OUR VISION & MISSION

The Minding Centre

The Minding Centre, based in Singapore, is part of Piya Tan’s Dharma ministry. It was founded in 2006 to provide Dharma-based non-religious service to those who seek wisdom, counsel and solace. It also serves as a haven and hub for those seeking Dharma by way of meditation and education, Sutta study and translation, and spirituality. The Centre also supports, and promotes Piya Tan in his full-time Buddhist ministry, so that his works and legacy will grow and last.

The Sutta Discovery Series

The Sutta Discovery Series is a title in the Living Word of the Buddha project, whose mission is to inspire and facilitate Buddhist Studies, both in a Dharma-centred and an academic manner for personal develop­­ment outreach effort in local and global scale. The Minding Centre and the Living Word of the Buddha project are motivated and guided by the vision of mere Buddhism.

In the 1980s, working closely with Dr Ang Beng Choo, project director of the Buddhist Studies Team (BUDS), Piya was consultant and regular lecturer. BUDS successfully introduced Buddhist Studies in Singapore secondary schools.

After that, he was invited by Prof Lewis Lancaster as a visiting scholar to the University of California at Berkeley, USA. He has written a number of educational books on Buddhism and social comments (such as Buddhist Currents and Charisma in Buddhism).

As a full-time Dharma teacher, he runs regular Sutta and Dharma classes at various temples, centres. He practises Buddhist counseling therapy using a combination of Forest-Insight meditation and Sutta-based psy­cho­logy.

Piya often critically writes on contemporary Buddhist-related issues, and often speaks out against the misinformation, misuse and abuse of Buddhism. He sees Buddhism as a humanistic and life-affirming way to spiritual awakening, and has great faith in gaining it in this life.

Your continued donations will keep the Sutta Translation project and this website going. You can donate to Piya’s translation project and Dharma work by clicking the PayPal “Buy Now” button below. 

or (b) write your cheques to: “The Minding Centre”

and mail them to:

Pali House, Blk 248, Jurong East St 24, #08-50, Singapore 600248.