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.

The Buddha taught the Way to God. Part One of Two

The second edition of The Buddha of Love has an additional chapter.

Title of chapter is:
THE BUDDHA TAUGHT THE WAY TO GOD

Chapter Two
“Filled with love and compassion, one dwells suffusing the whole world everywhere.” (DN i 252)

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UK government takes away Citizenship of Shamima Begum,19. A Heartless Response to a Manipulated Young Woman

ISIS, the fanatical political, pseudo-religious cult, targeted young people in the West to join their Caliphate in Syrian/IraqI territory. They targeted and recruited Shamima Begun in the early years of her teens. Having groomed her, ISIS encouraged her, aged 15, and two teenage friends to join the cult in the Middle East. …

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Who am I? 90 minutes Online. Do join. 18.00 UK time. Sunday 10 March, 2019. Host is WorldwideInsight

Sunday March 10th 2019. Online.  Led by Christopher Titmuss.
Christopher offers 30 minute meditation instruction, 30 minute teachings, and live Q&A on video.
Offered on dana (donation)
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Action and Vision. Totnes, south Devon, England. 10 Links to Newspaper Articles. 25 Links to Organisations, Businesses, Charities etc Working for Social Change

Dear Readers

Here is a list of links with regard to what is happening in Totnes (population 8400) in south Devon, UK.

TEN LINKS TO NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLES ON TOTNES IN RECENT YEARS

  1. https://pebblemag.com/magazine/travelling/totnes-independent-ethical-shops-guide
  2. www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/articles/totnes-what-to-see-and-do
  3. www.theguardian.com/business/2012/aug/15/totnes-war-global-capitalism
  4. www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/the-transition-movement-today-totnes-tomorrow-the-world-2364355
  5. www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/feb/06/totnes-transition-towns-ethical-living
  6. www.devonlive.com/news/why-is-totnes-so-weird-2085944
  7. www.open.edu/openlearn/society/politics-policy-people/sociology/totnes-town-constantly-transition
  8. www.newhumanist.org.uk/articles/2862/the-town-thats-twinned-with-narniahttps:
  9. www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/jun/15/transition-towns-way-forward
  10. www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/oct/07/sarah-wollaston-fights-to-save-totnes-seat-brexiters

TWENTY LINKS TO ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESSES, CHARITIES ETC IN AND AROUND TOTNES

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totnes
  2. https://www.transitiontowntotnes.org/about/history/https://transitionnetwork.org/transition-near-me/
  3. https://transitionnetwork.org/about-the-movement/what-is-transition/reconomy/
  4. https://transitionnetwork.org/https://totnesconsciousnesscafe.co.uk/https//
  5. https://gaiahouse.co.uk/
  6. https://www.sharphamtrust.org/mindfulness-retreats/sharpham-house-retreats
  7. https://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/
  8. https://www.tnhc.co.uk/
  9. https://www.dartington.org/
  10. https://www.sharphamtrust.org/calendar/retreat/the-barn-retreat-six-day-meditation#/events
  11. https://www.southdevonsteinerschool.org/
  12. http://www.italianfoodheroes.com/
  13. http://totnes-meditation-group.org/
  14. https://www.wanderingwild.co.uk/experience
  15. http://thezerowasteshop.co.uk/pages/about/our-story/81
  16. https://reconomycentre.org/tag/inner-resilience/
  17. https://www.totnespulse.co.uk/totnes-to-join-national-rebellion-for-climate-action/
  18. https://www.souland.org/blog/life-cairn-in-totnes-for-honouring-and-grieving-extinction-1st-dec-2018
  19. http://www.totnes-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=117926&headline=Campaigners%20in%20%27climate%20emergency%27%20call&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2019
  20. https://www.greenlife.co.uk/collections/food-store
  21. https://www.greenfibres.com/about-greenfibres
  22. https://www.riverford.co.uk/
  23. http://www.sackswholefoods.co.uk/
  24. https://www.wakeuptoorganic.co.uk/find-your-local-store-in-brixham
  25. https://www.transitiontowntotnes.org/event/community-of-dragons/

 

 

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