Ti-Ratana Buddhist Society
Books, discourses and recordings from Ti-Ratana Buddhist Society and Buddhist publishers.
A practical handbook in 39 chapters, with inclusive ceremonies for birth, birthdays, partnership, festivals, illness, funerals and remembrance. Includes gender-neutral scripts, cultural guidance, a host’s workbook and a complete canonical goodwill reading.
A continuous verse narrative in six Books and 27 chapters, from the Buddha’s birth to the legacy of his teaching. Original poetry surrounds credited canonical passages, including the appeal for beings with little dust in their eyes.
One complete volume: 22 continuous narrative chapters from birth to final passing, followed by nine sections of prayers, recollections and recitations. Includes a daily reading order, glossary and source notes.
Eight thematic books, 31 complete supplied canonical source readings, and separate editorial guidance. Numbered source passages support study and group reading.
Ten explanatory chapters with complete primary readings: the quest, birth narratives, austerity, awakening, teaching, disciples and final journey.
The complete book, including its source copyright notice, notes and additional resources.
The complete collection of published Dhamma-talk transcripts, preserved in the author’s sequence.
A single study volume containing the defined Pāli selection and complete Mahāyāna source witnesses. Languages remain clearly separated and accurately scoped.
Right speech, boundaries, learning, community service, AI and multilingual reading, with primary texts and selected academic research from 2016–2026.
The complete supplied Khuddakapāṭha and 15 further canonical readings in Pāli and English, with explicit source-edition limits.
A message can be accurate and still be poorly timed. It can sound gentle and still avoid the truth. In a family chat, volunteer team or neighbourhood group, right speech becomes a practical question long before anyone calls it a spiritual practice. What are we about to place in other people’s minds, and why?
Goodwill does not require saying yes to every request. A person can sincerely wish another well and still decline an unreasonable demand, report harmful conduct or leave a situation that is unsafe. The question is whether a boundary protects conditions for well-being, or becomes a way to punish and humiliate.
There is a difference between taking a mistake seriously and making it your identity. ‘I gave someone the wrong information’ can lead to a correction. ‘I am hopeless’ supplies no comparable next step. Buddhist reflection asks us to examine intention and consequences; it need not become an elaborate method for insulting ourselves.
A community becomes possible through work that rarely appears on a stage: cleaning a room, preparing a clear notice, carrying chairs, checking a recording’s permissions, helping an elder find a seat, and explaining the programme to a newcomer. Calling this work Dhamma practice should make its ethics more visible, not make its workers easier to overlook.
A fluent answer can still contain a false quotation. A convincing Sanskrit line can still be invented. When AI helps with Buddhist publication, the important question is not whether the result sounds serene. It is whether the source exists, whether the rights permit its use, and whether a competent reader can check the meaning.
In a multilingual Buddhist community, a person may chant in one language, discuss the meaning in another and think about a difficult idea in a third. That movement can enrich learning. It can also conceal differences when a publication assumes that every word on one side of a page has an exact equivalent on the other.
Seven complete Chinese sūtra main texts and the Sanskrit/English short Heart Sūtra in one carefully labelled source collection.
The Institute’s course structures, learning objectives and indicative assessment arrangements.
The Institute’s educational pathways, programme outlines and recognition arrangements.
Remembering the departed with gratitude and compassion in a Malaysian Buddhist way.
A historical edition linked from the official Ti-Ratana E-Publications collection.
A historical edition linked from the official Ti-Ratana E-Publications collection.
A historical edition linked from the official Ti-Ratana E-Publications collection.
A historical edition linked from the official Ti-Ratana E-Publications collection.
Each edition lists its available languages and source. Historical source links are distinguished from editions you can read here.
Ti-Ratana Buddhist Society Kuala Lumpur & Selangor (PPM-024-14-27062018)
Ti-Ratana Buddhist Society Malaysia (PPM-036-14-30102018)
