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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.

When the self totally rejects its self and the world. A Reflection on Suicide

Dharma Reflections / /

I sent a reflection on suicide to a follower of the Dharma after a relative in her 30’s committed suicide following a separation. I have changed her name to Angela. Angela had sat a retreat with me some years ago. Our heart reaches out to loved ones who try to make sense of suicide. We have to be mindful not to rush to judgment in terms of simplistic psychological analysis about a person who ends their life.

I wrote: …

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We try to repair what he wrought…

Political / /

Truthout is my favourite news analysis that arrives regularly in my e-mail box. Truthout is a US non-profit, no advertising news agency, that distributes a frequent e-news,  rich in analysis of contemporary issues. …

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Four More Poems for the Noble Life

Poems and Prose / /

The first poem reminds us to take risks in noble ways.

The second poems is a daily meditation on the value of silence and stillness

The third poem reveals liberation through insights into great and small things  of our experiences

The fourth poem reminds that footprints are not signs of going somewhere. …

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Five Poems for the Noble Life

Poems and Prose / /

Here are five poems.

Wake Up reminds us of the power to meet events of the new day.
Who do you think you are reminds of liberation from definition

The Power of Love brings the transcendent to the everyday.

Impels Anew is the outcome of deep change

What will happen to this world if we remain out of touch with it? …

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If – Britain’s favourite poem – by Rudyard Kipling

Poems and Prose / /

“If” is the title of Britain’s best loved poem by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936). An inspirational poem,

written with an elegant rhythm, “If” contains an ethos for mindfulness and integrity. …

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