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.

The Buddha never had it so good. He should try teaching in the West.

Few would dispute that the extra-ordinary awakening of the Buddha is a seminal moment in the history of humanity. He realized human beings must face suffering, the causes and conditions for its arising, the total and unshakeable resolution of suffering and the Way. …

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A Precious Statement of the Wall Street Occupation

The Occupy Wall Street movement, like all radical movements, has obliterated the narrow political parameters.

It proposes something new. …

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Are you tired? It may not be due to work and family life

Are you tired? It may not be due to work and family life

I hear the words “tired” and “stress” far more often that I hear the words “energy” and “happiness.”

Has home sapiens become home stressiens? …

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The Buddha spoke of 11 ways for a fulfilled life. Plus our DFP…

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Dharma refers to any teachings and practices that contribute to waking us up.

In March in our Dharma Facilitators Programme in Germany, we discussed a discourse of the Buddha. The Buddha gave a discourse on the 11 Ways for a fulfilled life. The Buddha offered a wide vision through practical considerations towards a genuine awakening and liberation.  I thought I would share with Facebook friends.  …

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The UN Appeal for Palestine. The Statesman and the Politician.

I watched  hours and hours of television on Friday, September 23, 2011 on the historic day when  democratically elelcted President Mahmoud Abbas , the Palestinian leader, gave his speech to the UN calling for the UN to establish the state of Palestine. …

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