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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.

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

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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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To Believe in Rebirth is an extreme view. To not believe in rebirth is an extreme view.

The Buddha, Spiritual / /

Millions of Buddhists and countless others believe or don’t believe in rebirth and future lives.

Such people should consider reading several times this discourse from the Buddha (SM 11 The Book of Causation.20.10). …

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Brexit, David Cameron, Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Theresa May, Politicians and the plot of Macbeth

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Macbeth, William Shakespeare’s renowned play,  explores the suffering inflicted on people owing to brutal, naked ambition, ruthless desire to take power and a willingness to cut anybody down who stands in the way.

The story revolves around Macbeth, a popular general in the Scottish army, who believes three influential deceivers who promised him the kingdom. Following his wife’s scheming, Macbeth murders the King of Scotland and takes the throne. …

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The Sense of Belonging and Living on the Edge

Dharma Reflections, The Buddha, Spiritual / /

Human beings sometimes engage in a deep search for a sense of belonging. The formation of an identity with the ‘other’ fulfils a certain need running deeper than the movements of feelings. We might think of this sense as a gut instinct to connect with a presence of the ‘other’ rather than confinement to our mortal self.

We have devised all sorts of formations of the collective to satisfy this need, this rather primal urge, to feel engaged with a group, network or collective with shared values and priorities.

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