Thanks to the mighty and jet-setting (can a monk be jet-setting?) Konchog Norbu for this new Dharma-Burger:

“Returning from the US to Mongolia, I entered my apartment in Ulaanbaatar and discovered that the person who stayed to watch my cats had purchased the pictured paper napkins. Yes, lovely, what better way to wipe the mutton fat from your lips than with an image of the Buddha? In a surreal twist, the manufacturer is located in Zagreb. So here we have a deeply Catholic nation, Croatia, exporting Buddha napkins to a traditionally Buddhist country, Mongolia. I can’t decide if it’s sinister or just silly.

“Better get Dan Brown on it.”

So: sinister? Silly? Both? You make the call.

And by the way, I know I say this all the time, but if you’re not reading Konchog’s blog, you’re missing out. The man is a great writer, and most definitely a bodhisattva.