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 2024

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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). 

https://www.thewiselotus.com/

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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

https://sangha.live/

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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.

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 2025

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More to be be added

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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  June 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.

TO REGISTER 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

www.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 23 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 directly the centre on any concern.

 

THANK YOU.

DO JOIN ONE OR MORE OF OUR PROGRAMMES

LOVE

CHRISTOPHER

www.thebuddhawallah.org​

christopher@insightmeditation.org

https://www.christophertitmussdharma.org/

 

 

 

 

 

Towards Liberation
A Registration form for 
Mindfulness,

Insight Meditation (Vipassana) Retreats

in India

 

Please note this is a sample form.The Registration Form and request for Medical History applied to  Christopher's annual retreats in India. Teachers in spiritual/religious/secular traditions are welcome to adapt these forms for your students, practitioners, clients or patients.

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Please ensure you have a registration form for anybody attending your class, course, workshop or retreat

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We required more personal details due to mental/physical health issues of international, use of drugs, medical and recreational and more.

(Please write or print clearly)

NAME_______________________________________________________________________________

ADDRESS____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

TELEPHONE _____________AGE_____MALE/FEMALE/OTHER_______

OCCUPATION/STUDIES OR OTHER_________________

MAIN LANGUAGE SPOKEN_________________IS ENGLISH CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD? ________

WHO TO CONTACT IN CASE OF EMERGENCY (name, full address, phone number) 

HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THIS RETREAT? _______________________________________

PLEASE INDICATE YOUR INSIGHT MEDITATION (Vipassana) PRACTICE EXPERIENCE AND YOUR RESPONSE?

 

TOTAL DAYS IN RETREAT WITH ANY ONE OF THE TEACHERS OF THIS RETREAT:
0____________1-10__________20-50______________50+___________

TOTAL DAYS IN RETREAT WITH OTHER INSIGHT MEDITATION (Vipassana) TEACHERS:
0____________1-10___________20-50_____________50+___________

TOTAL DAYS DEVOTED TO OTHER SPIRITUAL PRACTICES:
0____________1-10___________20-50_____________50+___________

Please name the spiritual practices, such as Zen, Yoga, Tai Chi, devotion, prayer, Advaita and more.

HAVE YOU ATTENDED NON-RESIDENTIAL COURSES, A WEEKLY COURSE OR BOTH.
PLEASE DETAIL THE THEME, WHERE AND WHEN.

THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THIS INFORMATION.
Medical History

THIS INFORMATION ENABLES TEACHERS TO DIRECT YOUR DAILY PRACTICE IN 
APPROPRIATE WAYS. 

PLEASE ADD TO NEXT PAGE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION THAT YOU CONSIDER WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE TEACHER (S).

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THROUGH THE QUESTIONS.

HAVE YOU ATTENDED ANY COURSES, WORKSHOPS, MEETINGS TO ADDRESS SPECIFIC ISSUES, SUCH AS ADDICTIONS, ANGER MANAGEMENT OR OTHER FORMS OF UNRESOLVED BEHAVIOUR?

Please give details including time and place.

 

A.    DO YOU HAVE ANY PHYSICAL HEALTH PROBLEMS SUCH AS ASTHMA, CANCER, DIABETES, EPILEPSY, HEPATITIS, MALARIA, COUGHING? 

NO_________YES___________

If yes, please give precise details, such as symptoms, duration, and recurrences:

 

B.    DO YOU PRESENTLY, OR HAVE YOU IN THE PAST, EXPERIENCED SUFFERING FROM
ANY EMOTIONAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS SUCH AS DEPRESSION, SLEEP
DISORDERS, EATING DISORDERS, ABUSE, ETC.? 

Please give information on any previous treatment, medications and occurrences:

HAVE YOU HAD ANY KIND OF MENTAL BREAKDOWN ON A PREVIOUS RETREAT OR COURSE?

Please describe. Where and when?

 

C.    ARE YOU CURRENTLY USING ANY MEDICINES FOR ANY PHYSICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL
CONDITION?

 Please indicate drug names and condition treated and for how long: 

 

D.    HAVE YOU TAKEN ANY MIND-ALTERING DRUGS RECENTLY, SUCH AS AYAHUASKA, MAGIC MUSHROOMS, CANNABIS OR EXTASY?
What drugs? When? How frequently? Impact?

I AGREE TO TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR MYSELF DURING THIS RETREAT. I AGREE TO OBSERVE THE GUIDELINES AND INSTRUCTIONS THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE RETREAT. 

I AGREE NOT TO ENGAGE IN FASTING, NOR ANY KIND OF EXTREME PRACTICES.

I AGREE TO APPROACH A TEACHER OR MANAGER IF ANY HEALTH ISSUE OR MENTAL DISTURBANCES ARISE.

I AGREE TO ARRIVE FOR THE START OF THE RETREAT AND STAY TO 12 NOON ON THE FINAL MORNING.

PLEASE ADD IMMEDIATELY BELOW ANY FURTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION.

Teachers may ask you questions on the information you have kindly provided. This will only happen in a 1-1 session with you.

THANK YOU for sharing the above personal details. 

CHRISTOPHER TITMUSS

SENIOR TEACHER