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2020/10/09

행복을 위한 혁명적 기술 자애 샤론 샐즈버그

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‘사무량심(四無量心)’의 실제 수행 지침서

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행복을 위한 혁명적 기술 자애
샤론 샐즈버그 지음, 김재성 옮김


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불교에 입문해 배우는 기초교리 중에 ‘사무량심(四無量心)’이 있다. 모든 중생에게 즐거움을 주고 괴로움과 미혹을 없애주는 자(慈)·비(悲)·희(喜)·사(捨)의 네 가지 무량심을 의미한다.

자무량심은 모든 중생에게 즐거움을 베풀어 주는 마음가짐이며, 비무량심은 중생을 불쌍히 여기는 마음으로 고통의 세계로부터 구해내어 깨달음의 해탈락(解脫樂)을 주려는 마음가짐이다. 희무량심은 중생으로 하여금 고통을 버리고 낙을 얻어 희열하게 하려는 마음가짐이며, 사(捨)무량심은 탐욕이 없음을 근본으로 하여 모든 중생을 평등하게 보고 미움과 가까움에 대한 구별을 두지 않는 마음가짐이다.

샤론 샐즈버그는 틱낫한, 페마 초드론과 함께 ‘살아 있는 명상 스승’으로 존경받고 있는 인물이다. 그가 1976년에 설립한 통찰수행회에서 매사추세츠 의과대학의 존 카밧 진 명예교수는 처음 위빠사나를 접한 뒤, 불교 심리학을 실체 치료에 접목하여 위빠사나 수행의 핵심이라고 할 수 있는 마음챙김 명상을 기반으로 한 스트레스 감소 이완(MBSR: Mindfullness-Based Stress Reduction) 프로그램을 개발해 실제 심리 치료에 적극 응용했다. 이후 불교의 마음챙김 수행에 바탕을 둔 이 명상치료법은 미국 전역에 열풍을 불러일으켰다.

샤론 샐즈버그는 위빠사나 가운데서도 자애 명상에 담긴 붓다의 가르침을 통해 우리의 근원적인 고립감과 외로움, 슬픔과 괴로움을 치유하는 동시에 가장 깊은 행복의 원천에 이를 수 있다고 말한다. 이 책은 나와 모든 존재의 행복을 기원하는 자애 명상에 대해 알기 쉽게 소개하고, 실생활에서도 활용할 수 있도록 한 지침서이다. 저자는 자신의 삶에서 느낀 친근한 이야기를 바탕으로 ‘사무량심(四無量心)’ 수행에 대해 친절히 소개한다.

이 중 첫 번째인 ‘자애(慈愛)’는 빨리어로 ‘메따’라고도 하며 모든 존재의 행복을 진심으로 바라는 마음을 가리킨다. 자애 명상은 가장 먼저 ‘나의 행복’을 바라는 일에서 시작하며, 내가 사랑하는 사람, 친구, 은인, 적, 싫지도 좋지도 않은 감정이 드는 중립적인 사람, 그리고 세상의 모든 존재 등으로 점차 확장해 나간다. 나머지 덕목인 연민(悲), 함께 기뻐함(喜), 평온(捨)은 메따에서 발전해 나가며 메따가 그 나머지 덕목들을 지탱해 주고 확장시킨다.

자애 명상 분야의 탁월한 지도자로 지난 40년 동안 세계 도처의 학교, 기업체, 정부기관 등에서 종파를 초월한 수련법을 수천 명에게 가르쳐 온 저자는 이 책을 통해 명상에 대해 회의적이거나 심지어 거부하던 사람들까지도 서서히 삶을 변화하게 만들었다. 그녀는 명상을 어떻게 시작해야 하는지 막막한 사람, 시작하려고 결심만 하고 망설이던 사람, 하고 있으나 벽에 부딪힌 사람들에게 자세, 호흡, 구체적 일정과 문제해결에 이르는 세세한 부분까지 친절히 알려 주며 일상 속에서 자애 명상을 실천할 수 있도록 돕는다.

2003년 미얀마 고승 우 자나까 사야도에게서 자애명상에 대한 가르침을 받고 국내에서 수행을 안내해온 능인대학원대학교 김재성 교수가 번역을 맡았다.

샤론 샐즈버그(Sharon Salzberg)는?



1953년에 태어나 뉴욕주립대학교에 재학 중이던 70년대 초 말, 혼란스러운 시대에서 자신의 불우한 삶을 이해하기 위해 인도로 떠났다. 인도 다람살라의 티베트 스님들에게서 처음 불교 수행을 접한 저자는 고엔카(Goenka)와 문인드라(Munindra) 같은 고명한 스님들을 만나 수행에 입문했고, 문인드라의 제자였던 디파 마(Dipa Ma)를 만나 본격적으로 수행자의 길을 걷기 시작했다.



이후 미국 매사추세츠 주 배리(Barre)에 ‘통찰수행회(Insight Meditation Society)’와 명상 수행처 ‘포레스트 선원(Forest Refuge)’, 불교학을 연구하는 ‘배리 센터(Barre Center)’를 공동 설립했으며, 람 다스(Ram Dass), 조셉 골드스타인(Joseph Goldstein), 잭 콘필드(Jack Konfield) 등과 함께 미국을 대표하는 수행 지도자로 활발히 활동하며 수행 지도 및 저술 활동을 하고 있다.

한국에 출간된 저서로 『행복해지고 싶다면 자신부터 믿어라』, 『하루 20분 나를 멈추는 시간』, 『분노를 다스리는 붓다의 가르침』이 있으며, 블로그 뉴스 〈허핑턴 포스트>의 필자이자 〈오프라 매거진〉 객원 편집자이며, 〈타임〉, 〈리얼 심플〉, 불교잡지 〈트라이시클〉, 〈샴발라 선〉 등 여러 잡지에 글을 싣고 있다. www.sharonsalzgerg.com



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Sharon Salzberg

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Salzberg in 2020

Born 5 August 1952 (age 68)

New York City

Nationality American

Occupation

Authormeditation teacher

Website www.sharonsalzberg.com

Sharon Salzberg (born August 5, 1952) is a New York Times Best selling author[1] and teacher of Buddhist meditation practices in the West.[2][3] In 1974, she co-founded the Insight Meditation Society at Barre, Massachusetts with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein. 

Her emphasis is on vipassanā (insight) and mettā (loving-kindness) methods,[4] and has been leading meditation retreats around the world for over three decades.[5][6] 



All of these methods have their origins in the Theravada Buddhist tradition. Her books include 

Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness (1995), 

A Heart as Wide as the World (1999), 

Real Happiness - The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program (2010), which was on The New York Times Best Seller list in 2011[7], and the follow-up 

Real Happiness at Work (2013).





Contents

1 Early life

2 Career

3 Honors

4 Appointments

5 Books

6 Audio publications

7 Articles

8 Interviews

9 References

10 External links



Born in New York City to a Jewish family, Salzberg had a troubled early life after her parents divorced when she was four, and her father abandoned the family.[8] At nine, her mother died and she went to live with her father's parents.[8] Though her father returned when she was eleven, he soon overdosed and was subsequently hospitalized. He was placed in the mental health system, where he remained until his death. By 16, Sharon had lived with five different families.



Sharon had a health emergency in February 2019 of which details were not disclosed. [9]



In her sophomore year at the State University of New York, Buffalo in 1969, Salzberg encountered Buddhism during a course in Asian philosophy.[8] The following year, she took an independent study trip to India, and in January 1971 attended her first intensive meditation course at Bodh Gaya.[8] In the next several years, she engaged in intensive study with various Buddhist teachers including S.N. Goenka.[8] After returning to US in 1974, she began teaching vipassana (insight) meditation.[9]



Career

Salzberg is a student of Dipa Ma,[10] Anagarika Munindra,[11] Sayadaw U Pandita[8] and other Asian masters. She, Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein founded the Insight Meditation Society at Barre, Massachusetts, in 1974.[12][13] She and Goldstein co-founded the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies in 1989 and The Forest Refuge, a long-term meditation retreat center 9 years later. Today, she is a notable teacher of the Vipassana movement.



An in-depth interview with Salzberg appears in the book Meetings with Remarkable Women: Buddhist Teachers in America, by Lenore Friedman. (Boston:Shambhala, Revised and Updated edition, 2000. ISBN 1-57062-474-7)



Honors

Salzberg was honored by the New York Open Center in 1999 for her "Outstanding Contribution to the Mindfulness of the West"



Appointments

Mind and Life Institute 2005 Investigating the Mind Conference, Panelist.

Oprah Winfrey’s O Magazine, Contributing Editor.

On Being with Krista Tippett, Weekly Columnist.

Books

Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness (1995) ISBN 1-59030-187-0[4]

Heart as Wide as the World (1999) ISBN 1-57062-428-3

Voices of Insight (2001) ISBN 1-57062-769-X

Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience (2003) ISBN 1-57322-340-9

The Force of Kindness: Change Your Life with Love and Compassion (2006) ISBN 1-59179-355-6

The Kindness Handbook: A Practical Campanion (2008) ISBN 978-1-59179-655-8

Real Happiness - The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program (2010) ISBN 978-0-7611-5925-4

Real Happiness at Work: Meditations for Accomplishment, Achievement, and Peace (2013) ISBN 978-0761168997

Love Your Enemies: How to Break the Anger Habit & Be a Whole Lot Happier, with Robert Thurman (2014) ISBN 1401928153

Audio publications

Insight Meditation: A Step-By-Step Course on How to Meditate (2002), with Joseph Goldstein ISBN 1-56455-906-8.

Lovingkindness Meditation (2005) ISBN 1-59179-268-1

Guided Meditations For Love & Wisdom: 14 Essential Practices (2009) ISBN 978-1-59179-707-4

Unplug: An Interactive Kit for Giving Yourself a Break (2009) ISBN 978-1-59179-638-1

Articles

A Teaching in Shambhala Sun Magazine

Life of One Piece, PBS The Buddha

How Silence Can Help Us Unplug, HuffingtonPost.com

How Doing Nothing Can Help You Truly Live, HuffingtonPost.com

Meditation Practice: A Paradigm Shift, HuffingtonPost.com

12 Tips on Exploring Spirituality, Blogher.com

The Benefits of Meditation, AARP.org

Opening the Heart with Lovingkindness, HuffingtonPost.com

Buddha Nature, RebelBuddha.com

What's Better for Creativity: Depression or Happiness? HuffingtonPost.com

Interviews

Under the Skin with Russell Brand: Will Spirituality Solve Our Global Problems?

Interview with Sharon Salzberg on CBS Religion & Culture.

Video interview with Sharon Salzberg

Audio Interview Series on Buddhist Geeks

Salzberg interview with Dan Harris for ABC News

Huffington Post Interview with Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D.

Yoga and Buddhism's adaptation in the West: An interview with Ascent magazine.

Salzberg discusses meditation, happiness & social media with Danny Fisher for Shambhala Sun

PBS Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Interview, 2/18/2011

LA Times Interview 2/19/2011

Healthy Radio Interview 2/23/2011

Sharon Salzberg talks

Sharon Salzberg talks about her childhood and early life, June 2011

References

 New York Times Best Seller List 3/13/10

 "Meditation made easy". Well & Good NYC.

 Ricci, Claudia (August 24, 2011). "How One Book Changed My Life". Huffington Post.

 Downing, Renée (15 September 2005). "Sharon Salzberg believes in the power of kindness". Tucson Weekly. Retrieved 28 September 2010.

 "Sharon Salzberg (interview)". CBC Radio. November 29, 2009.

 "Insight LA". University of the West. April 6, 2011. Archived from the original on April 17, 2011.

 "Best Sellers, March 13, 2011". New York Times. March 13, 2011.

 "To Love Abundantly: Sharon Salzberg's Journey on the Path". Lion's Roar. January 1, 2003. Retrieved April 16, 2016.

 Morris, Nomi (February 19, 2011). "Through meditation, she makes happiness an "inside job"". Los Angeles Times.

 Amy Schmidt, Dipa Ma: The Life and Legacy of a Buddhist Master. ISBN 0-9742405-5-9 (USA); ISBN 1-899579-73-7 (Europe), p. 9.

 Knaster, Mirka (2010). Living This Life Fully: Stories and Teachings of Munindra. Shambhala Publications. p. xvi. ISBN 9780834822542.

 Miller, Andrea (March 2011). Shambhala Sun (B000302EG0): 52. Missing or empty |title= (help)

 Leslie Kaufman (May 25, 2008). "A Superhighway to Bliss". New York Times.

External links

Official website

Sharon Salzberg on Twitter

Sharon Salzberg audio from the DIY Dharma site


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2020/09/19

Bhikkhu Analayo - Wikipedia



Bhikkhu Analayo - Wikipedia


Anālayo

Personal
Born 1962 (age 57–58)
Religion Buddhism
Nationality German
School Theravada
Sect Amarapura Nikaya
Senior posting
Teacher Pemasiri Thera
Based in Sri Lanka
Ordination 1995


Bhikkhu Anālayo is a bhikkhu (Buddhist monk), scholar and meditation teacher. He was born in Germany in 1962, and went forth in 1995 in Sri Lanka. He is best known for his comparative studies of Early Buddhist Texts as preserved by the various early Buddhist traditions.[1]


Contents
1Monastic life
2Scholarly career and activity
3Selected published work
4References
5External links


Monastic life[edit]

Bhikkhu Anālayo temporarily ordained in 1990 in Thailand, after a meditation retreat at Wat Suan Mokkh, the monastery established by the influential 20th-century Thai monk Ajahn Buddhadasa.[2] In 1994 he went to Sri Lanka, looking to meet Nyanaponika Thera after having read his book The Heart of Buddhist Meditation.[2] Nyanaponika Thera died just days before Analayo's arrival but he stayed on and studied with Bhikkhu Bodhi.[2] In 1995 he took pabbajja again under Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero.[citation needed] He received his upasampada in 2007 in the Sri Lankan Shwegyin Nikaya (belonging to the main Amarapura Nikaya), with Pemasiri Thera of Sumathipala Aranya as his ordination acariya.[citation needed] Bhikkhu Bodhi has been Bhikkhu Anālayo's main teacher.[3] The late Bhikkhu Kaṭukurunde Ñāṇananda has also been an important influence in his understanding of the Dhamma.
Scholarly career and activity[edit]

Bhikkhu Anālayo completed a PhD thesis on the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta at the University of Peradeniya in 2000, which was later published as Satipaṭṭhāna, the Direct Path to Realization.[4] During the course of that study, he had come to notice the interesting differences between the Pāli and Chinese Buddhist canon versions of this early Buddhist discourse. This led to his undertaking a habilitation research at the University of Marburg, completed in 2007, in which he compared the Majjhima Nikāya discourses with their Chinese, Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit and Tibetan Buddhist canon counterparts.[5] In 2013 Anālayo then published Perspectives on Satipaṭṭhāna,[6] where he builds on his earlier work by comparing the parallel versions of the Satipaṭṭhāna-sutta and exploring the meditative perspective that emerges when emphasis is given to those instructions that are common ground among the extant canonical versions and thus can reasonably well be expected to be early.

Bhikkhu Anālayo has published extensively on early Buddhism.[7] The textual study of early Buddhist discourses in comparative perspective is the basis of his ongoing interests and academic research.[8] At present he is the chief editor and one of the translators of the first English translation of the Chinese Madhyama-āgama (Taishō 26),[9] and has undertaken an integral English translation of the Chinese Saṃyukta-āgama (Taishō 99), parallel to the Pali Saṃyutta Nikāya collection.[10]

Central to Anālayo's academic activity remain theoretical and practical aspects of meditation. He has published several articles on insight and absorption meditation and related contemporary meditation traditions to their textual sources.[11]

His comparative studies of early Buddhist texts have also led Anālayo to focus on historical developments of Buddhist thought, and to research the early roots and genesis of the bodhisattva ideal[12] and the beginning of Abhidharma thought.[13]

Bhikkhu Anālayo was a presenter at the International Congress on Buddhist Women's Role in the Sangha.[14] Exploring attitudes towards bhikkhunis (female monastics) in early Buddhist texts and the story of the foundation of the bhikkhuni order[15] has allowed him to be a supporter of bhikkhuni ordination, which is a matter of controversy in the Theravada and Tibetan traditions.[16]

Bhikkhu Anālayo has retired from being a professor of the Numata Centre for Buddhist Studies at the University of Hamburg. He is the co-founder of the Āgama Research Group, a resident scholar and core faculty member at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies and a member of the Numata Centre for Buddhist Studies at the University of Hamburg.

Selected published work[edit]


References[edit]

  1. ^ Bhikkhu Anālayo’s profile: http://agamaresearch.dila.edu.tw/?page_id=48
  2. ^ Jump up to:a b c "A Conversation with Bhikkhu Anālayo". Insight Journal. 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  3. ^ Bhikkhu Yogananda (15 October 2010). "Anālayo, The Meditative Scholar". Archived from the original on 11 November 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  4. ^ Anālayo (1 August 2004). Satipaṭṭhāna, the Direct Path to Realization (Repr. ed.). Birmingham: Windhorse. ISBN 978-1899579549.
  5. ^ Published as A Comparative Study of the Majjhima-nikāya, (Dharma Drum Buddhist College Special Series), Taiwan: Dharma Drum Academic Publisher, 2011.
  6. ^ Perspectives on Satipaṭṭhāna, Birmingham: Windhorse Publications, 2014.
  7. ^ Publications by Bhikkhu Anālayo
  8. ^ Bhikkhu Anālayo's research work: http://agamaresearch.dila.edu.tw/?page_id=28
  9. ^ "Madhyama-āgama".
  10. ^ "Saṃyukta-āgama".
  11. ^ "Bhikkhu Anālayo: meditation". Āgama Research Group.
  12. ^ "New Publications". Numata Zentrum für Buddhismuskunde. Retrieved 3 November2013.
  13. ^ The Dawn of Abhidharma, Hamburg, Hamburg University Press, 2014.
  14. ^ Abstract: The Four Assemblies and the Foundation of the Order of Nuns, Foundation for Buddhist Studies, University of Hamburg;"Women's Renunciation in Early Buddhism - The Four Assemblies and the Foundation of the Order of Nuns", Dignity & Discipline, The Evolving Role of Women in Buddhism, Wisdom Publications, 2010, pp. 65–97
  15. ^ "about: core faculty & members". Āgama research group.
  16. ^ Bhikkhu Anālayo's research on women, nuns and bhikkhunīs: http://agamaresearch.dila.edu.tw/?page_id=138 bhikkhunīs and women in Early Buddhism

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2020/09/12

Christopher Titmuss - Wikipedia

Christopher Titmuss - Wikipedia



Christopher Titmuss

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Christopher Titmuss
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BornApril 22, 1944 (age 76)
ReligionBuddhism
SchoolTheravada background
OccupationDharma Teacher
Senior posting
Based inTotnes, Devon, England
Websitewww.christophertitmuss.net
Christopher Titmuss (born 22 April 1944) is Britain's senior Dharma teacher. He offers retreats on ethics, insight meditation (vipassana) and wisdom. He is the author of 20 books on such themes as mindfulness, spirituality, teachings of the Buddha and global issues. He has lived in Totnes, Devon, United Kingdom since 1982.

Biography[edit source]

Titmuss was born on Bell Farm, Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham in the north of England on 22 April (Earth Day) 1944. His mother brought him up as a practicing Roman Catholic. He went to St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Primary School in Anerley, south London. He attended Fairchilds Junior School in New Addington, Surrey.
Titmuss then attended John Fisher Roman Catholic Grammar School, Purley, Surrey, as a day pupil. At the age of 15, he quit school a year prior to taking his examinations for college/university. He started work as an office clerk/messenger in December 1959 in the newsroom of The Universe, a Roman Catholic weekly newspaper in Fleet Street, London. In 1965, he joined the London office of the Irish Independent Newspaper as a news reporter until he left for his round-the-world trip in April 1967.[1]
After three years traveling through more than 20 countries, he became a Theravada Buddhist monk in Thailand in June 1970. He spent six years in Thailand and India as monk. He disrobed in Wat Benchamabophit, Bangkok in June 1976.[2]
Between 1970 and 1973, he stayed in Wat Thao Kot Monastery (later renamed as Wat Chai Na) close to Nakornsridhammaraj in southern Thailand. He practiced insight under the guidance of Ajahn Dhammadharo, his Vipassana teacher.
In 1973, Titmuss spent nine months in a cave in Wat Khao Tam on Koh Pha Ngan island in the Gulf of Siam. He spent various lengths of time with Ajahn Buddhadasa in Wat Suanmoke, Chai Ya. Between 1974 and 1976, he listening to/attended courses with/or stayed in the ashram of such teachers in India as Ananda Maya Ma, Goenka, Kirpal Singh, Krishnamurti, Mother Teresa, Munindra, Sri Chinmayananda, Sri Dayananda, Sri Nisargadatta, Bhagwan Sri Rajneesh and more.[3]
After he disrobed, he completed a full journey around the Earth including Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Hong Kong, Korea, San Francisco, New York and back to London. He returned to England 10 years and 10 days after his departure arriving back home in Croydon, Surrey, England in early May 1977.
Christopher Titmuss, Thailand 1973

Teachings[edit source]

His teachings emphasis liberation, emptiness of self/ego, dependent arising and the power of love. In his retreats, Titmuss makes the priority the depths of insight meditation and reflection. He gives emphasis to the expansive heart and inquiry into the end of suffering. He draws upon the wisdom of the Buddha offering an expansive approach to the teachings and practices. He supports the development of the Sangha (women/men of profound insight and wise action).
Titmuss is known as a steadfast exponent of applying the Dharma to contemporary issues facing people, animals and the environment.[4] He speaks, writes and campaigns on social, political and global issues. He also advocates the development of spiritual values, community renewal and a green economy. He points to a middle way between secular/scientific Buddhism and religious Buddhism while naming the benefits and limits of both.
Titmuss gives residential retreats, leads pilgrimages (yatras) and facilitates meetings. He provides a 12-month training in the Mindfulness Teacher Training Course. His mindfulness teacher training emphases personal and social change.
He has helped establish numerous Dharma teachers and Mindfulness teachers worldwide since starting teaching in the mid-1970s. He encourages Dharma practitioners to be Agents of Change and Caregivers. Titmuss does not use the label ‘Buddhist’ for himself but expresses the deep benefits of his long-standing connection with the Buddhist tradition.[5]

Projects[edit source]

Christopher Titmuss in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India
  • Co-founder of Gaia House, a major Buddhist retreat center near Newton Abbot, south Devon, England.[6]
  • Co-founder of The Barn Retreat Community near Totnes in South Devon.
  • Co-founder of the Prajna Vihar School,[7] an inter-religious free school, with 600 children in Bodh Gaya, India.
  • Director of Mindfulness Support Service,[8] UK, supporting families and public servants. Founder/CEO is Nshorna Davis, daughter of Titmuss.
  • Founder of the 12-month Mindfulness Teacher Training Course (MTTC).
  • Stood for the Green Party in UK general elections in 1987 and 1992 in Totnes, south Devon.
  • Supporter of non-party grass roots organizations for social, institutional and global change.

Outreach[edit source]

Titmuss gives annual teachings in Australia, India, Israel and Germany. He has made numerous trips to Palestine since 1993. In 2009, he reduced his overseas travels by two months a year at the age of 65. He ended annual visits to Holland, Spain, Sweden and USA.
He has been teaching annual retreats in the Thai Monastery in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India since 1975 and then the Thai Monastery in Sarnath, India, where the Buddha gave his first teachings after his enlightenment in Bodh Gaya.
He is the author of 20 books including The Political Buddha, The Buddha of Love, Spiritual Roots of Mindfulness and Light on Enlightenment.
Titmuss is a social critic, photographer and poet. More than 1200 of his talks are freely available as a podcast, archive.org  and i-Tunes.[9] Around 5000 of his talks, guided meditations and one-to-one inquiry with meditators are in cassette format or MP3. He has around 100 video talks, guided meditations and clips on YouTube.
He sends out an eNews every six weeks to more than 6000 subscribers. Since 2011, Titmuss writes a weekly Dharma blog, which includes social critiques. He offers reflections and essays on mindfulness, meditation, religion and spirituality. The blog gives a Buddhist perspective on daily life issues, consumerism, corporations, the environment and war. He has written on the global pandemic starting in early 2020 with reflections on life and death.
Christopher Titmuss, teaching in Thai Monastery in Sarnath, India
A German film company made a documentary for television in 2006 on the teachings and worldwide travels of Titmuss. The Buddha Wallah by Georg Maas and Dieter Zeppenfeld.

Personal life[edit source]

Titmuss has lived in the same terraced house in Totnes since 1983. He has a single child, a daughter, Nshorna Satya. He has four Anglo-Caribbean grandchildren. He participates in activities of Totnes, regarded as the most progressive town in the UK on spiritual, social and environmental issues. Titmuss has been a vegetarian since the 1970s and vegan since 2008. He does not own a car. He only takes flights to teach outside of the EU but does not fly anywhere for holidays.
He purchases his food items in small local shops and market. He does not shop in supermarkets. He writes at a desk in the Totnes Reconomy Centre,[10] five minutes’ walk from home for some of his writing. He also has a room in his home as an office. The home of Titmuss contains 1500 plus books on a wide range of themes. He uses social media, such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, to post links from his blog. He visits Cornwall, the neighboring county to Devon, three or four times a year for a personal retreat which includes walking on the clifftops.
He does not charge for his retreats and instead requests donations at the end of the retreat. He has lived primarily on donations since his ordination in 1970.[11]

Bibliography[edit source]

Notes[edit source]

  1. ^ Queen, Christopher S (2012). Engaged Buddhism in the West. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780861718412.
  2. ^ Martin, Julia (1997). Ecological Responsibility: A Dialogue with Buddhism, A Collection of Essays and Talks. ISBN 81-7030-529-2.
  3. ^ Sucitto (2010). Rude Awakenings.
  4. ^ Martin, Julia (1997). Ecological Responsibility: A Dialogue With Buddhism. South Asia Books. ISBN 8170305292.
  5. ^ Sobel, Elizier. "Abiding in the Unshakeable" (PDF). Wild Heart Journal.
  6. ^ "The Story of Gaia House".
  7. ^ "Prajna Vihar School".
  8. ^ "Mindfulness Support Service".
  9. ^ https://soundcloud.com/user-733366478
  10. ^ Reconomy Centre. "Totnes Reconomy Center".
  11. ^ Titmuss, Christopher. "Dana".

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