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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.

A Vegan Diet from a Buddhist Perspective. Requested article for the Vegan Society, UK

Daily Life / /

Published for the Day of Buddha’s Enlightenment (Vesakh). Full Moon. May 2025.

Vegan Society kindly invited me to contribute an article on a Vegan diet from a Buddhist perspective.

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An Open Letter to Teens taking Exams. View of an 81 year-old

Communications / /

If similar figures to 2024, about 5,800,000 students were entered for GCSEs in the UK, while 825,000 students were entered for A-levels in 2025.

Dear Students,

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Le Silence de la Mer. A film. A Meditative Exploration of Noble Silence. Set in Nazi occupied France. A French cinema masterpiece

Books, Photos and Music / /

On a cold winter’s night in March (2025), I placed myself in the armchair in front of the warmth of the wood-burning stove at home in the kitchen-diner. In my lap, I had my tablet searching in YouTube for a film to watch. I came across Le Silence de la Mer (The Silence of the Sea – with subtitles), a 90-minute French film made for television in 2004.

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Le Silence de la Mer. A film. A Meditative Exploration of Noble Silence. Set in Nazi occupied France. A French cinema masterpiece Read More »

Mindfulness & Meditation with Christopher – Saturday May 24th 7.00pm-9.00pm, near St. Albans, Herts, UK

Retreat Environments / /

Suitable for Beginners and ExperView postienced with mindfulness.

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Mindfulness & Meditation with Christopher – Saturday May 24th 7.00pm-9.00pm, near St. Albans, Herts, UK Read More »

Art of Inner Listening and Listening to Others. The poverty of praise and wisdom of appreciation

Articles / /

Expansion on talk on retreat in the Waldhaus, Germany in April 2025

A teaching given in the Waldhaus Retreat Zentrum, near Andernach, Germany in late April 2025. Audio transcribed, edited, adapted for reading and expansion on specific themes.

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