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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.

The Buddha as Activist

Dharma Reflections / /

The Buddhist traditions have tended towards a view of separation of the Buddha’s teaching from society.  Many have been led to believe that the Buddha declined to engage in any kind of social criticism,  as one form of protest. Some Buddhists have the impression that the Buddha only created an order of monks and nuns outside of society without addressing the real issues of concern in society.  The Pali texts show something quite different. …

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PROTEST AS A FORM OF HEALING

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Protest is a form of healing since it empowers the protestor who chooses to act rather than live under the weight of submission or numbness. The act of dissension has the potential to be a truly liberating process. Protest is rarely comfortable because it consists of one group questioning the authority of another. …

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Be mindful if you speak a foreign language!

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I have had the privilege of spending about 20 years of my life outside England.

Like the vast majority of my fellow countrymen and women, I have never felt motivated to learn a foreign language.  I suspect many of us in this country feel inept at learning another language. …

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Farewell Meditation to Nadamo on Saturday, 10 September at 12am (GMT +1h)

Dharma Reflections / /

On Friday, 2 September 2011 our Dharma friend Nadamo died at the age of only 55 years. He served as the international coordinator of the Mindfulness Training Course. His friends around the world miss him dearly. …

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