Author Archives for Konchog Norbu

Jeepers Creepers


Well! I see, via a post at Brother Axel's Birding Mongolia blog, that now all the requirements for my happy life in this land have been met. That is to say, the first-ever Bird Watching Club of Mongolia has been formed. I intend to become a charter member pronto, and suggest we rename it the I ...>

Mama’s at the Door


Just wrapped up a surprise visit from my Gobi Mama, Tungalag. She's in UB to wrap up bidness before a once-in-a-lifetime journey to India. She's never even been on a plane before and she says the excitement is keeping her up nights. The lure, besides, you know, India, is that her son is studying B ...>

Demchig Pix


Brother Luke, perhaps in atonement for whatever Faustian bargain he entered into to secure employment at the Ivanhoe Mining Co., has graciously sent four photos from the opening ceremonies for the Amitabha Stupa recently completed at Demchig Monastery in Mongolia's South Gobi Province. This was the ...>

Mystery Pix


Vesna Wallace sent me the following wonderful images of rainbows arcing onto a huge statue of Guru Rinpoche under construction. Please note the clear blue sky. The thing is, she didn't know the location. Anyone have an idea? My guess is Tso Pema (Rewalsar), India, but I'd love confirmation and deta ...>

‘Root Text


I did manage to rematerialize in Ulaanbaatar, with most of my molecules in order, I think. Not much to tell yet. Just reconnecting with folks, setting the plans for world domination in motion, that sort of thing. I did hear yesterday that, in anticipation of May's parliamentary elections, someone h ...>

Reappearing Act


Thank you to Sharon in Brisbane for this surreal photo, that apparently shows that through Tara's incomparable power, I am being dematerialized from the arms in. In 24 hours, the good Lord willing and the crick don't rise, I will be reconstituted in Ulaanbaatar. Australia was a total blast. Mor ...>

A Celibate Mendicant Explains It All For You


Figures. I was in the john and had just settled deeply into my reading material – “A Dingo’s Breakfast: A Guide to Aussie Lingo” (“a dingo’s breakfast”, since you need to know, is defined as “a piss, a scratch, and a good look around”) – when the phone rang. I was anticipating a ...>

Blessed are the Blowies


Back in Melbourne from Australia’s Red Center for the briefest of moments. In about an hour, Brother Lungtog and I (this picture of us was taken on a jetty at Phillip Island; click to enlarge) will jump in the Monkmobile and, in a spray of gravel, hightail it north toward Bendigo. This town, it ...>

The Center of the Center


It's the morning of Thursday, February 21 here in Alice Springs -- not quite that for many of the rest of you -- which this year is the date for Chotrul Duchen. This is one of the four major Buddhist holy days of the year, in this case marking the time when Shakyamuni Buddha displayed a different m ...>

I’d Like to Thank Shakyamuni Buddha…


Well, I'll be. It seems there's a thing Brother Tom Armstrong cooked up called the Blogisattva Awards. It's a site dedicated, as they say, to "...honoring excellence in English-language Buddhist blogging." Despite that, they've seen fit to nominate li'l ol' DODR in a number of categories, including ...>

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