Author name: Christopher

Christopher Titmuss, a former Buddhist monk in Thailand and India, teaches Awakening and Insight Meditation around the world. He is the founder and director of the Dharma Facilitators Programme and the Living Dharma programme, an online mentor programme for Dharma practitioners. He gives retreats, participates in pilgrimages (yatras) and leads Dharma gatherings. Christopher has been teaching annual retreats in Bodh Gaya, India since 1975 and leads an annual Dharma Gathering in Sarnath since 1999. A senior Dharma teacher in the West, he is the author of numerous books including Light on Enlightenment, An Awakened Life and Transforming Our Terror. A campaigner for peace and other global issues, Christopher is a member of the international advisory council of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. . Poet and writer, he is the co-founder of Gaia House, an international retreat centre in Devon, England. He lives in Totnes, Devon, England.

COMMUNICATION AND CLARITY

Aspects of Communication

To find contentment in our daily life means that we attend to all aspects of our daily life. We practise and develop the skills to abide with clarity and dedication to the day. Some believe that the motor for action is tension, stress and anxiety, otherwise we would procrastinate they claim. That may be the experience of some people. …

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E-books and the shrinking number of printed books

I received from my daughter for Christmas 2010 a Kindle that enables me to download as many as 3000 books. It has proved an invaluable resource. I have downloaded the Middle Length Discourses and Connected Discourses of the Buddha into the Kindle, plus other books and PDF files that prove very supportive for my travels as a Dharma teacher. …

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Is the Western ideology of “choice” a foolish myth?

Western society believes doggedly in freedom of choice thus making it hard to question mental constructs around ‘choices.’ There is a strong view that everybody has free will producing a resistance to the possibility that situations and events occur regardless of ‘choice.’ …

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Three Poems from Poems from the Edge

Last week I received from Tushita Publishers in Germany, the proofs to read of my book of 125 poems, Poems from the Edge. I am very grateful to Tushita as it is extremely difficult to get a book of poetry published. …

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Teaching programme in Israel, Germany and UK between April and early June, 2012

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April 8 -12 Retreat with Christopher. Sandya, Eran and Elaya

April 12 -18 experienced practitioners retreat with Christopher, Stephen and co teache

April 18-21 Open Dharma Gathering in Tel Aviv with Christopher and co-teachers

April 27 – 30 DFP with Christopher and co-teachers.

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