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**MzTT** · 03-16-2011, 03:59 PM

Actually if you practice samadhi, Buddhism is not in the least bit dry

Well said Brizzy.

The author is all over the place with this ramble-og. He doesn't want to offend Buddhist tantrics (I imagine) so he enthuses in the vaguest way about Hindu tantra which (for him) seems to be a pick n mix of arty erotica gleaned from old books (Arthur Avalon?) music and goodness knows what else.
This misty but "transformative" brew is what is "missing" from the staid Theravada tradition...

Well he opens by having a smirk at his Wikipaedia entry - doubtlessly supplied by an adoring but (Oh how embarrassing) devotee:
I still find a certain interest in the name Christopher Titmuss. I looked at ‘my’ name on Wikipaedia. I smiled in its description of me as a Theravada tutor. I am not even a Buddhist let alone a Theravada teacher. Fair enough I suppose.

03-16-2011, 03:59 PM	#9
MzTT Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 665 Senior Member	Actually if you practice samadhi, Buddhism is not in the least bit dry Well said Brizzy. The author is all over the place with this ramble-og. He doesn't want to offend Buddhist tantrics (I imagine) so he enthuses in the vaguest way about Hindu tantra which (for him) seems to be a pick n mix of arty erotica gleaned from old books (Arthur Avalon?) music and goodness knows what else. This misty but "transformative" brew is what is "missing" from the staid Theravada tradition... Well he opens by having a smirk at his Wikipaedia entry - doubtlessly supplied by an adoring but (Oh how embarrassing) devotee: I still find a certain interest in the name Christopher Titmuss. I looked at ‘my’ name on Wikipaedia. I smiled in its description of me as a Theravada tutor. I am not even a Buddhist let alone a Theravada teacher. Fair enough I suppose.
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