The end of Bodh Gaya retreats with Christopher Titmuss - Stories

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Yadid dee, modified 12 Years ago at 3/15/12 5:59 AM
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The end of Bodh Gaya retreats with Christopher Titmuss - Stories

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It appears that Christopher Titmuss' retreats in Bodh Gaya have come to an end. He published some extremely interesting and funny stories from his many years of giving retreats there, in his latest newsletter I thought perhaps people here will enjoy.

 The Catholic priest from India who no longer believed in God.
 The elderly American shouting out in the monastery grounds at the
top of his voice in the middle of the night “If the Dalai Lama does
not get rid of his anger, it will follow him into eternity.”
 The bank robber on the Interpol list who was on the run from the
UK.
 The 16 year old Scottish girl who fled her aristocratic family to travel
overland to India. Her family had no idea what happened to her.
 The US disciple plotting to kill Osho. Osho had convinced him to give
up his inheritance to Osho.
 The well educated European woman who believed for days she was
the Buddha, She claimed I was her disciple, commanded to giving
teachings on her behalf.
 My six month old daughter sleeping on my lap in front of the
meditation hall during a meditation.
 The meditators arriving with malaria, dog bites, TB, cholera,
hepatitis, appendicitis, amoebas, pneumonia, fever, parasites, drug
addictions, bronchitis, dysentery, worms, bedbugs, fleas and
numerous other ailments. At times, we relied on the wisdom of the
doctor in the village to prescribe medicine, as well as our medical
manager on the retreat. The nearest hospital is a three to four hour
taxi journey to Patna where the most robberies take place on any
road in India. Taxi drivers refuse to use the road at night.
 The breatharian who lived on air, chai and a bit of biscuit for 20
days.
 The Tibetan monk having a secret affair with a young Western
woman
 The Canadian who went into a spell of mental disorder after taking a
new kind of anti-malaria tablet.
 The various people from various countries who said they
remembered their past lives, saw ghosts, left their body, could read
the minds of others, got all their chakras spinning and developed
psychic powers.

The newsletter

The last one seems to remind me of our very own Overlord Dharma Dan ;-)
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katy steger,thru11615 with thanks, modified 12 Years ago at 3/15/12 10:31 AM
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RE: The end of Bodh Gaya retreats with Christopher Titmuss - Stories

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I think Mr. Titmuss is the man who "authorized" (ordained?) Daniel to teach, no?

This is good reading, Yadid. Thanks.
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Yadid dee, modified 12 Years ago at 3/15/12 10:38 AM
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RE: The end of Bodh Gaya retreats with Christopher Titmuss - Stories

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katy steger:
I think Mr. Titmuss is the man who "authorized" (ordained?) Daniel to teach, no?

This is good reading, Yadid. Thanks.


Hi Katy,

Yes I think he is one of the people who authorized him to teach, but the Mahasi teacher was Sayadaw U Pandita jr.

Also seem to recall Daniel has said he got stream-entry with him in one of these Bodh Gaya retreats in the 90's.

He comes once a year to Israel and I have sat a few retreats with him here, he's certainly fun to sit with and listen to.
Evan W, modified 11 Years ago at 11/10/12 1:44 AM
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RE: The end of Bodh Gaya retreats with Christopher Titmuss - Stories

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The retreats are still going, it's just because of changes at the Thai monastery in Bodhgaya, the retreats will now be held at the new Thai monastery in Shravasti. So it's just a change of location.

Christopher will still be teaching at this retreat in 2013.

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