March 5, 2012
Location: City center
I was invited by my roommate to visit a special place with her. It was in the city center. Indeed, it was a very interesting place. Girls in white with incredibly long hair, who do Japanese shiatsu and other special massages, looked like divine beings. They had faces with no make-up, but glowing with light and signs of inner health.
I was taken to a room, where a young man scanned my body and diagnosed my physical problems. From the staff of the center, I found that he was said to be a reincarnation of Guru Rinpoche, great Buddhist master, who is said to be the next Buddha after Shakyamuni. Prior knowing this, when I looked at the young man, he was very handsome, wearing a mixture of lay and monk’s clothes with incredibly big and powerful hands.
Then I was led to another room, where a reincarnation of White man, the first character of 108 cham dance characters. White man had grey hair, long grey beard and looked very much like as usually depicted in the drawings. He was 84 years, but had almost no sign of aging. He was just back from retreats in the Himalayan mountains and he also traversed around Mongolian territory. He was complaining that nagas and lords of lands were all drunk because Mongolians offered lots of vodka to them as if practicing generosity.
Prior to visiting the place, I was vomiting and feeling pain in some parts of my body. The next day, I observed that my body was much lighter, no pain and vomiting. I sincerely imagined that the young gentleman was indeed the reincarnation of the Buddha. On my way back, I was thinking that some myths are still alive these days and I was very happy that I could spend a few hours in them.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Friday, March 16, 2012
About me
Date: 16 March, 2012
Location: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
From my childhood I was fascinated by foreign languages, so many summer holidays were spent behind a study table. My list of self taught languages is long, but none of them came even near to fluency, except English and traditional Mongolian script.
Thanks to childhood stamina developed in learning it has never been difficult to qualify in different exams. I gained the highest scores in higher education institute admission exams, which enabled me to do BA in international relations in Foreign Service School, Mongolia and MBA in India and forfeited government scholarship offers from University of Hong Kong and International University of Japan. As a graduate of prestigious universities I was given great opportunities to work in different fields, traveling abroad, attractive compensation packages, e.g. I was shaped into a young successful professional. As mineral sector was about to revamp the country’s economy I was in the middle of taking another great opportunity to work in an international company with promising perspectives. I was again successful in my pursuit of excellence my career, but everything had to STOP at this point. Although I was always successful in exams, I failed in my own exam for caring myself. Due to irrational hard working, bad diet, different inhibitions and other adverse conditions, I became seriously ill.
It seems I have never had relaxation being occupied with huge professional and family responsibilities. I am the eldest in the family with 2 younger sisters and a brother. As my mother, a GP, suffered a stroke 10 years ago and my father had to look after her since then, I had to step in and take the responsibility for the family.
It was both ‘curse’ and ‘blessing’ that I was diagnosed with multi-drug resistant TB in early 2011. I have been staying in TB hospital for 13 months in total: 2 months in Mongolia, 4 months in Huh hot, China and 7 months in Mongolia. I mean ‘curse’ because it is difficult to treat, requiring a long time and posing a perpetuated risk of relapse. It is ‘blessing’ because I’m having this long holiday that I seemingly I deserve.
Being ill for a long time brought a lot of changes in my life. The illness requires to stay a very long time in the hospital secluded from one’s family and the society as it imposes a danger infecting others. In my next missives I will share about the changes that I had to encounter and experiences of my roommates.
Location: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
From my childhood I was fascinated by foreign languages, so many summer holidays were spent behind a study table. My list of self taught languages is long, but none of them came even near to fluency, except English and traditional Mongolian script.
Thanks to childhood stamina developed in learning it has never been difficult to qualify in different exams. I gained the highest scores in higher education institute admission exams, which enabled me to do BA in international relations in Foreign Service School, Mongolia and MBA in India and forfeited government scholarship offers from University of Hong Kong and International University of Japan. As a graduate of prestigious universities I was given great opportunities to work in different fields, traveling abroad, attractive compensation packages, e.g. I was shaped into a young successful professional. As mineral sector was about to revamp the country’s economy I was in the middle of taking another great opportunity to work in an international company with promising perspectives. I was again successful in my pursuit of excellence my career, but everything had to STOP at this point. Although I was always successful in exams, I failed in my own exam for caring myself. Due to irrational hard working, bad diet, different inhibitions and other adverse conditions, I became seriously ill.
It seems I have never had relaxation being occupied with huge professional and family responsibilities. I am the eldest in the family with 2 younger sisters and a brother. As my mother, a GP, suffered a stroke 10 years ago and my father had to look after her since then, I had to step in and take the responsibility for the family.
It was both ‘curse’ and ‘blessing’ that I was diagnosed with multi-drug resistant TB in early 2011. I have been staying in TB hospital for 13 months in total: 2 months in Mongolia, 4 months in Huh hot, China and 7 months in Mongolia. I mean ‘curse’ because it is difficult to treat, requiring a long time and posing a perpetuated risk of relapse. It is ‘blessing’ because I’m having this long holiday that I seemingly I deserve.
Being ill for a long time brought a lot of changes in my life. The illness requires to stay a very long time in the hospital secluded from one’s family and the society as it imposes a danger infecting others. In my next missives I will share about the changes that I had to encounter and experiences of my roommates.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Date: Sunday, March 4, 2012
Location: Home, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Mongolians have recently celebrated Lunar New Year. It is said to be more auspicious to recite holy texts and do Buddhist special practices within 15 days of the New Year.
My sister arranged a visit by a monk from Ganden monastery, the main monarchy center of Mongolia, to do the text recitations for my family. After completion of the recitation, I had a chance to talk to the Buddhist monk and clarify a few points that he mentioned while he was explaining the meaning of the texts and rituals.
In addition, he advised me to ‘relax and enjoy’. According to him, I looked strongly preoccupied by some heavy thoughts. He strongly recommended entertaining myself, going out, chatting with friends, laughing and doing whatever I liked. He said “Be easy-going, just relax, just enjoy!”
Surprisingly, my brother, a 20 year old management student and aspiring hip hop singer, immediately supported him saying I was never going out to watch movies and meeting with friends for the last few years.
I realized I was too serious about my job and other things, but was never tender to myself. So I decided to enjoy the life to the fullest by following three points in my life:
1. Think positively
2. Eat well
3. Never work hard
Location: Home, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Mongolians have recently celebrated Lunar New Year. It is said to be more auspicious to recite holy texts and do Buddhist special practices within 15 days of the New Year.
My sister arranged a visit by a monk from Ganden monastery, the main monarchy center of Mongolia, to do the text recitations for my family. After completion of the recitation, I had a chance to talk to the Buddhist monk and clarify a few points that he mentioned while he was explaining the meaning of the texts and rituals.
In addition, he advised me to ‘relax and enjoy’. According to him, I looked strongly preoccupied by some heavy thoughts. He strongly recommended entertaining myself, going out, chatting with friends, laughing and doing whatever I liked. He said “Be easy-going, just relax, just enjoy!”
Surprisingly, my brother, a 20 year old management student and aspiring hip hop singer, immediately supported him saying I was never going out to watch movies and meeting with friends for the last few years.
I realized I was too serious about my job and other things, but was never tender to myself. So I decided to enjoy the life to the fullest by following three points in my life:
1. Think positively
2. Eat well
3. Never work hard
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