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Free Mental Health Clinic


There’s plenty to share with you and write about this week, but I’ve been feeling so out-of-sorts the past couple of days and in that condition, little of any value gets written. This morning I’m... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ] ...>

Marmot is a Dish Best Served Cold


I forgot to mention that on Sunday, after birding, in addition to being served mutton ribs and some concoction of tea, rice, milk and more mutton bits, I was offered a delicacy for the first time in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...>

What a Croc!


OK, waxing on about marmot cuisine is entertaining, sure, but it quickly fades into irrelevance when compared to an animated Crocodile Cowboy singing a twangy song about meditation instruction,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...>

The Light in Your Window


This post is a bit long, so if nothing else, make sure you don’t miss the photo at the end – KN Thanksgiving...is such a bizarre concept for a Buddhist monk in Mongolia, even as an American. First of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ...>

Kidney, Kidney, Bladder, Gut


Today was one of the first days it seemed a bit nippy to me as I trudged to the Immigration Office to face their verdict on fines for being late back into the country, etc. Some sweet-talking by my... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...>

Deep Freeze


How cold is it just now in Mongolia? Well, we just had a state visit from Polish President Lech Kaczynski, but his departure was delayed for a day. Why? His plane was frozen. Yesterday, I decided to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...>

Fire & Brimstone


Shuffling into my kitchen late this afternoon to brew a cup of tea, I glanced out the window and was struck by the drama of the sun setting behind one of Ulaanbaatar's power plant smoke stacks, and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...>

Lightly Lashed Raft


Burmese karma rising, y'all. I just stumbled on the loveliest blog, called "the raft," authored by a monk inside Burma named Ashin Sopaka. No politics, just dharma blended with gently humorous... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...>

A Musing


Not sure what's in the air these days (besides impenetrable coal smoke pollution), but I just found another fantastic blog, dhamma musings, authored by a Western Buddhist monk. Somehow serious and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...>

Not Always, But Sometimes


OK, let's be honest, what better way for us Buddhist monastics to accomplish our stated goal of transcending ego-involvement than to present ourselves to the world wide web via blogs? The latest to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...>

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