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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.

The Buddha and War

The Buddha, Spiritual / /

Intentions, Ethics, Action and Consequences.

A Dharma Perspective on wars and moral superiority

(6290 words)

SUB-HEADINGS

Ignorance and Conflict

Ethics, Intentions, Actions and Consequences

Action and Suffering

Buddhists and War

Enquiry into so-called Cause and Effect

Powerfully armed countries, such as USA, UK, France and Israel, and military organisations, such as NATO, propagate our moral superiority over threats, real and imagined, from other nation states or political/pseudo religious organisations, such as found in the Arab/Islamic world. …

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Weekend retreat (June 13, 14, 2015) in Brighton, UK. 10 am – 7 pm. Stress, Mindfulness and Liberation

Communications / /

A non-residential weekend retreat

In Brighton

 Stress, Mindfulness and Liberation

Christopher Titmuss

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The nurse, the patient and treatment

Dharma Reflections / /

Five qualities needed to attend to the sick.

Five qualities of a patient

Numerous people from every background came to the Buddha with questions on every conceivable issue. For example, he said five qualities were needed to attend the sick whether doctors, nurses, attendants, friends or family members. The qualities were the capacity to: …

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On Dharma service – live video teaching on Sunday May 24, 2015

Dharma Reflections / /

Worldwide Insight has kindly invited me to be the guest onlineDharma teacher on Sunday May 24, 2015 for 90 minutes.

This wallah will start speaking at 7 pm UK time and finish at 8.30 pm.

Worldwide Insight meets every Sunday at 11am Pacific US Time, 2pm Eastern US time, 7pm UK time, 8pm European time, 4am Monday Australia time (AEST), for 90 minutes. …

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The Buddha, Spiritual Seekers, Parents and Young People

The Buddha, Spiritual / /

The Buddha and his Meetings

with Spiritual Seekers, Parents and Young People

11,118, words

 Background to the Buddha’s Meetings:

The Buddha engaged in numerous conversations with parents, children, teenagers, students, householders, and the elderly from secular society, as well as meetings with novices, monks, nuns, ascetics and priests in various religious and spiritual traditions in India around 2600 years ago. The discourses (suttas) also show the depth of inquiry of all ages and backgrounds taking place in northern India in that period of human history. …

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