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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.

Thank you for birthday greetings and four monk jokes

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Beloved Facebook Friends.

Thank you for the kind words and many birthday wishes that arrived on my home page of Facebook on April 22. Much appreciation.

In the 1970’s, I used to be a Buddhist monk in Thailand and India. So, as a small thank you, here are four jokes concerning monks. There are variations on these jokes. Enjoy. …

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April 2011 visit to Israel and Overcoming Hitler

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I fly to Israel on April 11, 2011 and return to the UK on May 3. I first visited Israel in 1992. It will be 20 years of annual visits along with regular visits to Nablus in the occupied territories.  2011 marks the year of the Arab awakening in several Arab countries. There are no signals of any indication of a change in Israel’s political/military policy towards Palestinians in the West Bank or Gaza in the past two decades or before. …

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Arms dealers are like drug dealers. They must be stopped.

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As the war on Libya continues in its path of death and destruction, the dusty streets of the cities and villages and the yellow sands of the desert turn red with the blood of Libyans while the doctors and nurses struggle night and day with the maimed, wounded and traumatised. …

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“I want everyone of you to have a reason to be outraged”

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“I want everyone of you to have a reason to be outraged”

Thorsten, a friend in Germany, kindly sent me a copy of Time For Outrage (Indignez-Vous), October 2010), a powerful 4000 word political critique of our wretchedly compliant society by Stephane Hessel, a former French diplomat. …

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