Christopher Titmuss – The Buddha Wallah – Page 204

When a nine year old enters the rainforest ….

Retreat Environments / Christopher / December 8, 2010

Kye, my nine-year-old grandson, accompanied me on a month long trip in November, 2010, to Australia where I offered Dharma teachings and visited family. Kye met his 90-year-old great grandmother. With the approval of his school in south Devon, Kye could leave behind the laminated wooden desk of his classroom for the rain forest of Yarrahapinni running down to the edge of the Pacific Ocean in New South Wales. …

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

Dharma Reflections / Christopher / November 20, 2010

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 / Christopher / November 13, 2010

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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