2012.5.30~7.5

2012.5.30
Buddha Birth & Enlightenment Day in Korea

 

2012.6.3

I arrived back in Mongolia last night, with the hope of getting a China visa. If all goes well, I will then be off to Kailash. Wish me luck.

 

2012.6.4

Today, June 4th, is Saga Dawa, Buddha's birth, enlightenment and passing celebration day. HE Tilopa Rinpoche from the US organiuzed for the FPMT people to bring the Relic Tour to town. I arrived Saturday night from Korea. The Relic Tour opened this Monday morning at 10 AM. Filmmakers Tenzin and Ritu were on hand, and Panchen Ostrul. A full house, and a good time had by all.

 

2012.6.4

Photo 2 of Relic Tour event

 

2012.6.23

For people who liked the Demchok Monastery video short, South Gobi, here's a model of the rebuilding project. The monastery was one of 12 created by Danzan Rabjaa, 1803-1856, a contemporary of the 9th Dalai Lama. I made a YouTube video on his main place, "Shambhala in the Gobi," which has breasts of the Mother, and the birth passage. Demchok Hrid, a few hundred miles west along the southern ridge of the Gobi Mountains, has an enormous rock shaped like a penis. All 12 of his retreat centers were built on sited with sexy formations. During his life he wrote several thousand poems, drank three bottles of vodka a day, and made love to 5,000 beautiful women. Such is the legend. I edited Mike Kohn's book on his life, "Lama of the Gobi," back in 2006, in honor of the 150th anniversary of his parinirvana. You can probably find it with Amazon. Anyway, Danzan Rabjaa is the most deeply honored Mongolian saint of the last 200 years, perhaps second in history only to Zanabazar himself. In addition, he write and stages 12 Indo-European style operas, and took them on the road as part of his enlightenment activity. His tulku name is Noyun Hugatht, or "Noyun Incarnation." He was kind of a lama prince of the south and southeast Gobi. For people who love deserts, the Gobi is amazing, bursting with wild flowers in particular seasons.

 

2012.6.23

The stupa complex and somewhat puggy penis

 

2012.7.5
Glenn Mullin in Mongolia, with Prof Bira and Ishdorj, Mongolia

 

Glenn Mullin and Chicago Polish Dharma Center

 

Glenn Mullin and Eric Vali at the Moulin Rouge, Paris

 

Glenn Mullin with Mongolian President Elbikdorj

 

Glenn Mullin at Mt Kailash

 

Glenn Mullin at Tsetseguen Peak, Bogd Mountains, Mongolia

 

Glenn Mullin and Janet Galipo in Parping, Nepal

 

Glenn Mullin and Hilary Shearman at Lhasa

 

Glenn Mullin riding camels with Lama Gundusambo in Mongolia

 

Glenn Mullin and Robert Thurman at Tibet House, NY, Dec 2012

 

Glenn Mullin, a Mongolian artist rendition

 

Glenn Mullin with former Mongolian President Enkhbayer

 

Glenn Mullin with the Dalai Lama "Mystical Arts of Tibet" exhibit opening, Oglethorpe Museum, Atlanta, 1998

 

Glenn Mullin and Mongolian wrestling champions and the late great Baasan Lama, Ulaanbaatar 2006

 

Glenn Mullin and Mongolian shaman

 

Glenn Mullin at Mt Everest

 

Glenn Mullin, Powerbook ad, 1991, which won the Grand Effie, "Best Ad of the Year"

 

Glenn Mullin with Olivia Hansen and the Tibetan Prime Minister Lobsang Senge

 

Glenn Mullin and Scott Engel in Tibet House, Dec 2012 — with Scott Engel