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According to Christopher Titmuss, the beneficial influence of the Buddha falls into three primary areas: non harming, meditation and wisdom. By taking apt quotations from the vast number of talks (over 10,000) which the Buddha gave during his 45 years of teaching, Titmuss offers one thought-provoking excerpt for each day of the year - and so helps illuminate these three important themes. This is a book readers will want to keep for many years, and dip into time and again.
The Mindfulness Manual provides you with first-hand experience of the importance of mindfulness in your daily life. The manual is based on The Buddha's classic and most loved discourse on the four applications of mindfulness, namely to body, feelings, states of mind and the inner/outer world. This manual consists of a series of teachings and practical daily exercises with regular quotes from the Buddha. There are questions to explore at the end of each chapter. Sustained mindfulness training develops the capacity to handle a wide variety of challenging situations, and to understand more deeply the relationship of the inner life to the outer world. Christopher also addresses ethics, communication, enquiry, spiritual experiences, action, love and a liberating wisdom.
Learn to relax and achieve inner peace through the quiet philosophy and practice of meditation. This book helps to combat stress and conflict with the help of healing mantras beautifully designed on the accompanying set of 36 cards. Includes all you need to know about meditation: it highlights the most effective practices, thought patterns and exercises, arms you against life's difficult situations, and opens your mind to joy, insight, and wisdom. This book is part of the popular 4-part Book and Card Pack series which also includes: Crystal Healing; Dream Healing; and Spell Magic, all designed to help you get in touch with your mind, body, and spirit relations. The text of the book is written by Christopher Titmuss. The cards are the work of Rachel Chadd and reflect her views on meditation.
The body is of course integral to meditation, but there are only a few books that focus this specifically on the body and the meditative experience. Awake Where You Are addresses that need, and additionally integrates psychological concepts, which provides a more familiar entry point for people less familiar with Buddhism. “Embodied awareness is the way back home—intimacy with where and how we are right now, with what is happening and how we are meeting it. My intention is to lead you into the heart of your life. Inside your body, where everything happens—within a quality of listening rather than knowledge, of feeling rather than reaction. This meditative practice is radically transfor...
Starting with a chapter on the dysfunctional early life of the Buddha, Christopher Titmuss explores the profound importance of love in a series of 11 essays. The Buddha of Love explores such themes as deep friendship, romantic love, the way to God, the act of giving, spiritual relationships and compassion. He addresses the teachings of Jesus on love, Tantra and sexuality. Christopher explores the spiritual network and one to one professional sessions. Christopher offers a range of insightful perspectives on matters of the heart and draws on the Buddha's teachings. The author shares stories, poems and offers practices to cultivate love as a liberating force. Christopher Titmuss offers retreats, facilitates pilgrimages and leads Dharma Gatherings worldwide. Poet and social critic. A former Buddhist monk in Thailand and India, he is the founder of the online Mindfulness Training Course. He lives in Totnes, Devon, England.
In an awakened life, our hearts are open, steady and purposeful. Most people today have a greater income, as well as more goods and labour - saving devices, than any other generation in history. Yet stress, discontent, personal and social problems abound. Drawing on the deepest discoveries of the Buddhist tradition, well-known retreat master, Christopher Titmuss, suggests we spend far too much time in superficial preoccupaions and not enough in looking deeply into things. He urges us to fearlessly transform the forces of desire and dissatisfaction that haunt our daily lives - and to awaken to the Immeasurable. Inspired by the 20th Century classic, Zend Mind, Beginner's mind, he gives practical advice on such subjects as: understanding our feelings , taking risks, becomming more detached and rediscovering our true selves. And he shows us how to have free, fulfilled and uninhibited lives amidst the frenzy of everyday activity.
Many in the West today are familiar with the benefits offered by meditation and mindfulness, and keen to understand more about Buddhism. Written by a former journalist and Buddhist monk, Light on Enlightenment is an accessible guide to the Buddhist teachings, offering insight and inspiration for daily life, as well as a lucid guide on the path to enlightenment. Christopher Titmuss draws upon the experiences of real people to show how Buddhist teachings are relevant to the problems of Western society, and can exert a valuable influence on science, psychotherapy, green issues, our lifestyles and communities. Light on Enlightenment opens up for all of us the possibility of inner transformation and regaining control over our lives.
Mindfulness, the Buddhist practice of training the mind to remain in the present, offers an indispensable tool for daily living in the modern world. We can all live free, contented, and intelligent lives if we are willing to take a genuine and deep interest in the here and now. Practicing mindfulness awakens us to a liberated life and the experience of natural, day-to-day joy. Written in a practical way, with everyday examples and simple exercises suitable for people of all spiritual persuasions and levels of experience, "Mindfulness for Everyday Living makes the profound Buddhist teachings and practices on mindfulness accessible and relevant to everyone.
Christopher Titmuss offers an in-depth explanation of the Buddha's teachings suitable for those inquiring into life. The book consists of a collection of inter-related chapters addressing ethics, mindfulness/meditation and wisdom. He examines insight meditation (Vipassana), impermanence, suffering, non-self, spiritual friendship, karma, the realms of existence and the fake Buddha. Chapters also explain deep absorption (jhanas) meditations, causality and liberation. The closing chapter clarifies the significance of complete awakening and its relevance for daily life.