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Christopher Titmuss, a former Buddhist monk in Thailand and India, teaches Awakening and Insight Meditation around the world. He is the founder and director of the Dharma Facilitators Programme and the Living Dharma programme, an online mentor programme for Dharma practitioners. He gives retreats, participates in pilgrimages (yatras) and leads Dharma gatherings. Christopher has been teaching annual retreats in Bodh Gaya, India since 1975 and leads an annual Dharma Gathering in Sarnath since 1999. A senior Dharma teacher in the West, he is the author of numerous books including Light on Enlightenment, An Awakened Life and Transforming Our Terror. A campaigner for peace and other global issues, Christopher is a member of the international advisory council of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. . Poet and writer, he is the co-founder of Gaia House, an international retreat centre in Devon, England. He lives in Totnes, Devon, England.

TEN YEARS AND TEN DAYS. A 528-page Memoir. Christopher Titmuss. Life for six years as a Buddhist monk. One circle of the Earth.

Dharma Reflections / /
I wrote a Memoir of my years overseas between 1967-1977. My mother (1920-2015) kept encouraging me to write the book. She kept the 427 letters and aerogrammes I posted home.
I promised her faithfully I would hand her three or four chapters before she died. I kept the promise. During the lockdown in 2020 and early 2021, I took the opportunity to write the other 80 chapters completing the book in Spring 2021.
The book recalls firsthand experiences includes Buddhist practices, insights and depths of teachings found in the East.

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How to take Lateral Flow Test for Covid. Some useful instructions

Articles / /

I decided to take a lateral flow test for Covid. I have no symptoms of Covid but wish to familiarise myself with the process as I start to travel more. I asked a person in the hospitality industry who takes a lateral flow test twice a week. The person kindly gave a basic guidance of the general sequence of the process from start to finish.

In the UK, you go to your local pharmacist, complete a form on your mobile phone, and you will receive a blue package for seven tests. The box contains detailed instructions and there is also an online video available.

The guide below for the flow test might serve as an additional support. Please note it is not a professional list of instructions.

Useful Points for Lateral Flow Test

  1. Empty fluid with cap to twist into test-tube.
  2. Place test tube in the hold in the packaging.
  3. Use mobile phone torch to see back of throat.
  4. Take swab to membranes on both sides of the throat.
  5. Use swab and move slowly up one nostril until you reach point of no further.
  6. Take eight seconds for all three areas and keep turning swab in all three areas.
  7. Turn swab all the time. Rotate swab around the nostril several times.
  8. Mix swab with fluid in test tube for 15 seconds.
  9. Secure the dripper lid of test tube.
  10. Place two drops of fluid from test tube into the hole marked S on test strip.
  11. Remember you need to invert and squeeze the two drops.
  12. Make sure the test strip is placed flat.
  13. The test is complete after 30 mins.
  14. A line at C confirms the test is valid. A second line at T means you are Covid-19 positive.
  15. If tested positive, self-isolate for 10 days to protect others.
  16. Advise your clinic/physician.

Be Mindful. Covid is still highly infectious whether you have had both jabs, one jab or neither.

STAY WELL.

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Can an individual transcend suffering while surrounded by collective suffering? One of the questions from a meditator.

Articles, Dharma Reflections / /

Around 90 participants joined all or part of four days of Dharma teachings/practices in the Australian time zone between 24-28 September 2021 with Samantha from Melbourne and myself.

Meditators had the opportunity to ask questions either directly on Zoom, via the Zoom Chat column or by writing us an email. …

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Spaces on three Minfulness/Meditation retreats in Germany. 12-17 October, 17-22 October and 22-24 October 2021. Do join.

Retreat Environments / /

Due to late cancellations, we have spaces on all three retreats at the Waldhaus Buddhist Zentrum, Nickenich, Andernach, Germany.

Tuesday evening 12- 7 Sunday lunch 17 October

Sunday evening 17 October to Friday lunch 22 October

Friday evening 22 October to Sunday lunch 24 October.

With Christopher Titmuss
Zentrum for Buddhismus
One hour from Bonn/Cologne
Waldhaus Am Laacher See
56645, Nickenich, Germany

Telephone: 02636 – 3344

Nearest railway station: Andernach
To Register for any retreat, send email to:
info@buddhismus-im-westen.de
For information: www.buddhismus-im-westen.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.

A precious moment can change a life.

Do come.

Photo shows view from Waldhaus Retreat Centre.

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Burmese Bhante, the Visionary of Bodh Gaya, died on Wednesday 6 October 2021, aged 86

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Burmese Bhante, Venerable Sayadaw U Nyaneinda, Abbot of the Burmese Monastery, Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India died at 7.26 am on Wednesday 6 October 2021, aged 86 in Myanmar.

Last year, he returned to Myanmar for eye surgery. Owing to the lockdown, he could not return to his beloved Bodh Gaya. He contracted Covid in Myanmar and although he appeared to recover, the virus weakened his lungs. Burmese Bhante quietly faded from this world. …

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