What is missing in my Life?
Christopher Titmuss
9:30 am - 4:30 pm Saturday 19 January 2019
Dharma Primary School, Brighton
Our mind can easily get caught up in what is missing in our life - love, a role, peace of mind, children, success, intimacy, fulfilment and more.
We live a life torn between what is present and what is absent.
The duality of presence and absence generates stress, feelings of failure and time pressure.
There are other ways to view the circumstances of our existence.
In this one-day workshop, we explore these issues using mindfulness, meditation and sharing of experiences.
The day will include a talk on the theme, inquiry and questions and answers.
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The Dharma Primary School
149 Ladies' Mile Road,
Patcham, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 8TB,
England
What is missing in my Life?
Christopher Titmuss
9:30 am - 4:30 pm Saturday 19 January 2019
Dharma Primary School, Brighton
Our mind can easily get caught up in what is missing in our life - love, a role, peace of mind, children, success, intimacy, fulfilment and more.
We live a life torn between what is present and what is absent.
The duality of presence and absence generates stress, feelings of failure and time pressure.
There are other ways to view the circumstances of our existence.
In this one-day workshop, we explore these issues using mindfulness, meditation and sharing of experiences.
The day will include a talk on the theme, inquiry and questions and answers.
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The Dharma Primary School
149 Ladies' Mile Road,
Patcham, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 8TB,
England
Insight Meditation
(Vipassana)
International Teaching Schedule
Zoom and Residential
2024
Teaching 2024. Retreats, Live and Zoom
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INTERNATIONAL TEACHING SCHEDULE FROM
JANUARY TO OCTOBER 2024. CENTRES AND ZOOM
CALENDAR FOR 2024 - so far
Will be regularly updated
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JANUARY 2024.
Letchworth Garden City. The Wise Lotus Centre.
The Happiness of Emptiness. Sangha Live
Mindful Societies. Eamba
Awakening of Compassion. Totnes.
Dying and Death. Sanghalive. Four weekly sessions
MTTC Intensive Weekend. MTTC (only for those attending 12 month mindfulness training)
FEBRUARY. Sangha Live (Dying and Death. last three of four sessions)
APRIL. Residential retreat. Waldhaus Zentrum, near Andernach, Germany.
JULY. Residential retreat. Seminarhaus Engl, near Munich.
OCTOBER. Waldhaus Zentrum, near Andernach, Germany. Two retreats.
Teachings offered during the year at The Wise Lotus Centre (TWLC) Letchworth Garden City, Herts,
England.
Nshorna (Christopher's daughter) is the founder of TWLC, a non-residential centre for holistic wellbeing.
She is co-teacher with Christopher of the 12 month Mindfulness Teacher Training Course (MTTC).
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TITLE: THE HAPPINESS OF EMPTINESS.
With Christopher.
Sunday 21 January 2024. Zoom.
Start Time: 11am PT (L.A.) / 2pm ET (N.Y.) / 7pm GMT (London) / 8pm CET (Paris). 90-minute live
session.
Hosted by Sangha Live
Outline: Exploration of ultimate teachings requires listening, reflection/meditation rather than sitting
to wait for an experience. Emptiness does not require a specific experience or sequence of experiences.
The ultimate reveals the emptiness of self, ego, I and my – including self-interest, self-help and self compassion. This session will explore the contractions forming self, positive/negative and the way
our minds have become wrapped up in roles and socialisation,
Insubstantiality of self confirms emptiness. Knowing Emptiness makes everything possible generates
an authentic happiness
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TITLE. MINDFUL SOCIETIES
With Christopher. Zoom.
Date: Thursday the 25th of January 2024
Time: 19:00 – 20:30 CET
Theme. Slowly, a grass roots movement takes place in various parts of the world to develop
expressions of mindful societies. A mindful society explores together ethics, values, mindfulness,
daily life practices, sharing, sustainability, spiritual awareness, protection of the natural world and importance of community.
This 90-minute session includes a guided meditation/reflection on the theme, a 30-minute talk
and 30-minute Q&A. The talk will include practical steps to develop a mindful society where you live,
where you work and who you are.
https://www.eamba.net/25-january-2024-mindful-societies-with-christopher-titmuss/
TITLE. AWAKENING OF COMPASSION
With Christopher. Live.
Totnes Consciousness Café
Friday, 26th January 2024, 8pm to 10pm, both live and streamed.
St. John’s Church, Bridgetown, Totnes.
Outline. Session includes talk, short, guided meditation, Q&A and small group sharing. This session
will explore the relevance of compassion in these times of immense uncertainty from personal to
global issues. The best of the Buddhist tradition points to the teachings of awakening. Compassion
confirms an expression of awakening beyond the everyday mind with often its insular priorities of
personal, family and nation state. What do we mean by compassion? What is the difference between compassion and empathy and compassion and pity? Can self-compassion reveal a blind spot?
Cost: £5 (both live and streamed). Refreshments also available at venue
Booking: Via Eventbrite HERE
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TITLE: DYING AND DEATH: A GATEWAY TO LIBERATION.
With Christopher. Zoom. Replays available days after.
Four sessions. 28 January, 4, 11, 18 February 2024
LIVE Interactive #1: Sunday, Jan 28 @ 9:30 am PST / 12:30 pm EST / 5:30 pm GMT / 6:30 pm CET (90 minutes)
Hosted by Sangha Live. 90 minutes each module.
Outline: Is Dying a connection with reality or a denial of it? For some the older we get, the more
we think about dying and death. As we journey through life, we become increasingly aware of
its inevitable end. Our wish to navigate this transition grows stronger, prompting us to seek guidance
and understanding. Life is vulnerable. We face challenges.
You may find attending the course of deep benefit for yourself and others in times of major
transition, either now or at a future date.
TITLE: PRACTICES FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION. PRACTICES FOR PEACE
With Christopher. Live.
Thursday 8 February 2024. Between 6 pm – 7pm.
Hosted by Unity in Diversity, St Marys and St. John’s Church, Totnes.
Held in St. Mary’s Church, (middle of) High Street, Totnes, Devon, England.
Outline. Session will include a short, guided meditation on the theme, talk and Q&A.
The application of peace, personal, social and political, requires a steadfast commitment to
non-violence as an unwavering principle and co-operation with others to develop ways for
conflict resolution - as the authentic alternative to violence and war. The session will explore
steps, inwardly and outwardly, to develop a culture of non-violence and ways to become agents
of change.
https://www.stmarysandstjohnstotnes.org/unity-in-diversity
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DYING AND DEATH. A GATEWAY TO LIBERATION
With Christopher.
Sunday 28 January 2024 – Sunday 4, 11 and 18 February 2024.
Hosted by Sangha Live
Is Dying a connection with reality or a denial of it?
For some the older we get, the more we think about dying and death. As we journey through life, we become increasingly aware of its inevitable end. Perhaps our wish to navigate this transition grows stronger, prompting us to seek guidance and understanding.
Click below for more information about each module and to join the Course.
But are we making far too much fuss about dying and death?
The clinging mind hinders our ability to
perceive the true nature of reality. We become prisoners to a personal view of existence tied up
with birth, aging, dying and death – a plethora of opinions that stands in the way of deep and liberating wisdom.
As we gaze into the vast expanse of the universe, amidst the blinking stars and the ceaseless cycles of
nature, we might sense a profound truth: Reality is ageless and deathless, unbound to cycles.
This course will explore ways to transcend this limiting identification and access a boundless wisdom.
Led by senior Dharma teacher Christopher Titmuss, we will explore the limitations of the conventional mindset on dying and death to find a connection with the vastness of reality. There is a potential to
reveal a liberating wisdom dissolving fear of death.
Module 1 – Living and Dying: Same but Different?
Module 2 – Death of a Loved One: From Sadness to Grief to Despair
Module 3 – Relationship to Death: To Birth or Self?
Module 4 – Dying and Death: Relative vs. Ultimate Truth
Each module lasts for 90 minutes consisting of a guided meditation on the theme of the module,
teaching and Q&A.
Click below for more information about each module and to join the Course.
https://sangha.live/deep-dharma/dying-and-death-a-gateway-to-liberation/
Replays will be posted in the days afterwards for those who cannot attend live.
TITLE: FEAR IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK IT IS
With Christopher. Zoom.
Monday 12- Friday 16 February 2024
7:00 am UK time. 8 am. CET. 60 minutes.
The session is divided into a short talk, guided meditation and a Q&A.
Such experiences as emotions and physical sensations do not confirm fear.
Experts tell us we cannot live without fear as we need fear to protect us.
Dharma teachings remind us we cannot truly live with fear.
To Register. www.sanglive.com
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Buddha Wallah Series
FOUR INNER LINEAGES OF THE DHARMA
On Zoom
With Christopher Titmuss and Suchitra Shenoy (India)
Time: 8am UK, 9am CET, 13.30 India
75-minute session
Guided Meditation. Talk. Q&A.
Date. 2024
Saturday 17 February, Contentment. Christopher
Saturday 24 February, Development. Suchitra
Saturday 02 March, Letting Go. Suchitra.
Saturday 09. March, Mindful Understanding. Christopher
The Buddha made the radical shift away from a lineage of spiritual teachers going back generations to a lineage of inner development and transformation. All four lineages support each other to contribute to contentment, development, letting go and mindful understanding.
Registration
€20.00 to support teachings and dana (donations)
https://www.christophertitmuss.net/donations
Email Suchitra: s.shenoy@gmail.com
A Zoom link will be sent to you.
A single sentence can change a life.
INSIGHT MEDITATION (VIPASSANA) RETREAT
with Christopher
Waldhaus Buddhist Zentrum
Friday 26 April - Friday 3 May 2024
Insight meditation engages the four primary postures of sitting, walking, standing and reclining. The meditations contribute to calmness of being, clarity of mind, a deep sense of wellbeing and awakening
of insights and vision.
The retreats consist of comprehensive mindfulness/meditation instructions iinter-views with myself,
inquiry, questions and answers, and a daily talk. Silence is a major feature of these retreats.
Suitable for beginners and experienced meditators. Translation of basic instructions/talks/if required.
Zentrum for Buddhismus
One hour by train from Bonn/Cologne
Am Laacher See 56643,
Nickenich, Germany+49 2636 3344
Nearest railway station: Andernach
To Register: https://buddhismus-im-westen.de/
E-mail: info@buddhismus-im-westen.de
Do come. All are welcome.
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Buddha Wallah Series
BEING TIED DOWN. Four Areas of Bondage
On Zoom
Christopher Titmuss and Suchitra Shenoy (India)
Time: 8am UK, 9am CET, 12.30 India
75-minute session
Guide Meditation. Talk. Q&A.
Dates: October or November 2024
We find ourselves tied down to
1. Experience of pleasure
2. What exists
3. Views and opinions
4. Blind spots in our mind.
There is a failure to see the transitory nature in all four areas, dependency on conditioning of the self and the danger of experiencing suffering as a result.
Registration
€20.00 to support teachings and dana (donations)
https://www.christophertitmuss.net/donations
Email Suchitra: s.shenoy@gmail.com
A Zoom link will be sent to you.
A single sentence can change a life.
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GERMANY. NEAR MUNICH
Mindfulness/Insight Meditation/Liberation Retreat
Seminarhaus Engl (see photo above)
With Christopher
2 - 7 July 2024
Seminarhaus Engl e.V.(one hour from Munich)
Engl 1. Phone +49-(0)8728-616
84339 Unterdietfurt, Germany
www.seminarhaus-engl.de
Email: info@seminarhaus-engl.de
The retreats consist of comprehensive mindfulness/meditation instructions in sitting, walking, standing/reclining, inter-views with myself, inquiry, questions and answers, and a daily talk.
Silence is a major feature of these retreats. Suitable for beginners and experienced meditators.
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DEVELOPING THE POWER OF HEART AND MIND
with Christopher
Waldhaus Buddhist Zentrum
Two retreats back-to-back
Monday 29 July – Friday 2 August lunch
Friday 2 - Wednesday 7 August 2023
Power emerges from unification of our whole being, focussing on a priority and engaging in a level of boldness.
The Buddha referred to four areas to develop inner power - mindfulness, meditation, energy and
reflection. We apply our power to ethics, love, action and wisdom. Our inner power supports
ourselves and the wellbeing of others.
The retreats consist of comprehensive mindfulness/meditation instructions in sitting, walking, standing/reclining, inter-views with myself, inquiry, questions and answers, and a daily talk.
Silence is a major feature of these retreats.
Suitable for beginners and experienced meditators. Translation of basic instructions/talks/if required.
Zentrum for Buddhismus
One hour by train from Bonn/Cologne
Am Laacher See 56643,
Nickenich, Germany+49 2636 3344
Nearest railway station: Andernach
To Register: https://buddhismus-im-westen.de/
E-mail: info@buddhismus-im-westen.de
Do come. For beginners and experienced meditators.
MINDFULNESS/INSIGHT MEDITATION RETREATS
Waldhaus Buddhist Zentrum
With Christopher
15 October – 20 October 2024
20 October – 25 October 2024
Zentrum for Buddhismus
One hour by train from Bonn/Cologne
Am Laacher See56643,
Nickenich, Germany+49 2636 3344
Nearest railway station: Andernach
To Register: https://buddhismus-im-westen.de/
E-mail: info@buddhismus-im-westen.deMINDFULNESS/INSIGHT MEDITATION RETREAT
Waldhaus Buddhist Zentrum
With Christopher. Assistant teacher: Tina Degen​
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MINDFULNESS TEACHER TRAINING COURSE (MTTC)
CPD Certified Worldwide. A professional certification along with MTTC certification
With Christopher Titmuss and Nshorna Davies
Next 12 month course will start in latter half of 2025.
The MTTC is split into two six months modules. Experience the full course or book
the first module for personal training. This comprehensive, in-depth programme is designed to
support, nurture, and guide you on to becoming a teacher of mindfulness with ways to set up courses
and networks.
Where: Online classes with residential options in the UK & Germany later in the course.
For further information go to www.mindfulnesstrainingcourse,org
email. mttcglobal@gmail.com
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NON-RESIDENTIAL TEACHINGS at different times during the year
Wise Lotus Centre
Letchworth Garden City (26 minutes on train north of London)
L9 Howard Park Corner
SG6 1PQ
Hertfordshire
England.
(Centre offers a full range of classes for well being including mindfulness, meditation, yoga, taichai, dance, massage, movement and more. Classes for children available in mindfulness.
Founder. Nshorna Davies.
Nshorna and Christopher are a father and daughter team.
Email. support@thewiselotus.com
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I invite donations at the end of the retreat to support the ongoing teaching and daily life living costs.
No charge is made for the teachings. Residential retreats payment covers cost of teacher's travel.
Online organisations may set a fee for the teaching programme. I may receive a dana (donation) from
the organisation from the fee.
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ABOUT THE TEACHER
A former Buddhist monk, Christopher Titmuss is known as a steadfast exponent of applying the Dharma to contemporary issues facing people, animals and the environment. He speaks, writes, and supports grassroots movements to resolve suffering. He advocates spiritual values, community renewal, and a green economy. He encourages Dharma practitioners to be Agents of Change and Caregivers. Poet, blogger and social critic,
Christopher teaches awakening and insight meditation in the Buddhist tradition. Author of 22 books,
he has lived in Totnes, Devon, England since 1981.
www.christophertitmuss.net. www.thebuddhawallah.org
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​​IN CONCLUSION
Teachers, managers, directors of centres, organisers and staff connected with our programmes,
residential and Zoom, offer a service. This principle applies before the programme we offer,
during the event and after. A small team of people often give support to a large group. If you feel
concern on any matter whatsoever with any of our responses to you, before, during or after an event,
please email us. Where and when? What was written? What was said? What happened? A manager
or teacher will address your concern and get back to you or you can contact the centre.
THANK YOU.
DO JOIN ONE OR MORE OF OUR PROGRAMMES
LOVE
CHRISTOPHER
christopher@insightmeditation.org
https://www.christophertitmussdharma.org/
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