Author name: Christopher

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.

British Democracy is a failed political system

British Democracy is a failed political system

THE GENERAL ELECTION ON MAY 7, 2015 CONFIRMED IT

The Past

The English have much in common with far too many nations of Africa and Asia. The English have frequently preferred authoritarian rule. It is 2000 years since the invasion and domination of the Roman Empire and 1000 years since William the Conqueror invaded this island and imposed authoritarian rule in 1066. …

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COMMENTS NOW FIXED

THE LINK FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON MY BLOG WAS BROKEN. IT IS NOW FIXED.

Some years ago, one person with some mental health issues posted on my blog around 1000 (one thousand) comments  in the space of a few days. As a precaution, we stopped the capacity to post comments. …

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DISCOURSE ON MINDFULNESS OF BREATHING

SUMMARY OF THE DISCOURSE ON

MINDFULNESS OF BREATHING

A classic discourse of the Buddha from

Middle Length Discourse (Sutta 118)

 Sixteen Stages to develop Mindfulness of Breathing

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Pharmaceutical Industry, the Brain, Medicine and Patients

 

Our brain, body, organs and teeth were

never evolved to endure such abuse

from lifestyle and ongoing medical drugs

Headings

WESTERN MEDICINE AND THE BRAIN

THE POWER OF THE PLACEBO

OUR BELIEFS IMPACT ON OUR BRAIN AND OUR PHYSIOLOGY

TRAINING FOR WESTERN MEDICAL STUDENTS ABOUT DIET FOR HEALTH? FROM ZERO UP TO 15 HOURS PER YEAR …

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Pharmaceutical Industry, Sickness, Ethics, Death.

Is the Pharmasickical, oops

Pharmaceutical Industry

slowly killing us?

Headings

The Moral Sickness in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Medical Treatment as the Primary Cause for Death in the USA

Is Daily Medication Killing Senior Citizens

“It’s the environment, stupid.”

Steps towards change in sickness management

The Limits of Western Medicine

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