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A great day to interview a monk at the Buddhist Tibetan Monastery Erdene Zhu in Kharkhorin dating back to 1585.
This monastery was built on top of the ruins of Genghis Khan's capital and now the it's the oldest surviving monastery in Mongolia today. These monks practice the Tibetan Buddhism of the Dalai Lama, yellow hat sect.
Unfortunately the monastery was destroyed by a communist leader in the 1930’s when there was a purge that resulted in the disappearance of hundreds of monasteries in Mongolia and the death of more than 10,000 lamas.
Today only three temples remain intact.
The head monk gave us insight into the day to day living of the monks and monastery. Interesting how they have monks as young as six years old that live there and they can choose to join at that young age.
Horses everywhere
Our Ger
Near our camp. I found a rocker
Inside our Ger
a visitor to our camp
A vulture on our drive
Our terrific guide
