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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.

16 Brahmins come to the Buddha with Questions. How would you respond to such profound questions?

Dharma Reflections / /

Sixteen Brahmins come to the Buddha with Questions.

How would you respond to such profound questions?

 

After I spent three years (early 1970’s) as a Buddhist monk in a Vipassana monastery near the city of Nakornsridhammaraj (City of the Kings of Dharma) in southern Thailand, I left to spend nine months in a cave on Ko Pha Nga island. Our teacher, Ajahn Dhammadharo rejected reading as a distraction to practice throughout the day from 4 am with the loud morning gong to 22.00, seven days a week. …

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You have a new job as manager. It’s nail biting time. 12 Points to Remember

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A step up in your career. You have been appointed the manager in the private or public sector. It’s nail biting time…. …

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The Privatisation of Spirituality. Genetically Modified Practice for Business. A Critique

Business, Science Critiques / /

Go into any major bookstore in the High Street, browse bookshelves at airports or look online and you will see a wide variety of books for sale on spirituality/mindfulness/psychology/mind/body and spirit tailored for businesses. Numerous leaders/coaches/facilitators and teachers in these fields offer a range of courses/workshops/retreats and training programmes for businesses leaders/ management/marketing consultants/sales staff and office workers. …

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Do Corporations have a Real Commitment to Ethics?

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There is a valid concern about the influence of powerful corporations on people and the Earth. The more powerful worldwide influence of the business, then the more likely that corporations neglect their social responsibilities and global sensitivities. …

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The Dark and Lighter side of British Values

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Our media has been going on and on for the past week or two about British values.  Our  Prime Minister believes that there will be “overwhelming support” for the introduction of British values in all of our schools. …

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