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Christmas Humphreys

Born

in London, The United Kingdom

February 15, 1901

Died

April 13, 1983

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Travers Christmas Humphreys, QC was an English barrister who prosecuted several controversial cases in the 1940s and 1950s, and later became a judge at the Old Bailey. He also wrote a number of works on Mahayana Buddhism and in his day was the best-known British convert to Buddhism.

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Average rating: 4.08 · 1,523 ratings · 139 reviews · 112 distinct works • Similar authors

	Buddhism 3.77 avg rating — 184 ratings — published 1951 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zen Buddhism 3.98 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 1949 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Concentration and Meditation: A Manual of Mind Development 4.11 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1970 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Western Approach to Zen 4.04 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1973 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Buddhist way of life 3.83 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1969 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Studies in the Middle Way by Christmas Humphreys, Christmas Hunphreys really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1988 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Buddhist Way of Action 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1977 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Walk On! 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1947 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Karma and Rebirth 3.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1983 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Exploring Buddhism (A Quest Book) 2.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1975 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“We will not read of that which hurts our pride or fears or 'feelings'. We forget, or gloss over, or excuse, an experience which injured the tentacles of our personality. We forget the pscyhiatrist's definition of a neurosis as 'refused pain'. In the same way we escape from mental pain. We refuse to believe what we do not like.”
― Christmas Humphreys, The Buddhist way of life

tags: experience, fear, feeling, forgetting, mental-pain, neurosis, pain, pride

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“How long the path may be depends for any man on where he stands today and his speed of travel. These are his past and present choosing, but the beginning of the way is here and now, and karma and rebirth are the means of treading it.”
― Christmas Humphreys, The Buddhist way of life

tags: buddhism, karma, past, present, rebirth, the-way

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“Concentration is the creation of the instrument; meditation is the right use of it; contemplation transcends it.”
― Christmas Humphreys, The Buddhist way of life

tags: buddhism, concentration, contemplation, meditation

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