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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.

Olympic Games. We need a new kind of athlete. Part Two

Articles / /

Welcome to the O-limp-ic Games in Rio

Oops. Welcome to the Olympic Games. We need a new kind of athlete.

Part Two of Two

Part Two

Headings

ATHLETES HAVE BECOME SAINTS AND SINNERS OF THE SELFIE CULTURE

A NEW KIND OF OLYMPIC GAMES

A NEW KIND OF ATHLETE

SPONSORS, PATRONS AND GRANTS FOR THE NEW KIND OF ATHLETE

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Five weeks of hiccups. The Cure: 30 Valerian drops and Magnesium.

Daily Life / /

I had a substantial spicy meal at home. An hour later, I engaged in lots of exercise using rip chords to expand the lungs and the breathing. A mistake. I needed to wait for at least two hours.

The metabolism converting food to energy spiralled into a chaotic state. My diaphragm went into spasms due to food and oxygen constantly colliding with each other triggering intense hiccups. …

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Nagarjuna’s Masterpiece of Enquiry: Fundamentals of the Middle Way. Chapter One

Dharma Reflections, The Buddha, Spiritual / /

Chapter One

Examination of Conditions.

Plus brief Commentary on the 14 verses in Chapter One.

Dear Readers

There is no assurance you will understand these verses of Nagarjuna nor my commentary. …

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14 July 2016. Day One of the growing rule of the Far Right in Britain. The Racism of new Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson

Political / /

Some of us watched British television yesterday the orderly transition from a Conservative Government to a new Conservative Government. The new Prime Minister gave powerful positions to proponents with leanings towards the Far Right. …

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