadows of the light that let us see.”<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

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SD 61a<\/td>\nMara: A Buddhist mythology of evil and the reality of badness<\/a>.<\/span><\/td>\n(Essay)<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\u00a0<\/i><\/span>SD 61b: Mara in our daily life. (2024c).<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
“Seek not the light that blinds but one that lets us see.”<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

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SD No.<\/strong><\/td>\nSutta or Chapter Title<\/strong><\/td>\nSutta reference<\/strong><\/td>\nTheme<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nSD 61b Cover imprint TMC activities<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61.1<\/td>\nDvedha Vitakka Sutta<\/a><\/td>\nM 19<\/td>\nDealing with the duality of thoughts.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61.2<\/td>\nNivapa Sutta<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nM 25<\/td>\nHow to be free from Mara.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61.3<\/td>\nCula Gopalaka Sutta<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nM 34<\/td>\nWisely keeping to the gradual way.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61.4<\/td>\n(Devata) Sakalika Sutta<\/a><\/td>\nS 1.38<\/td>\nThe Buddha easily withstands physical pain.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61.5<\/td>\nPuris\u2019indriya,nana Sutta<\/a><\/td>\nA 6.62<\/td>\nThe Buddha\u2019s power of mind-reading.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61.5a<\/td>\nDevadatta<\/a><\/td>\nEssay<\/td>\nA study from the Pali texts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61.5b<\/td>\nThe Buddha\u2019s Karma<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nEssay<\/td>\nA study of the Pubba,kamma,piloti and buddhodicy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61.6<\/td>\nSambahula (Bhikkhu) Sutta<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nS 4.21<\/td>\nMara works to hinder renunciation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61.7<\/td>\n(Mara) Sakalika Sutta<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nS 4.13<\/td>\nThe Buddha sleeps happily.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\u00a0<\/i><\/span>SD 61c: The various forms of Mara (2024d).<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
“Mara can take on any form, often the one we least expect.”<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

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SD No.<\/strong><\/td>\nSutta or Chapter Title<\/strong><\/td>\nSutta reference<\/strong><\/td>\nTheme<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nSD 61c Cover imprint TMC activities<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61.8<\/td>\nAlavaka Sutta<\/a>\u00a0<\/td>\nSn 1.10<\/td>\nA ferocious cannibal awakens to the teaching of the buddhas.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61.9<\/td>\n(Mara) Partirupa Sutta<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nS 4.14<\/td>\nMara seeks to fault us when we do good.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61.10<\/td>\n(Mara) Manaso Sutta<\/a><\/td>\nS 4.15<\/td>\nMara traps us through the mind.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61.11<\/td>\n(Mara) Patta Sutta<\/a><\/td>\nS 4.16<\/td>\nWe should not be distracted when listening to or studying the Dharma.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61.12<\/td>\nCha,phass\u2019ayatana Sutta<\/a><\/td>\nS 4.17<\/td>\nMara is what distracts us away from doing or being good.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61.13<\/td>\n(Mara) Pinda Sutta<\/a><\/td>\nS 4.18<\/td>\nMara deprives the Buddha of food but he lives on joy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61.14<\/td>\n(Mara) Sappa Sutta<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nS 4.6<\/td>\nMara appears as a fearsome serpent.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61.15<\/td>\nMara Samyutta<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nS 4.1-25<\/td>\nThe Connected Discourses on Mara.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61.16<\/td>\nMara Godhika Sutta<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nS 4.23<\/td>\nAn arhat’s rebirth-consciousness cannot be found.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61.17<\/td>\n(Mara) Rajja Sutta<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nS 4.20<\/td>\nMara invites the Buddha to wield sovereignty.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61.18<\/td>\nMara in the early Vinaya<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nMv 1.11-13.<\/td>\nThe first 2 accounts of Mara in the Mahavagga of the Vinaya.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61.19<\/td>\n(Mara) Pasa Sutta 2<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nS 4.5<\/td>\nThe great commission.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61.20<\/td>\n(Mara) Pasa Sutta 1<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nS 4.4<\/td>\nThe second rains: the growing sangha.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61.21<\/td>\nDevasura Sangama Sutta<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nA 9.39<\/td>\nIn our battle with Mara we are only safe with a liberated mind.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61.22<\/td>\nNandati Suttas<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nS 1.12 & S 4.8<\/td>\nThe joy of having family and property.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61.23<\/td>\n(Mara) Ayu Sutta 1<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nS 4.9<\/td>\nDo you want to live long like a suckling baby?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61.24<\/td>\n(Mara) Ayu Sutta 2<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nS 4.10<\/td>\nDoes time fly or turn like a wheel?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61.25<\/td>\n(Mara) Pasana Sutta<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nS 4.11<\/td>\nMara shatters hill-side boulders on a dark night.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61.26<\/td>\n(Mara) Kin Nu Siha Sutta<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nS 4.12<\/td>\nAre there others who can teach like the Buddha?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61.27<\/td>\n(Salayatana) Samiddhi Sutta 1-3<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nS 35.65 + 66 + 67<\/td>\nMara, being and suffering that are the 6 sense-bases.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61.28<\/td>\n(Mara) Radha Sutta 1<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nS 23.1<\/td>\nThe 5 aggregates are Mara.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u00a0<\/i><\/span>SD 62a: Conflict resolution, mental and social (2025a).<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
“Conflicts are resolved by the single mind.”<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

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SD No.<\/strong><\/td>\nSutta or Chapter Title<\/strong><\/td>\nSutta reference<\/strong><\/td>\nTheme<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nSD 62a Cover imprint TMC activities<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.1<\/td>\n(Chakka) Asava Sutta<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nA 6.58<\/td>\nThe ways of overcoming the influxes for attaining the path.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.2<\/td>\nPadipopama Sutta<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nS 54.8<\/td>\nThe benefits of breath meditation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.3<\/td>\nJanavasabha Sutta<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nD 18<\/td>\nLay disciples who have attained the path, Bimbisara and Sanankumara.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.4a<\/td>\nSamagama Sutta<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nM 104<\/td>\nMaintaining harmony in the sangha post-Buddha.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.4b<\/td>\nThe Vinaya and Patimokkha<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nEssay<\/td>\nA glimpse into the evolution of early Buddhist monastic law.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.5<\/td>\n(Atthaka) Vimokkha Sutta<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nA 8.66<\/td>\nTrue liberation and wisdom.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.6a<\/td>\n(Bojjhanga) Pariyaya Sutta<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nS 46.52<\/td>\nThe Buddhist faith of non-Buddhists.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.6b<\/td>\nReligious Pluralism and Dual Belonging<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nEssay<\/td>\nAn exploration into living both Buddhism and Christianity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.7<\/td>\n(Salayatana) Upavana Sutta<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nS 35.70<\/td>\nThe Dharma is personally experienced by the wise.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.8<\/td>\n(Atthaka) Nanda Sutta<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nA 8.9<\/td>\nThe wise directly experience Dharma.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Back cover<\/td>\n20 reasons for translating the suttas<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SD 62b: Conflict resolution, mental and social<\/em> <\/span>[2025b, ISBN <\/strong>978-981-94-3760-3 (paperback); <\/strong>978-981-94-3760-3 (pdf)]<\/strong><\/h3>\n
“Conflicts are resolved by the single mind.”<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

SD No.<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nSutta or Chapter Title<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nSutta reference<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nTheme<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nContents and imprint<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.9<\/span><\/td>\n(Bojjhanga) Kaya Sutta<\/a><\/td>\nS 46.2<\/span><\/td>\n Causes of the mental hindrances and of the awakening factors.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.10a<\/span><\/td>\n(Chakka) Raga Sutta; 3.1.4.2 Vijaya Sutta<\/a><\/td>\n\n

A 6.107 <\/span><\/p>\n

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 The 3 unwholesome conducts and their uprooting. <\/span><\/span>How to remove desire for the body.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.10b<\/span><\/td>\n(Chakka) Duccarita Sutta<\/a><\/td>\n A 6.108<\/span><\/td>\nThe 3 unwholesome conducts and the 3 wholesome conducts.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.10c<\/span><\/td>\n(Chakka) Vitakka Sutta<\/a><\/td>\n A 6.109<\/span><\/td>\nVitakka<\/em> as thought, intention and mind\u00ading.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.10d<\/span><\/td>\n(Chakka) Sa\u00f1\u00f1a Sutta<\/a><\/td>\n A 6.110<\/span><\/td>\n Sa\u00f1\u00f1a <\/em>and its many roles.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.10e<\/span><\/td>\n(Chakka) Dhatu Sutta<\/a><\/td>\nA 6.111<\/span><\/td>\nDhatu as \u201csomething\u201d or mind-objects.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.10f<\/span><\/td>\n(Chakka) Assada Sutta<\/a><\/td>\nA 6.112<\/span><\/td>\nHow we can be fully free from suffering.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.10g<\/span><\/td>\n(Chakka) Arati Sutta<\/a><\/td>\nA 6.113<\/span><\/td>\nBad lifestyle and good lifestyle.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.10h<\/span><\/td>\n(Chakka) Santutthita Sutta<\/a><\/td>\nA 6.114<\/span><\/td>\nHindrances to the training and their remedies.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.10i<\/span><\/td>\n(Chakka) Dovacassata Sutta<\/a><\/td>\nA 6.115<\/span><\/td>\nHindrances to wholesome learning and their remedies.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.10j<\/span><\/td>\n(Chakka) Uddhacca Sutta<\/a><\/td>\nA 6.116<\/span><\/td>\nA calm and clear wholesome mind sees true reality.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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SD 62c: Conflict resolution, mental and social<\/em> <\/span>[2025c, ISBN <\/strong>978-981-94-4817-3 (paperback); <\/strong>978-981-94-4818-0 (pdf)]<\/strong><\/h3>\n
“Conflicts are resolved by the singular mind.”<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

SD No.<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nSutta or Chapter Title<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nSutta reference<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nTheme<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nContents and imprint<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.11<\/span><\/td>\nAspiration for Buddhahood and Disciplehood<\/a><\/td>\n<\/span><\/td>\n Becoming Buddha, Pacceka-buddha, Disciple and Practitioner.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.12ab<\/span><\/td>\nThe Two (Udana) Dabba Suttas<\/a><\/td>\n\n

U 8.9<\/span><\/p>\n

U 10<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

The elder Dabba\u2019s parinirvana.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.13<\/span><\/td>\n(Iti) Desana Sutta<\/a><\/td>\nIt 2.2.2<\/span><\/td>\nThe 2 steps for overcoming evil.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.14<\/span><\/td>\n(Iti) Aggi Sutta<\/a><\/td>\nIt 3.5.4<\/span><\/td>\nThe 3 unwholesome roots are fires to be extinguished.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.15<\/span><\/td>\n(Satipatthana) Sala Sutta<\/a><\/td>\nS 47.4<\/span><\/td>\nEven the saints practise satipatthana.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.16<\/span><\/td>\n(Navaka) Tapussa Sutta<\/a><\/td>\nA 9.41<\/span><\/td>\nRenunciation and the 9 progressive abodes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.17<\/span><\/td>\nTruth and Path: Some key terms<\/a><\/td>\n<\/span><\/td>\nThe noble individuals, 8, 9, 10 and related terms.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.18a<\/span><\/td>\n(Catukka) Kala Sutta 1<\/a><\/td>\nA 4.146<\/span><\/td>\nThe duties of Dharma practice.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.18b<\/span><\/td>\n(Catukka) Kala Sutta 2<\/a><\/td>\nA 4.147<\/span><\/td>\nThe duties of Dharma practice.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.18c<\/span><\/td>\nKala Dana Sutta<\/a><\/td>\nA 5.36<\/span><\/td>\nThe 5 kinds of material giving.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.18d<\/span><\/td>\nKnowledge, Language and Reality<\/a><\/td>\n<\/span><\/td>\nA brief survey of early Buddhist epistemology.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.19<\/span><\/td>\nSanna Sutta 1<\/a><\/td>\nA 5.61<\/span><\/td>\nThe 5 perceptions for awakening to the path.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.20<\/span><\/td>\nSanna Sutta 2<\/a><\/td>\nA 5.62<\/span><\/td>\nAnother 5 perceptions for awakening to the path.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.21<\/span><\/td>\n(Anapana,sati) Vesali Sutta<\/a><\/td>\nS 54.9<\/span><\/td>\n(1) Tell the truth to stop it.<\/span>
(2) The wholesomeness of breath meditation.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nBack cover\u00a0<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n20 reasons for translating the suttas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\u00a0<\/i><\/span>SD 63a: Buddha, the ideal of human awakening (2025d).<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
“True disciplehood is imitation of the Buddha.”<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

SD No.<\/strong><\/td>\nSutta or Chapter Title<\/strong><\/td>\nSutta reference<\/strong><\/td>\nTheme<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nSD 63a Cover imprint TMC activities<\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
63.1<\/td>\nThe First 7 Weeks<\/a>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/td>\nThe first events after the great awakening.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
63.2<\/td>\nUruvela Patihariya<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nMv 1.15-21<\/td>\nConversion of Uruvela Kassapa, Nadi Kassapa and Gaya Kassapa.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
63.3<\/td>\nSunakkhatta Sutta<\/a><\/td>\nM 3.1.5<\/td>\nSelf-overestimation and its dangers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
63.4<\/td>\nPathika Sutta<\/a><\/td>\nD 24<\/td>\nIrony and miracles in early Buddhism.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
63.5<\/td>\nWas the Buddha a Monk?<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\nCult, homosexuality and renunciation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
63.6<\/td>\nKhema Theri Sutta<\/a><\/td>\nS 44.1<\/td>\nThe 4 undeclarable after-death states of an awakened being.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
63.7<\/td>\nSukhumala Sutta<\/a><\/span><\/td>\nA 3.38<\/td>\nThe Bodhisattva\u2019s sense-pleasures and epiphany.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nSD 63a BACK COVER 20 reasons for translating suttas<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Selected essays from Piya Tan’s SD series (SD 60 onwards)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

SD No.<\/strong><\/td>\nSutta or Chapter Title<\/strong><\/td>\nSutta reference<\/strong><\/td>\nTheme<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
64.17\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nBad friendship<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0Tha 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.<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0Avoiding unwholesome teacher-pupil relationship and abuse of religion.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
66.13<\/span><\/td>\nMonastics, sex and marriage<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Renunciation, monastic celibacy and the challenges of secularism and modernism\u00a0with special reference to Japanese Buddhism up to the end of the 20th\u00a0century<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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