Author Archives for Konchog Norbu

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! ]] ...>

Celeb Watch


Olloo.com and the latest Mongol Messenger both have items saying that HH the Dalai Lama's buddy Richard Gere might be hanging a bit in Mongolia soon (needless to say, olloo could really stand to hire... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...>

Always Hungry For Another Animal’s Meat


You need to know something. I’m on the verge of a relationship, but nervous as a gazelle. I still bear the scars of previous wounds, you know? Disappointment, to the point of loathing even, if I’m to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ...>

Gift of the Season


A friend of mine, a young Mongolian woman, asked to meet me today, and over coffee told me a tale at once so sad, and yet so easily fixable, I felt I should share it with all of you. This friend (who... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...>

Real Monks Stay the Winter or A Long Night’s Reading List


Today, the Mongolian climate gods were through fooling around. All week, Weather Underground was promising that the high today would be -23F (-31C). Well, we got a little reprieve, as the mercury... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...>

Local Warming


OK, so with the exception of Northmoon, y’all don’t want to talk about what you’re reading (the cold truth, probably, is that most of you didn’t make it to the end of the last lengthy post). Too full... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and m ...>

Such A Gift


Remember my young Mongolian friend who secretly used her tuition money for her father’s medical bills and who therefore could no longer attend classes in her last year of university? How y’all came... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ] ...>

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