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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.

FACING THE AUTHORITARIAN. HOME, SCHOOL, OFFICE, FACTORY, SECT, ETC.

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The authoritarian personality makes life very difficult for people, especially those he or she has power and influence over.

Authoritarians share a similar psychological posture, which is difficult to address.

The unexamined inner lives of an authoritarian parent/teacher/boss/political master and others oppress sons/daughters/students/employees and citizens. …

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What is Art? Art is a Meditation on Life and much more…

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What is Art?

(Art expresses itself through music,  words, spoken, sung and written, the paint, the stone, the wood, other materials, the cloth,  dance, other movements of the body, aesthetic sensitivities, magic, instruments, the singular and the collective of people, as a manifestation of the creative). …

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“Dear Christopher. You fly to different countries. Your CO2 footprint is a million times higher than a poor person…..I wouldn’t know what to learn from you.”

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To Fly or not to Fly?

That is the Question

Here is the criticism extracted from the two emails from Germany about this wallah’s taking flights.

Thank you for your article The Profound Meeting of Mindfulness with Nature, in the book Rieche das Feuer, spür den Wind.”

 It’s an inspiring article. …

“Dear Christopher. You fly to different countries. Your CO2 footprint is a million times higher than a poor person…..I wouldn’t know what to learn from you.”Read More »

“Dear Christopher. You fly to different countries. Your CO2 footprint is a million times higher than a poor person…..I wouldn’t know what to learn from you.” Read More »

What is Mindfulness? 26 Definitions

Mindfulness / /

WHAT IS MINDFULNESS?

26 Definitions

The Buddha engaged in the regular application of Mindfulness in his teachings. The Pali word for Mindfulness is Sati. His teachings on mindfulness serve as the primary inspiration for the teachings on mindfulness available in the West  and elsewhere in the world.

Sati conveys remembering what leads up to an experience or situation and the presence of the experience or situation. There is no English equivalent to the word sati. …

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What is Mindfulness? Current Limited Definitions. 21 Examples.

Mindfulness / /

What is Mindfulness?

21 Current Limited Definitions

The current wave of exploration and interest in Mindfulness started 2600 years ago with the Buddha. He employed the use of mindfulness (Pali language: sati) to apply to a variety of other teachings and applications for the welfare of human beings.

There are significant differences in definition between the original  meaning of sati and its contemporary use. …

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