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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. Money wins medals not just raw talent. From Team GB to GM Olympics or perhaps to GM Olympcrops in a decade or two.

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I wrote a polemic on the blog a few days ago on the O-limp-ic Games.

I wrote the need for a new kind of athlete free from obsessing about winning and losing, and obsessing with time/performance and selfie existence. …

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

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Welcome to the O-limp-ic Games in Rio

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

Part One of Two

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

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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

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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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What is Enlightenment? A Definitive Statement

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The concept ‘Enlightenment’

Views on Enlightenment

Our Potential for an Enlightened Life …

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

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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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