Author Archives for Konchog Norbu

Nyingmapa Kalachakra


I just received the wonderful news that the head lama of my tradition, His Holiness Penor Rinpoche, will be bestowing the Kalachakra Initiation from June 24-July 1 of this year at his retreat center in McDonough, NY. This ceremony for world peace will commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the center ...>

Mind Your P’s


The Mooj, as you might imagine, has been a bit miffed at being nuzzled out of the DODR limelight by, Lord help us, a dawg. Fortunately, I noticed Moojie sitting just so today in the pale afternoon light and snapped this portrait. He really has filled out to become a gorgeous beast, no? I love this ...>

That Music’s Rubbish!


Several times a week, I and my critters cock our ears toward the courtyard windows, arrested by the sudden swell of recorded music billowing through them. It’s always the same – a rich female soprano lilting in Mongolian along a gorgeous popular melody. Even if you don’t understand the words ...>

Ink


A coupla times recently I’ve met people who ask me with a wagging finger, “Saaay…aren’t you that guy? In that newspaper?” At which I study the dirt I’m pushing around with my boot and mumble, “Garsh, I dunno. Maybe.” Then I provide an autograph for a very reasonable 5000TG. Cuz, s ...>

Kid Gloves


Late last year I wrote about participating in the distribution of warm clothing and medical supplies brought to Mongolia by the Flagstaff Int’l Relief Effort (F.I.R.E.). I became connected to them after my Cuzzin Ryan and I cooked up the Dulaan Project, a means to harness the astounding energy an ...>

If My Walls Had Ears


If you were my neighbor here in what Luke once declared to be the “Ulaanbaatar ghetto,” you would have heard me whoop it up twice in the past several days. Of course, you’d be Mongolian, so it’d sound to you like the adults in the Peanuts cartoons. But let’s say you were a squeaky-clean A ...>

Loving-Kindness


"The monk who abides in universal love and is deeply devoted to the Teaching of the Buddha attains the peace of Nibbana, the bliss of the cessation of all conditioned things." -- Shakyamuni Buddha, Dhammapada "Of all sentient beings there is not a single one who has not been your own father or mo ...>

Textual Healing


There’ll be a Floki update at the end of this post, with surprises, but believe it or not I am here in Mongolia for reasons other than managing a menagerie, and I have big news that I’ve been sitting on for a while. In the promotional material for our Mongolian Buddhism Revival Project (MBRP) ...>

Back in Whack


There’s no better cure for brooding over the premature death of one sentient being than actively preventing the same for another. Just when you think the universe is hopelessly out-of-whack, just whack! It whacks right back. Based on an IM conversation I had with my friend Anne earlier today, I w ...>

Dog Days of Winter


Update: Nice job with the good vibes, y'all! As promised, I took li'l Floki (I'm really looking forward to the day when someone asks, "Oh, how'd he get that name?" and I can reply "Well, as you might have guessed, it's the name of the legendary Norseman who discovered Iceland and was suggested by an ...>

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