The greatest gift is the gift of the teachings
Christopher Titmuss's Dharma Talks
at Gaia House
Christopher Titmuss
My engagement in teaching the dharma, to point to a free and liberated life, has remained the same since the first day I started. It is my unwavering commitment to inspire people that such a life is accessible to us all, here and now. This is what sustains me and gives me enthusiasm.
With contemporary language, I endeavor to address the depth of the Dharma, to go into the inner experience by using one of the contributions to the great wheel of the dharma, insight meditation. Insight meditation is a respectful and healthy practice. It gives us meditation techniques which, when practiced, lead to real insight into the whole of existence as well as our life in particular. It speaks to what it means for us to be a part of this world.
I also pay attention to the breadth of the Dharma by attempting to address every possible life endeavor, leaving no stone unturned: materialism, consumer culture, livelihood, environmental resources, love and respect for sentient beings, relationships, all the issues of daily life.
Most important for me is to keep the priority and focus on striving to live the awakened and liberated life and not be sidetracked by any particular feature, no matter how noble its contribution. A liberated and awake life is the center of the Dharma, and I find that I am simply unable to settle for anything else.
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1996-07-01
A Force For Change
1995-07-01
A Heart Filled Life
1997-07-01
A Liberating Receptivity
2000-03-02
A Matter Of Tension
1996-06-04
A Question Of No Self
1997-09-02
A Reminder Of Death
1995-10-04
Awakening And Thoughts
1998-07-06
Awareness And Freedom
1998-08-22
Awareness And Revenge
1998-10-01
Awareness, Energy, Depth
1997-09-01
Awareness: An Open Door
2000-03-02
Cessation
1996-05-02
Commentary On The Buddha's Reply To Bahiya
2000-07-01
Commentary: Verses From Tao Te Ching
1995-12-04
Concentration and Insight
1995-07-03
Confusion And Action
2003-03-26
Deep Happiness And QandA Session
2003-03-26
Discussion and QandA Session
2002-08-31
Evening Inquiry
1997-04-17
Exploring The Emotional Life
2002-08-29
Exploring The Middle Way
1999-03-02
Five Powers Of Mind
1998-07-01
Freedom Of The Heart
2000-07-02
Freedom Of The Heart
2000-07-02
Freedom Through Non-Clinging
1996-10-01
From Fear To Creativity
1996-10-03
From Fear To Creativity
2000-03-02
From Fear To Love
1999-03-01
From Love To Freedom
1998-12-19
From Meditation To Realization
1998-10-01
From Neediness To Desirelessness
1998-07-01
Heart Of Awareness
2000-03-03
Immediate And Ultimate
1995-12-03
Insecurity
1995-12-01
Introductory Talk
2002-04-01
Jhana Retreat Opening Talk
1998-10-01
Known To Unknown
2003-03-23
Living With Our Heart
2000-03-03
Love
1995-07-02
Love And Equanimity
1995-12-02
Love And Separation
2003-03-24
Making A Journey
1998-07-02
Matters Of The Heart
1999-03-02
Meditation And Love
1995-10-02
Meditation And Spiritual Enquiry
1998-07-01
Meditation With And Without Objects
1999-01-01
New Year's Day Talk 1999
2002-04-05
Nirvana In Samsara
1996-06-01
Opening Talk For First Retreat At Gaia House West Ogwell
1997-04-01
Principles Of Awareness
2000-03-01
Process And Liberation
2002-08-30
Reflections And Questions
2002-06-15
Seeing The Feeling In The Feeling
1995-10-01
Spiritual Experiences
2002-08-31
Spirituality Of Walking
2002-04-02
Stopping And Starting The Heart
1996-10-01
Teachings Of Non Clinging
1996-10-05
Teachings Of Non-Clinging
2003-03-27
The Accommodation Of Separation
1996-06-03
The Art Of Non-Attachment
2003-03-29
The Buddha's Advice On The Four Noble Truths
1997-07-02
The Cessation Of I
1997-04-02
The Composite Of A Human Being
2003-03-26
The Contemplative Way Of Life
1996-05-01
The Depths Of Awareness Part 1
1996-05-01
The Depths Of Awareness Part 2
1996-07-03
The Emptiness Of Clinging
1996-10-04
The First Two Factors Of Awakening
1997-09-01
The Four Unfathomables
1996-10-01
The Issue Of Busyness
1996-06-02
The Liberating Truth
1997-09-01
The Personal And Beyond
1998-12-01
The Personal And The Impersonal
1996-10-01
The Practice Of Equanimit
1996-10-02
The Practice Of Equanimity
1997-07-01
The Seeker And The Sought
2002-04-02
The Seven Factors Of Enlightenment
1998-07-06
The Supreme Goal
1996-07-02
The Unexpected
1997-04-03
The Way Of Creativity
1995-10-03
Theory And Practice
1997-04-04
This Word Dukkha
1999-12-14
To End, To Begin
1997-07-01
To Inquire Into Ourselves
1999-03-01
Towards And Away From
1998-08-20
What Is Emptiness
2002-08-01
What Matters
1999-03-01
What The Teachings Point To
1996-07-04
Who Am I
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1995-07-01
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1995-10-01
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1995-12-01
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1996-05-01
Retreat with Christopher Titmuss
1996-06-01
Retreat with Christopher Titmuss
1996-07-01
Retreat with Christopher Titmuss
1996-10-01
Retreat with Christopher Titmuss
1997-04-01
Retreat with Christopher Titmuss
1997-07-01
Retreat with Christopher Titmuss
1997-09-01
Retreat with Christopher Titmuss
1998-07-01
Retreat with Christopher Titmuss
1998-08-20
Retreat with Christopher Titmuss
1998-10-01
Retreat with Christopher Titmuss
1998-12-01
Retreat with Christopher Titmuss
1999-01-01
Retreat with Christopher Titmuss and Sharda Rogell
1999-03-01
Retreat with Christopher Titmuss
1999-12-14
Retreat with Christopher Titmuss
2000-03-01
Retreat with Christopher Titmuss and Sharda Rogell
2000-07-01
Retreat with Christopher Titmuss
2002-04-01
Retreat with Christopher Titmuss
2002-06-15
Retreat with Christopher Titmuss
2002-08-01
Retreat with Christopher Titmuss
2003-03-23
Retreat with Christopher Titmuss