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.

In times of sadness, we need To uplift the spirit.

Our attention turns back 10 years to 9/11, I have just written about this on my last blog along with a polemic on 9/11 in the form of a poem.  On the blog before that,  I wrote about Nadamo, a pillar of support for the Sangha who died unexpectedly on September 2, 2011. …

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Remembering 9/11. The Mutual Launch of Terror from the Skies

You may recall where you were on 9/11 (September 11, 2001). I recall sitting on an aeroplane on that date flying over USA airspace, one of hundreds of planes, ordered to turn around and fly back to the airport of departure. …

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An Appreciation: NADAMO: May 22nd 1956 – September 2nd 2011.

The brutal interruption of a precious life impacts upon all of us. It seems a cruel severance of the contact, a denial of the opportunity for the continuity of our love, of our friendship. We are left with the warmth of our memories and our gratitude for the opportunity for the time shared. …

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THE PEOPLE TAKE TO THE STREETS. IT IS THE FRUITS THAT MATTER.

The rumblings of discontent grow deeper among the populace.  More and more of us feel indignation and outrage at the exploitation of our leaders over the people. …

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Shadows of English history fall on the rioters in London and elsewhere

The numerous rioters, who engaged in the riots in England in the early part of August, 2011, clearly didn’t realise what it means to upset the Establishment.  If they had studied English history in school, they might have sought ethical and skilful means to release their frustration. …

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