Plate note: A digital pen-and-ink rendering from a photograph of the restored winter retreat hut of Zava Damdin (1867–1937), the prominent Khalkha Mongolian Buddhist abbot, polymath, historian, and philosopher. The stone hut was repaired by Zava Damdin Rinpoche (b. 1976) and his family in 2004. It still stands at Delgeriin Choira, Delgertsogt Sum, in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert. The view looks south, with east to the left and west to the right. Delgertsogt Mountain extends behind the hut along its lower slopes. Photograph taken on 8 April 2011. CP archive. Digital art and original photograph: C. Pleteshner. CPinMongolia.com, 16 July 2026.

Plate note: A digital pen-and-ink rendering from a photograph of the restored winter retreat hut of Zava Damdin (1867–1937), the prominent Khalkha Mongolian Buddhist abbot, polymath, historian, and philosopher. The stone hut was repaired by Zava Damdin Rinpoche (b. 1976) and his family in 2004. It still stands at Delgeriin Choira, Delgertsogt Sum, in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert. The view looks south, with east to the left and west to the right. Delgertsogt Mountain extends behind the hut along its lower slopes. Photograph taken on 8 April 2011. CP archive. Digital art and original photograph: C. Pleteshner. CPinMongolia.com, 16 July 2026.

Plate note: A digital pen-and-ink rendering from a photograph of the restored winter retreat hut of Zava Damdin (1867–1937), the prominent Khalkha Mongolian Buddhist abbot, polymath, historian, and philosopher. The stone hut was repaired by Zava Damdin Rinpoche (b. 1976) and his family in 2004. It still stands at Delgeriin Choira, Delgertsogt Sum, in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert. The view looks south, with east to the left and west to the right. Delgertsogt Mountain extends behind the hut along its lower slopes. Photograph taken on 8 April 2011. CP archive. Digital art and original photograph: C. Pleteshner. CPinMongolia.com, 16 July 2026.

Plate note: A digital pen-and-ink rendering from a photograph of the restored winter retreat hut of Zava Damdin (1867–1937), the prominent Khalkha Mongolian Buddhist abbot, polymath, historian, and philosopher. The stone hut was repaired by Zava Damdin Rinpoche (b. 1976) and his family in 2004. It still stands at Delgeriin Choira, Delgertsogt Sum, in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert. The view looks south, with east to the left and west to the right. Delgertsogt Mountain extends behind the hut along its lower slopes. Photograph taken on 8 April 2011. CP archive. Digital art and original photograph: C. Pleteshner. CPinMongolia.com, 16 July 2026.