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It's here!

Following long months of work, we have finally published the Mongolian translation of Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo's debut volume on meditation, Stabilizing the Mind: A Meditational Technique to Develop Spaciousness in the Mind. Or, now, СЭТГЭЛЭЭ АМИРЛУУЛАН ТОГТООХУЙ: Сэтгэлд уужйт орон зайг цогцлоон бüтээх бяасалгалын арга оршвой.

We printed 1500 copies in partnership with Don Croner's new Ulaanbaatar-based publishing company, Polar Star Books. This is the first offering in their Buddhist Treasures Series. The volume should be gracing the shelves of UB book shops by next week.

Many, many thanks to Gunjimaa for her translation; Ayurzana for his additional translation, design, and printing efforts; Dolgor, Munkhtsetseg, and Erdenebat for reading and editing; Don for his publishing support; and Daka for distribution. Hopefully, this is the start of many more to come!

The next meditation workshop based on the book will be Sunday, May 4, 11am, at Ikh Khuree temple, south of Gandan Monastery.

In somewhat related news, I've hired a new Mongolian language tutor, Altantsetseg ("Golden Flower"), from one of the top universities, in a bid to seriously ramp up my pathetic Mongolian this spring.