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Christopher Titmuss, a former Buddhist monk in Thailand and India, teaches Awakening and Insight Meditation around the world. He is the founder and director of the Dharma Facilitators Programme and the Living Dharma programme, an online mentor programme for Dharma practitioners. He gives retreats, participates in pilgrimages (yatras) and leads Dharma gatherings. Christopher has been teaching annual retreats in Bodh Gaya, India since 1975 and leads an annual Dharma Gathering in Sarnath since 1999. A senior Dharma teacher in the West, he is the author of numerous books including Light on Enlightenment, An Awakened Life and Transforming Our Terror. A campaigner for peace and other global issues, Christopher is a member of the international advisory council of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. . Poet and writer, he is the co-founder of Gaia House, an international retreat centre in Devon, England. He lives in Totnes, Devon, England.

20 Tips on the lifelong Practice of Listening and Responding to Another

Books, Photos and Music, Communications / /

Here are 20 tips to develop the Practice of Listening and Responding to another. Plus lyrics of Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd …

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Meditation on Non-self. Plain and Simple

The Buddha, Spiritual / /

From an Edited Talk.

One important aspect of meditation, and a difficult one for many, includes understanding the Buddha’s concept of non-self (anatta) through direct experience. The concept of non-self in Dharma practice often confuses people. Most people find the concept challenging.  

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Meditation on Physical Pain. Plain and Simple

Mindfulness / /

From an edited talk on a retreat.

In the morning meditation instructions with you, I wish to touch upon features of meditation on the body, including method and technique, to address physical pain, In applying method and technique, the general interest moves from gross to subtle.

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Buddha was not an Indian. Jesus was not a Jew. Trump is not an American. Zelensky is not a Ukrainian. This wallah is not English.

Articles, Daily Life / /
We have been lied to, deceived and misled since our conception. Powerful forces around us, such as parents, religion and state, have told us who we are. These forces damaged our innocence from the start when we entered this world.

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Daily Buddha and the Daily Talmud. Read a page a day of what the Buddha said to support your daily life

Dharma Reflections / /
I subscribe to online versions of the New York Times and The Guardian* with regular appreciation for some of the articles and Letters to the Editor, which appear on the pages of these two newspapers.

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