Below are the dates for the DFP in Brighton and Totnes in October, 2008 and for Germany for 2009.

Changes for the DFP in Brighton and Totnes for 2009

I have decided to offer one day workshops on a Dharma theme (see dates below) for the non-residential DFP in the Totnes and Brighton. The workshops in Totnes and Brighton are open to all. You do not have to register with DFP beforehand.

Dates for October 2008 in Totnes and Brighton.

Dates for March, June and October 2009

 in Totnes, Brighton and Germany.

In future, Totnes and Brighton will consist of one day Dharma workshops on a Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm.  Participants must arrive punctually for 10 am and stay through until the end of the work.  A person can attend either workshop or both.  We will continue to use many of the forms we have developed in the DFP.

The workshops in Totnes and Brighton will continue to rely upon the modest daily rate for the centre, as well as donations (dana), as well as myself.  In Germany, participants will pay the modest daily rate to stay in the Dharma centre, plus donations for myself.

There is no pre administrative cost for the non-residential workshops. You do not have to sign up for it either.  I will invite experienced DFP participants (two years of experience with the DFP) to facilitate groups in the one day workshops. There are about 10 places left for the residential German DFP.

For the DFP in Germany, you can register online via Paypal or send cash or a cheque for €50 in a well sealed envelope. The registration covers attendance for one year of the DFP anywhere. You can attend as many meetings as you wish. Please send payment to and make cheque payable to: 

Dharma Facilitators

C/o Christopher Titmuss

7 Denys Road

Totnes

TQ9 5TJ

Devon

England.

DATES

Bogan House, Totnes

Totnes DFP is at Bogan House, opposite Civic Square, High Street, Totnes, Devon, England.

NON-RESIDENTIAL. 

Totnes is exactly three hours on the train from Paddington station, London. Bogan House is a few minutes walk from the station.

Saturday October 4, 2008  10 am to 5 pm. Totnes.

DO YOU HAVE ANY KARMA TO WORK ON?

High Tibetan lamas, New Age speakers and Hollywood film stars often express confusing and sometimes distasteful views about karma. Some Western Buddhist teachers never engage in any serious exploration of karma. This workshop will explore the middle ground between crude generalisations about karma and resistance to reference to it.  We will look at the influence of karma in our own lives, the way it bears fruit in the present and the steps necessary to dissolve its impact. The day will consist of a teaching that examines the meaning of karma, meditations and reflections on karma and an inquiry with Christopher. Experienced meditators and beginners are welcome. Open to all

Saturday October 11, 2008 10 a.m to 5 pm. Totnes

MAKING ENDS MEET. THE CHALLENGE OF SELF-EMPLOYMENT

Are you an artist, carpenter, gardener, masseur, therapist web designer or yoga teacher? Are you engaged in any livelihood that you would like to develop and expand?  Are you considering moving into self employment? Are you running a small business that you wish to expand? In this one day workshop, we will share our experiences of self-employment or running a small business. We will explore practical ways to develop our range of clients, make new contacts and examine the potential for networking. The day will include a talk on the ethics and expansion of right livelihood, sharing of our experiences, small group discussion and finding practical steps to develop our income and services.  We will also look at our relationship to work, money and peace of mind. All are welcome. Open to all.

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Bodhi Garden, Brighton.

7a Ship Street Gardens

Brighton BN1 1AJ

Sussex,

England

+44 07796 331167

info@bodhigarden.org

www.bodhigarden.org

NON-RESIDENTIAL

Three minutes walk from the sea. Brighton is 20 minutes by train from Gatwick airport and Brighton is 50 minutes by train from Victoria station, London.

Saturday October 18, 2008 10 am to 5pm at Bodhi Garden, Brighton.

DO YOU HAVE ANY KARMA TO WORK ON?

Course Description – see above

Sunday October 19, 2008 10 am to 5 pm at Bodhi Garden, Brighton

MAKING ENDS MEET. THE CHALLENGE OF SELF-EMPLOYMENT

Course Description -  see above.

Saturday March 7, 2009 10 pm to 6 pm.

Totnes

LOVE AND INTIMACY

What is a relationship – whether as a friend, relative, partner or employer?  Our relationships can touch places of love, sharing and joy or hit a dark place of feeling misunderstood, unloved and unwanted.

Love without understanding ourselves or another is likely to end up with waves of discontent. Love with wisdom doesn’t trigger disappointment, guilt or ongoing resentment. It is an enormous challenge to stay true to Love, no matter what. In this workshop, we will include different kinds of love – romantic love, friendship, loving kindness, generosity and compassion. Handled well, love is a powerful force for healing and happiness for our humanity.

Sunday March 8. 2009. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Totnes

THE PATH OF AWAKENING

Many people have as a priority the maximisation of pleasure and the minimisation of pain. Others have expanded their values. Life is looked upon as a journey of exploration, an inquiry into being and doing and a path to profound realisation and awakening. What does all this mean for us in the course of our daily life? Where do all our thoughts come from? Do we have any spiritual experiences? If so, what are they? If not, why not? Some people have been on the path of awakening for years and are still struggling in so many areas. Others feel enormous benefits from the path, from the range of practices and way of life. Others intimate or claim to know the end of the path of awakening? In this workshop, we will explore features of the path, our relationship to them, and address the end of the path of awakening.

Sunday March 14, 2009 10 am to 6 pm

Bodhi Garden, Brighton.

DOES ANYTHING MATTER?

At times, our life seems swept along with daily circumstances – work, money, friends, love, social life, spiritual interests. Does anything really matter? If so, what matters? Are we living according to what matters? If we are not, what stops us?  If, ultimately, nothing really matters, then how do feel about that? Are we relaxed about that or cynical? If we wish to make real changes in our life or our attitudes, what would they be?  What matters can show itself through contentment or discontent. In this workshop, we will share our experiences in small groups, intimacy circles and inquiry. The workshop will keep to the practical level, not in terms of philosophical abstractions

Saturday March 15, 2009  10 am to 6 pm

Bodhi Garden, Brighton

THE POWER-LESSNESS OF NOW?

Contemporary spirituality and Buddhist practices put much emphasis on being here and now. Thoughts of the past and future are said to be unreal. Is this a wise view or a delusion? Have we identified with this view as if reality is the Now? What are the benefits to this standpoint? Is there anything naïve or irresponsible about it?  Is the view substantial or insubstantial? In this workshop, we will explore and share our experiences of the Now through meditation, reflection and inquiry. Open to all.

Saturday June 13, 2009 10 am to 6 pm

Bodhi Garden, Brighton.

WHAT THE BUDDHA TAUGHT

In this one day workshop, we will look at some Pali texts of the Buddha’s teachings. The day will consist of pointing out some of the main discourses of the Buddha and how to squeeze the honey out of the texts. We will examine some of the key themes that the Buddha addressed.  Participants will leave with some valuable tools to dig deeper into these ancient texts much loved for more than 2000 years. The Buddha’s teachings address both relative and ultimate. Suitable for those who have had exposure previously to Dharma practice.

Sunday June 14, 2009. 10 am to 6 pm

Bodhi Garden Brighton.

WHAT AM I WILLING TO GIVE UP?

Life is given to us.  In course of time, life will give us up.  Yet we live as though life is made for us to take what we want from it. Human desire is having a destructive impact on the individual level since never experience a deep, inner contentment and at the global level. If the technological fix is not the answer, then what is? What are we willing to give up to live wisely, sanely, happily and freely?  We will look into these important issues, share our concerns and perhaps be ready to make some real commitments at the end of the day.

Saturday October 3, 2009 10 am to 6pm

Bodhi Garden. Brighton

TO SPEAK OR NOT TO SPEAK?

When we speak we express not only our views and opinions but reveal our attitudes, expectations, tone of voice and needs. We need to listen equally to ourselves as to another or others. What are supportive conditions if we have something important to say to another? Do we get lost in the story of the situation? Do we want to be heard by another? Wise communication is a skill and a practice. In this workshop, we will share our experiences, learn skilful tools and apply in two’s and three’s. We will examine the construct of language, of words, including the spoken and the written, and the importance of silence and space in and out of communication.

Saturday October 4, 2009 10 am to 6pm

Bodhi Garden, Brighton.

WHAT IS MINDFULNESS? WHAT IS SEEING?

The Buddha has made a clear distinction between the practices of mindfulness, meditation, concentration and the nature of ‘seeing.’  The practices all belong to the path of awakening. Seeing and knowing is a different order and dimension altogether. How do we distinguish mindfulness from seeing?  In this workshop we will explore through our experience these important features of consciousness. The intention is to come to deepen our insights into our processes. Suitable only for those who have prior experience in the Dharma.

Germany (residential)

Thursday March 26 at 9 am to Sunday March 29, 2009 at 13.00

Pauenhof e.V.

D - 47665 Sonsbeck Hamb

Pauendyck 1

(40 minutes from Düsseldorf)

Germany

Tel. 0049-2835 / 44133

info@pauenhof.de

www.pauenhof.de

Friday evening  19.00 October 16, 2009 to lunchtime Tuesday, October 20, 2009.

Zentrum for Buddhismus

Waldhaus am Lachersee

D 56643, Nickenich, Germany

0049 2636 3344

budwest@t-online.de

www.budd hismus-im-western.de

This residential DFP will be followed up with a silent retreat – open to all - until Sunday lunchtime.

Tuesday evening October 20 2009 to Sunday lunchtime October 25, 2009.

A SILENT RETREAT

with Christopher

translated into German 

This classical Vipassana retreat will include comprehensive meditation instructions in Vipassana (Insight) meditation, a daily talk and regular one to one meetings with Christopher. The retreat offers the opportunity to go deeply into ourselves in a supportive and caring atmosphere. The retreat points to inner renewal, a deep sense of presence and the emptying of the mind for fresh perceptions and insights. Suitable for new and experienced meditators. No groups. Suitable for new and experienced meditators.

Totnes DFP dates  and themes for June 2009 and October 2009 not yet fixed.

Do pass the word onto others who might be interested to attend the residential DFP in Germany, Australia, Israel and New Zealand. For DFP in Germany, contact myself christopher@

MAY ALL BEINGS LIVE WITH WISDOM

DFP ISRAEL

dfpsanga@gmail.com
Stephen Fulder and Christopher: Stephen Fulder, a founder of Tovana, is the senior Dharma teacher in Israel leading retreats and various programmes. He lives with his wife in the Clil community in Doah Nah Oshrat in Western Galilee, just a few kilometres from the Lebanese border. He is a founder of the Middle Way that explores bridges between the Israel and Palestinian community. Stephen is a leading authority on complementary medicine.

DFP AUSTRALIA

radhanicholson@ozemail.com.au
Radha Nicholson teaches the cultivation of wisdom and compassion through insight. Her teachings focus on inquiry and non-duality. Radha first met Christopher in India in 1975 where she participated in extended retreats. She was one of the founding members of the Australian community, Bodhi Farm, where she lived for 13 years. She is a guiding teacher for Bay Insight, Byron Bay and is a member of the Insight Teachers Circle Australia. Radha teaches retreats regularly in Australia: see www.dharma.org.au. She also teaches with Christopher at Dharma gatherings in India and Australia and taught on the 2005 Dharma Yatra in France. She is a Registered Psychologist with a private practice in Bangalow near Byron Bay where she lives with her partner. She has three sons, a daughter, and grandchildren.

DFP NEW ZEALAND

subhana@bigpond.net.au
Subhana Barzaghi has practiced Buddhist meditation for thirty years and is a qualified teacher in two Buddhist traditions: Insight Meditation (Vipassana) tradition and Zen Buddhist tradition. She received transmission as a "Roshi" (Zen master) in 1996 from her teachers John Tarrant Roshi and Robert Aitken Roshi. Subhana teaches intensive Zen & Vipassana retreats in India, Australia and New Zealand and conducts workshops in Sydney. Subhana is the resident teacher of the Sydney Zen Centre and founder of Kuan Yin Zen Centre in Lismore.

INFORMATION ON THE DFP PROGRAMME STARTING IN 2009 for England and Germany.

Contact Stephen in Israel, Radha in Australia and Subhana in New Zealand for DFP in these countries.

Love

In the Dharma

Three Bows

Christopher

Dear One and All,

E-mails are checked very irregularly when teachng overseas. See teaching schedule on websites. Websites regularly updated. Control and click on website name below. Christopher's dharma blog is www.christophertitmuss.org/blog

See www.youtube.com for five minute Dharma clips of Christopher.

1. www.insightmeditation.org International teaching schedule of Christopher Titmuss, to subscribe to  freely distributed quarterly Dharma e-News, Dharma teachings, guided meditations, Dharma reflections, articles, social-political-analysis, 150 linked sites ...Around a million hits a year on this website.

2. www.christophertitmuss.org Audio library of world-wide talks and inquiries. Listen to audio guided meditations, poems, extracts from books and see more than 1500 photos of Sangha around the world on flikr. Listen to teachings and opportunity to dowload or order on CD.

3. www.dharmafacilitators.org  Meet for four days twice a year to explore the depths of the Dharma and develop facilitation skills - DFP held in Australia, England, Germany, Israel and New Zealand. Limited to 35 people in a session.

4. www.livingdharma.org Twice a month personal e-mail contact with a Dharma mentor. To develop your meditation, practice and wisdom in daily life. Around 28 mentors from 12 countries. See photos, bio, article of mentors and how to join. Donation based with modest registration cost.

5. www.bodhgayaretreats.org How to register for the two annual 10 day Bodh Gaya retreats in Bihar, India, dates and information. 35th annual retreat in January 2009. Join also the 11th annual 10 day Dharma Gathering in Sarnath, near Varanasi in February 2009. All run on donations

6. www.dharmayatra.org Join the Dharma Yatra (pilgrimage) in France starting in Serres-sur-Arges, 15 minutes from Foix, one hour south of Toulouse, south of France between afternoon of August 11 and morning of August 21, 2008. Places for 108 adults and children. Run on donations with modest registration cost.