Christopher Titmuss Dharma Blog

Who will you listen to when they declare, they swirl all round you;

they always know best, and then try changing you,

so then beware upon those judges whim to fix your fate,

as though they can offer real security, 

and then deceive you with maturity

 Poems from the Edge of Time by Christopher Titmuss

Dear Friends,

 Welcome to every one of our 7300 subscribers of the current issue of the Christopher e-News. This issue contains Zoom, Residential and Non-Residential Teachings from October 2022 until October 2023, We post the e-News with the Schedule about once every two months.

Teaching of a Final Yatra (Pilgrimage) in August 2022

Venerable Ajahn Dhammadharo, my Vipassana teacher, regularly selected monks and nuns in his monastery, Wat Chai Na, Nakornsridhammaraj, southern Thailand, to join him on a Yatra for several days and longer. We slept under our mosquito net hanging down from our wooden umbrella with a thin piece of rope on a hook on top of the umbrella looped over a branch of a tree.

Villages came to feed us in the morning not long after dawn. Ajahn and others gave teachings to monks, nuns and villagers in the evening surrounded by small lamps. Wonderful days in the sub-tropical rainforests and tracks in open countryside.

A Sudden Inspiration

In 1976, while making the 16-kilometre Yatra at dawn circling Ramana Maharshi Ashram and the high hill of Arunachala, I had a sudden inspiration to lead Yatras in England. Upon returning to England from the East in May 1977, Christina and I made a Yatra of around 200 kilometres from Croydon to Glastonbury over 10 days, where we met Dharma friends, who had attended my retreats in India.

I have led or co-led 30 Yatras or more in the past four decades in England, Wales, France, Germany and elsewhere.

In August 2022, I co-led with Ulla the 10-day Yatra in Germany. Last month, I decided to make it my last Yatra.

Next April 2023, I am 79 – starting my 80th year. Heat waves, vitiligo (ongoing loss of skin pigmentation) and demands on the body encouraged the decision.

I have immensely appreciated the Yatras, the glorious nature, joys and the facing of the challenge of the dramas on Yatra. I loved time with the Sangha engaged in our eco-pilgrimages, as well as the dedication of my co-teachers and collective co-operation of many people.

The Yatras will continue in different parts of the world

www.dharmayatraworldwide.org

Love

Christopher

 ZOOM ISRAEL MINDFUL SPACE

With Christopher

Dates and Theme to be Announced.

6.45 am – 7.45 am CET. Talk and Guided Meditation

13.00 -14.00 CET. Talk. Q and A. and Guided Meditation

16.00-17.00 CET. Discussion Groups (without a teacher)

20.00 – 21.00 Israel 19.00 – 20.00 CET. Talk Q and A.

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 ZOOM AUSTRALIA

Mindfulness. Insight Meditation. Freeing up the Heart-Mind.
With Christopher
Sunday 4 December to Tuesday 6 December 2022.
23.00 – 24.00 CET. Saturday, Sunday, Monday
6.30 am – 7.30 am CET. Sunday to Tuesday
12 noon – 13.00 CET. Sunday to Tuesday
It is a little inconvenient with time zone if we live in another part of the world.
You are invited to attend as many zoom sessions as you can.
The days will consist of three 60-minute Zoom meeting per day including talks, comprehensive instructions, guided meditations, questions/answers and sharing. We will encourage specific mindfulness/meditation practices at home, work and elsewhere.
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Nisha in Australia is our manager. Nisha will send you the Zoom login link and Australia time.
There is no registration fee.
Do join. A single point can change a life.

MINDFULNESS/INSIGHT MEDITATION RETREATS
Waldhaus Buddhist Zentrum
With Christopher
18 October – 23 October 2022
23 October – 28 October 2022
Zentrum for Buddhismus
One hour by train from Bonn/Cologne
Am Laacher See56643,
Nickenich, Germany+49 2636 3344
Nearest railway station: Andernach
To Register: https://buddhismus-im-westen.de/
E-mail: info@buddhismus-im-westen.deMINDFULNESS/INSIGHT MEDITATION RETREAT

Waldhaus Buddhist Zentrum
With Christopher. Assistant teacher: Tina Degen
Friday 21 April – Friday 28 April 2023.
Zentrum for Buddhismus
One hour by train from Bonn/Cologne
Am Laacher See 56643,
Nickenich, Germany+49 2636 3344
Nearest railway station: Andernach
To Register: https://buddhismus-im-westen.de/
E-mail: info@buddhismus-im-westen.de

GERMANY. NEAR MUNICH
Mindfulness/Insight Meditation/Liberation Retreat
Seminarhaus Engl (see photo above)
With Christopher
30 June to 6 July 2023
Seminarhaus Engl e.V.(one hour from Munich)
Engl 1. Phone +49-(0)8728-616
84339 Unterdietfurt, Germany
www.seminarhaus-engl.de
Email: info@seminarhaus-engl.de

The retreats consist of comprehensive mindfulness/meditation instructions in sitting, walking, standing/reclining, inter-views with myself, inquiry, questions and answers, and a daily talk. Silence is a major feature of these retreats. Suitable for beginners and experienced meditators.

DEVELOPING THE POWER OF HEART AND MIND
with Christopher
Waldhaus Buddhist Zentrum
Two retreats back-to-back
Monday 31 July – 4 August lunch
Friday 4 – Wednesday 9 August 2023
Power emerges from unification of our whole being, focussing on a priority and engaging in a level of boldness.
The Buddha referred to four areas to develop inner power – awareness, meditation, energy and reflection.
We apply our power to ethics, love, action and wisdom. Our inner power supports ourselves and the wellbeing of others.
The retreats consist of comprehensive mindfulness/meditation instructions in sitting, walking, standing/reclining, inter-views with myself, inquiry, questions and answers, and a daily talk.
Silence is a major feature of these retreats.
Suitable for beginners and experienced meditators. Translation of basic instructions/talks/if required.
Zentrum for Buddhismus
One hour by train from Bonn/Cologne
Am Laacher See 56643,
Nickenich, Germany+49 2636 3344
Nearest railway station: Andernach
To Register: https://buddhismus-im-westen.de/
E-mail: info@buddhismus-im-westen.de
Do come. All are welcome.

MINDFULNESS/INSIGHT MEDITATION RETREATS
Waldhaus Buddhist Zentrum
With Christopher
1. Tuesday 17 October – Sunday 22 October 2023
2. Sunday 22 October – Friday 27 October 2023
Two retreats back-to-back.
Zentrum for Buddhismus
One hour by train from Bonn/Cologne
Am Laacher See56643,
Nickenich, Germany+49 2636 3344
Nearest railway station: Andernach
To Register: https://buddhismus-im-westen.de/
E-mail: info@buddhismus-im-westen.de
Do come.

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