Christopher Titmuss — Adventures of the Spirit: Living an Engaged Life
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Love is an important seed. Religion is what we make of it.
02:43
The journey from outer to inner.
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Turns out, we all meditate in daily life.
06:09
Being a monk is not running away from the real word. In fact, it's quite the opposite!
03:08
Power of rare encounters with remarkable teachers.
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Memories and inspirations in service.
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Learnings from the experience of living and meditating alone in a cave.
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An unexpected learning from one monk's 19.5 years in solitude.
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What prompted Christopher to disrobe after a long time?
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In Buddhism, the concept of "Sangha" is one of the "Triple Gems". Community adds a lot of meaning and a support system.
04:56
In the position of a teacher, how does one discern when to call out ethical incongruities of students? Plus, story of SUVs. :)
03:44
Christopher defines compassion as action coming from the place of love and trust with the intention of reducing suffering, quite often requiring less of "I" or the ego.
03:38
Christopher speaks about an inter-religious school that he founded for underprivileged in Bodhgaya and the inspiring outcomes for the students.
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Christopher guides us on a question about practical life - doing an unliked job after a business failure for the sake of taking care of loved ones. It is to be seen as service to loved ones, according to Christopher.
02:55
Christopher shares an inspiring situation about risk from his personal life. He is currently living with his teenage granddaughter after she experienced racism in her previous school.
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Christopher has been, inspiringly, learning from all of his experiences, including joining the white-haired club! He is also, of course, learning from his students.
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Christopher shares three important psychological and physiological signs that the ego and mind is taking over the heart.
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Christopher shares small but inspiring examples from his personal life as a Buddhist monk. The response should not be to counter the dogmatic view, but genuine inquiry!
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Human beings need to develop relationships with the environment and animals through proper engagement and depth with issues like dogma, self-righteousness, possessiveness, but also the happiness we cannot buy.