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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.

The Cold Wind of Death Brushes across the Back of the Neck of our Yatra

Retreat Environments / /

It happens. Occasionally. Very occasionally. The cold wind of death brushes across the back of the neck. Not only of the individual but of the collective. In this case, the collective refers to the participants in our annual 10 day French Dharma Yatra (teachings and pilgrimage) held in late July. …

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The Buddha of Mindfulness. A Stress Destruction Programme

Mindfulness, The Buddha, Spiritual / /

Ever since, Buddhist monks, nuns and Dharma teachers from the Theravada tradition brought mindfulness/meditation to the West, it has been received with open arms. A variety of retreats, course and programmes, residential and non-residential, take place throughout the West week in, week out. …

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Another treasure from Totnes – singer/songwriter Ben Howard. Lend an ear on You Tube

Books, Photos and Music / /

Beloved Totnes here in South Devon, UK has its fare share of treasures in human form.

We can now add to the list singer/songwriter Ben Howard, 26,  in the folk/Indie tradition of music. Ben lived in Totnes since a small boy in primary school and attended Kevics, the local comprehensive high school. …

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Another treasure from Totnes – singer/songwriter Ben Howard. Lend an ear on You Tube Read More »

7 billion plus of us, and growing daily, on this vulnerable Earth. The Buddha pinpointed the problem.

Daily Life / /

Our numbers on this Earth grow and grow and grow. And then grow more. When the Buddha walked on the Earth 2600 years ago, around 250 million people lived on the Earth.

In the 14th century, scientists estimate the world population had increased to 370 million people.

By 1790, our numbers had reached 790 million. …

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7 billion plus of us, and growing daily, on this vulnerable Earth. The Buddha pinpointed the problem. Read More »

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