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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.

An Anton Chekhov play – nothing much has changed in 100 years

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With three beloved friends,  I sat in the intimate environment of the National Theatre in London last Saturday night to watch one of Anton Chekhov’s great plays, The Cherry Orchard – the story of Mrs Ranevsky and Anya, her daughter, struggle to come to terms with the impending loss of their family estate owing to family debts. …

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IS A VAMPIRE RUNNING A MEDIA EMPIRE? FIVE PRECEPTS FOR THE PRESS

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The exploration of a true liberation, freedom, an authentic liberty, never comes easy.  Its confirmation comes through the passionate quest for truth and a wise response to issues for individuals and society.

We know an unfree  press when  an unfree press exploits the vulnerable, shows contempt for the law, engages in collusion with corrupt power and prioritizes obsession with profit, no matter what the cost to citizens. …

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The Significance Areas of Spiritual Practice

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PRACTICE

Practice is to free the body of destructive patterns, habits and acts of carelessness.

Practice is to free the mind from greed, hate and fear.

Practice is to cultivate inner awareness, to discover depths of meditation and to realise psychological and spiritual insights into the nature of things.

Practice is the active work of the individual transforming herself or himself, alone or with others.

Practice is the active work of the individual transforming herself or himself, alone or with others. …

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Is information and entertainment technology making our daily life superficial?

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A couple of weeks ago, I went with a friend to watch William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth in the open air at Dartington, near Totnes, Devon, UK, where I live.  We, the audience, were cast into the 16th century Elizabethan period and the dramatic story of Scottish war hero Macbeth , who, with his scheming, power hungry wife, murdered the kindly King of Scotland.  The play reminds us: …

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The Beatles, the Stones, the Who – a lineage to include Mumford and Sons

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There is an endearing element amidst the population, born on these  rainy islands, off the European continent. It is the capacity to produce amazing music bands that uplift the spirit of these islanders with ears to hear. …

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