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.

Are you tired of endless Facebook notifications landing among your emails?

Are you tired of getting endless notifications of messages from Facebook landing in your emails telling you that FB friends have sent you a message? …

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Loving Kindness Meditation

1.     Be relaxed and comfortable.  Close your eyes and discover a warm, caring, loving heartfulness towards life.  We do this by attending to the feeling of pleasant relaxation.  If it is useful, we might turn our attention to somebody or something we love and appreciate.  We then let that memory or picture or image fade from consciousness so that it leaves a sense of warmth, love and kindness in our heart.  With practice, this deepens. …

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Have you ever started a project? Then wondered: “What have I got myself into?”

  Last summer, I became enthused to create a three month online Mindfulness  Training Course (MTC) based on the Buddha’s teachings, as well as experiences, reflections and insights over the past few decades. It seemed a worthwhile  project. …

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When the head teacher asked the children: Do you believe in God?

A nine year old boy  told me earlier this month that the head teacher of his school, a Church of England school in Devon, England,  paid a visit to the class.

The head teacher spoke to the children in the class. There were about 25 children in the class, aged nine to 10 years. …

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Are we attending the funeral of rock music?

Are we attending the funeral of rock music?

I recall in 1958 at the age of 14 years having a photograph of the God of Rock, Elvis Presley, greasy black hair, slight curl on the lip and a posture of defiance. …

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