Books · 2026
A Life Held in Care: Buddhist Rites from Birth to Remembrance
Ti-Ratana Dhamma
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.
Edition details
Sources & credits
First English public edition. Original inclusive household scripts are distinguished from canonical teachings, traditional formulas and cultural customs. This is a broad practical guide, not an exhaustive liturgy for every school. It does not confer civil or monastic status. Independent Sangha and cultural review have not been completed.
Canonical sources and the credited Khuddakapāṭha 9 translation: CC0 1.0. Original scripts and editorial arrangement prepared for Ti-Ratana Buddhist Society. External institutions’ descriptions are referenced, not reproduced as liturgical texts.
- Canonical sources and Kp 9 reading: SuttaCentral; Bhikkhu Sujato; Bhikkhu Brahmāli; Mahāsaṅgīti source edition: CC0 1.0; source references and translation credits retained.
- Original ceremony scripts and editorial material: Ti-Ratana Buddhist Society editorial project: Newly prepared with AI assistance from the commissioning user’s brief. Scripts are contemporary options; independent Sangha and cultural review not completed.
File integrity & release history
SHA-256: 7163e4be1886b3b9d17d84304d2b0eda6e33be2e35dd6547bd923cb51c2eb2cb
Current edition: 2026-09-28.1. Source revision: Source corpus 2026-09-23; individual upstream revisions and SHA-256 checksums retained in the edition ledger..
No post-release corrections recorded.
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