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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.

The Buddha of Mindfulness. The Politics of Mindfulness

Mindfulness / /

The Buddha of Mindfulness.

The Politics of Mindfulness

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Ever since, Buddhist monks, nuns and Dharma teachers from the Theravada tradition brought mindfulness/meditation to the West, it has been received with open arms. A variety of retreats, course and programmes, residential and non-residential, take place throughout the West week in, week out. …

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Management of emails and the rest of social media. Here is my current approach.

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Management of emails and the rest of social media.

Here is my current approach.

 

As with countless others, emails pour into the inbox on a daily basis. Personal emails, spiritual seekers, enquiries on a wide range of personal and global issues, sangha emails, business emails, emails with PDFs, links/articles/photographs and links to ‘must see’ websites, videos on Youtube and blogs find their way into the inbox. …

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Finding Fault with Others. Points to Remember

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Finding Fault with Others. Points to Remember

The inner life has the capacity to contain a range of different voices, sometimes diabolically opposed to each other, as well as opposed to the voice of others, personal and public figures/organisations. …

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What are the steps to save the Earth?

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What are the steps to save the Earth?

Headings:

Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, 2009

Carbon Emissions

Nuclear Power, Fossil Fuels and Long Term Vision

A Green Economy

Transition

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Climate Conference needs to be held in devastated regions of the Earth

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A small but important point. There is no substitute for first hand experience of  seeing devastation brought about by significant fluctuations in climate and human activivity in regions of the Earth. There are 150 world leaders at the Climate Change Conference this week. Why on earth is the conference held in Paris? …

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