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.

Ven. Thich Nhat Hahn and the Coma

Has Venerable Thich Nhat Hahn, 88, left his

most important teaching to this time in his life?

Buddhists worldwide venerate the Venerable Thich Nhat Hahn, the 88 year old Buddhist teacher from Vietnam, for his exceptional wisdom, unshakeable kindness and gentle expressions of mindfulness. …

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FOUR TRUTHS OF THE NOBLE ONES (often simplified as the Four Noble Truths)

FOUR TRUTHS OF THE NOBLE ONES

(often simplified as the Four Noble Truths)

These four truths of the noble ones (a precise translation) constitute a primary interest for those living a wise and noble way of life. These four truths summarise the heart of the Buddha’s teachings.  …

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The Seeker

Summary of opening talk for experienced meditators at

Retreat at En dor, northern Israel, September 6, 2015

The Seeker

For a long, long time, human beings have engaged in a search. People have felt their limits, their mortality and sense of finiteness – a feeling of being small, vulnerable creatures on this Earth. …

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The Alps are Alive with the Sound of Silence. The 10 Day Yatra in France

Sometimes, the hanging clouds wrap themselves like a blanket around the mountains. Then the blanket pulls away to reveal the sharp outline of the formations of these great peaks with the background of the deep blue sky. Down at the bottom of the valley, where we construct our temporary camp, the kitchen crew can see the dark silhouette of the long single file of walkers stretching out across the hills above, up to 2500 metres above sea level. …

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Dharma Yatra in the French Alps. Links to Photos

We held our 15th annual Dharma Yatra (pilgrimage) in a glorious and rather remote region of the French Alps from late July 2015 to early August for a 10-day period. Here are links to the photos. …

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