Christopher Titmuss – The Buddha Wallah – Page 181

What the Diamond Sutra, the world’s oldest printed book, has to say on views….

Communications, Dharma Reflections / Christopher / September 12, 2012

I read this week that restoration work takes place at the British Library in London on the world’s oldest printed book – a much love Buddhist text called the Diamond Sutra dating back to 868 AD. (Sutra is the Sanskrit for discourse).

Many Westerners believe the Gutenberg’s Bible from around 1450 AD as the world’s oldest printed book. A copy of the Diamond Sutra printed 600 years earlier remained hidden in Buddhist monk’s cave in Dun Huang , Gansu Province, China for many centuries. …

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The Olympics and Paralympics. Where women and men transcend their limits….

Political / Christopher / September 11, 2012

Along with millions of others last week, I have spent most evenings watching the extraordinary Paralympics in London on television. At times, I found myself jumping off my sofa (what a privilege to move in such a way) shouting “go on, go on!” as athletes, with the most severe disabilities, competed against each other. It has been a privilege to watch these men and women transcend the limits of their human circumstances. …

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On conservation: There is more than one way to look at the past

Political / Christopher / September 5, 2012

I gave a Dharma talk a while ago mentioning briefly the pleasure and safety of growing up in the 1950’s. There were few cars on streets. We played football, tennis and cricket on the street, stayed out after dark, and, even at the tender age of five years, walked to and from school. …

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Do you ever come across an author with an original mind? Try Jorge Luis Borges

Books, Photos and Music / Christopher / August 27, 2012

Do you ever come across a brilliant, and I mean a simply brilliant author, and wonder how one had missed for so many years such creative and imaginative writing? …

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