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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.

Namaste to Bodh Gaya and all its amazing eccentric pilgrims and seekers

Retreat Environments / /

It is probably not an exaggeration to say that millions have attended the various kinds of Buddhist retreats worldwide, ranging in length from weekends to years, in the past 35 years that the various traditions have made available.  Every retreat offers teachers and participants a challenge. Perhaps our retreats in Bodh Gaya have been unique in the sheer variety of challenges to teachers and participants compared to the West. …

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Namaste to Bodh Gaya and all its amazing eccentric pilgrims and seekers Read More »

The Bodh Tree – a Symbol of Awakening or a frail Religion?

The Buddha, Spiritual / /

        Thousands of Buddhist pilgrims gather daily in front of the Bodhi Tree in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India …

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The Bodh Tree – a Symbol of Awakening or a frail Religion? Read More »

A Dongle, $3500 bill from Orange. A Soya Latte.

Daily Life, Political / /

I have firsthand experience of major corporations’ determination to make huge profits with little costs. I rented a dongle, a small gadget from the Orange telephone company to download my emails while abroad. When I returned home from Australia I received a bill from Orange for £2250 ($3500, €2700 Euros) for the use of the dongle for less than 90 minutes use in four weeks. …

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A Dongle, $3500 bill from Orange. A Soya Latte. Read More »

The issue is not corporate salaries and bonuses but obesity

Business, Science Critiques / /

The Buddha described greed as a poison of the mind. He tended to choose his words carefully. Poison is a substance that slowly or quickly takes away life. It destroys. It kills. Greed is poison. …

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The issue is not corporate salaries and bonuses but obesity Read More »

Do we live under corporate rule?

Business, Science Critiques / /

Examples of Corporate Rule

  1. Corporations control our elected representatives through large donations. The corporate wealthy in the USA and elsewhere give substantial sums of money to their chosen political party. The government of the day then becomes subservient to their paymaster. …

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Do we live under corporate rule? Read More »

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