Linguist, historian, and Germanic studies scholar Mönkhnyagt has pointed out that I neglected to mention what she considered one of the more interesting aspects of Danzan Rajvaa’s caves.
MönkhnyagtOn the top of the cliffs above the caves is a hole which supposedly opens into a networks of air channels connecting all of the caves. This not only serves as a natural air-conditioning system but, according to monk Baatar, also allows certain biophysical energies found in the desert atmosphere here to enter the caves. These energies reportedly have an effect on those who meditate in the caves.
Hole on the top of cliffs allows in air and energiesAlso I forgot this: Baatar mentioned that each of the stupas under construction at the nearby Shambhala Land had been paid for by donations from various interested parties, most of them Mongolian. One of the stupas, however, has been paid for with a donation from action-movie actor Steven Seagal, who reportedly visited Khamariin Khiid last year. I had not heard about this visit before, so if this is the case he must have made the trip without the publicity blitz which accompanied his 2002 Visit to Chingis Khan’s 840th Birthday Bash, where he made a cameo appearance after a dramatic arrival by helicopter.
Billboard touting whirlwind 2002 Mongolian tour of would-be Chingis Khan Steven Seagal. Apparently the Chingis Khan bio-pic he was planning did not pan out, which is unfortunate because I was looking forward to seeing Winona Ryder play Börte, Chingis’s wife.
Billboard touting whirlwind 2002 Mongolian tour of would-be Chingis Khan Steven Seagal. Apparently the Chingis Khan bio-pic he was planning did not pan out, which is unfortunate because I was looking forward to seeing Winona Ryder play Börte, Chingis’s wife.
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I dunno, boss. I made five trips to KK last year, and no one mentioned Seagal. Glad he ponied up for a stupa, tho. One of our KPC members in New Mexico also sponsored one -- #91, they told her!
I never knew about the air vents. The mysteries keep unraveling...
Baatar told us about Steven Seagal. I am sure I did not bring up Steven Seagal's name myself! I find it a bit strange too that I had not heard about this before, because Steven Seagal is not shy about publicizing his activities. Anyhow, after Baatar supposedly told us that Steven Seagal had paid for one of the stupas I asked if there were any that still needed funding and he said there weren't. I'll check with Monkhnyagt to make sure I got the story straight. Sometimes these tales get confused in the telling . . .
Huh. Maybe he came in the fall. I last visited in late August. I, um, don't track his movements closely, either. The only evidence I saw was a signed photo in one of UB's Indian restaurants.
My reliable sources tell me the same, that the stupas and such are all paid for. Now, they're raising funds to build the new temple, the construction of which will happen next year, I think.
After holding Monkhnyagt's feet to the fire she finally confessed that Baatar may have said that Seagal visited Khamariin Khiid "a while back" and not necessarily last year. Apparently she equates "last year" with the past in general.
I could not agree with you more.
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