Author Archives for Konchog Norbu

Inside Meat


I know that from Al “please, please, please run for president” Gore on down, persistent, clanging alarm bells are being rung about global climate change, but let’s ring one or two from Mongolia, shall we? First of all, my Mongol friends are grumbling, “Man, this winter wasn’t nothin’. ...>

Bhikkshus To Fill


Hear that flushing sound, like the one that used to be a regular gag on All in the Family? Well, that’s my travel karma. Not only did the opportunity to accompany my friend Susan to the Gobi dissolve into emptiness earlier this week – postponed to early May, p’raps – but, alas, there will b ...>

Queen of Spayeds


Though you wouldn't know it, this photo shows Floki's immediate recovery from her operation. This is her Standard Sleeping Pose. Such a demure lady. Since missy's gonna be a countryside monastery dawg, I figured it was well worth the 50 bucks to get her spayed and prevent a life as a puppy fact ...>

Seeming Mysteries


The way Mongolian events come together is so mysterious. Unless it’s a major concert or something like that, there seems to be little advertising or promotion in the way we understand it in the West. The main avenue seems to be word-of-mouth networks that often don’t seem to crank up until abou ...>

Whoa Nelly


Cue Twilight Zone music. Several different people had recently been telling me of a strange and amazing photograph taken in the southwestern Mongolian province called Bayankhongor on the first day of Tsagaan Sar, February 18. They said it showed a Buddha image seated on the rising sun. Sure it doe ...>

Cranktum Cranktorum


A California friend breathlessly writes in to inquire whether I visited Beijing’s magnificent Lama Temple. Well, I did, but I wasn’t quite as taken with its magnificence as he was. This is, I’m sure, more my problem than the temple’s. After taking in the Forbidden City, we rode Beijing’s ...>

Mousie Dung


Hey, y’all. Sorry about the radio silence and lack of postage since my Tuesday return from Beijing (Egads! Is it Friday already?). This alarms my family especially since dropoffs in my communication usually indicate a slide into deep poopiness. There’s been a slight element of that but…I dunn ...>

Tough Love


So eight letters on my laptop's keyboard decided to go on strike (or, perhaps, non-strike?), and all the khan's horses and all the khan's men, at the end of a valiant day trying to salvage the board, solemnly declared themselves to have reached the zenith of their technical expertise and inventory, ...>

F: Low Key


Winter is really dying hard here. After a sucker's warm(ish) spell, at 3 this afternoon, it was also 3 outside, struggling up from the overnight low of 29 below. Farenheit. That's made me a bit averse to wandering about too much, plus I got one of those annoying low fevers that makes you achy and l ...>

Love, Actually


“The intention, ocean of great good, That seeks to place all beings in the state of bliss, And every action for the benefit of all: Such is my delight and joy.” ― Shantideva, The Way of the Bodhisattva Yesterday marked another landmark day for KPC’s Mongolian Buddhism Revival Project. On t ...>

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