Author Archives for Konchog Norbu

Dog Days of Winter II


Project activity during this holiday period has really slowed to an extra-dull crawl, but once in a while an urgent task comes up. Like saving a mangled street puppy. Early last week I visited Lam... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...>

This Fragile Flame


Beloveds, I’m afraid I do not have good news to share (though there is a little at the end). Early this afternoon, I got a call from our little puppy’s veterinarian. She reported that while the 90... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...>

The Highest Thought We Can Think


Today I’m going to talk some good Buddhist talk, so if that’s not your cup of nog, you’re free to click on over and watch the "Top 10 Incredible Animal Videos" of 2008 (I know the Buddhist types are... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more ...>

Lotus Transplant


Brr. Heat’s off for some reason. Well, here’s what the next few days’ Ulaanbaatar weather looks like. I’m sure it’ll be fine. But as of today, my nighttime warmth has been reduced by 1/3. As a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ...>

Grounds, Path and Fruit


I don’t know if the Buddha precisely discussed a matter we might term ‘beverage karma,’ but if he had, I would recently have been slotted into the category of ‘dismal.’ Early last month I ground the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and ...>

Dharma Club


I had designated tomorrow a get-outta-the-city mental health day. One Brother Andreas from Germany wrote in, saying he would be in UB during January and could we go out birding sometime? Brother... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...>

Fond Farewell


From just about the beginning of this Central Asian odyssey, Brother Khishigt has generously served as idea instigator, introducer, ace translator, and fellow Guru Rinpoche enthusiast. Here we are on... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...>

Wild Life


Last Saturday’s birding excursion took us out to Manzushir Khiid to work the forest near the ruined monastery. No surprises in the suite of birds we saw, though we did get, as my Aussie friends would... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ] ...>

How Many More Spoons Has Gaza Got?


Jeez. While I’m tapping out paeans to friggin’ flying squirrels, Sister Sangye’s writing this (you owe it to yourself to click the link she provides to The Spoon Theory – you’ll never see those you... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and m ...>

We Are Everywhere


Wow. Dig Hillary Clinton talking like a straight-up Buddhist in her opening remarks before her confirmation hearing as U.S. Secretary of State: “The president-elect and I believe that foreign policy... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...>

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