The Dalai Lama's Cat

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And, yes, when I sit down to meditate my little Rinpoche, Zuzu, finds her way to my lap…indeed my meditation cushion is one of her favourite spots to curl up. Before leaving for a teaching tour to America, the Dalai Lama poses a challenge to his beloved feline, HHC (His Holiness’s Cat): to discover the true cause of happiness. I would recommend this to anyone interested in Buddhist ideas or simply as an absorbing read for a cat lover. The sale of customised goods or perishable goods, sealed audio or video recordings, or software, which has been opened.

Each encounter offers insight into finding happiness and meaning in the midst of lives that are busy and full of challenges. So instead, I've downloaded the follow-up novel - The Art of Purring - and am currently fully enjoying the continuing exploits of HHC! A hair-raising chase through the streets of McLeod Ganj leads to an unexpected revelation about the perils of self-obsession. My sincere thanks to each and every one of you who voted, commented and offered insights on the different options I shared a month ago.

Whilst this is, without a doubt, a story about what Buddhism teaches, it is not an exclusively religious story at all: it really is just the story of a cat who happens to be in Buddhist surrounds.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. In 2015 David established Mindful Safaris, leading groups to Zimbabwe, Africa - where he was born and brought up – encouraging people to visit extraordinary places, outer and inner, through a combination of daily game viewing trips and meditation sessions. What a joy to spend some intimate time with the Dalai Lama glimpsed through the devoted eyes of his adventurous cat, Mousie-Tung. Yes, the first two The Dalai Lama’s Cat books have already been translated into Italian and others are to follow.It is kind of a beginner's guide to Buddhism with your instructor being a cat with a fairly high opinion of herself and the ability to eat herself into a butterball. Among the unexpected joys I have felt, writing this series, has been to discover how much little HHC, Snow Lion, or Rinpoche – she is a cat of many names – and the cast of characters around her, have engaged reader’s hearts as well as minds. So, if you happen to be in a similar situation as myself, then I cannot express it enough: read this book.

It was an interesting and fun read through the eyes of a very lucky kitten who was rescued from harm and taken in by the Dalai Lama.The highly reflective cat that narrates this story is not free of either quality, particularly as she seems to develop her variant of a Buddhist practice -- she aims to become a "bohdicatva" as is said more than once. Like most of the dog lover's books out today, this one is geared to the cat lovers of the world and is filled with a plethora of valuable thoughts to ponder such as: "all lives, even ones that appear insignificant, are of value and have meaning" or "it is not so much the circumstances of our lives that make us happy or unhappy but how we perceive them so that if viewed properly even the most unfortunate circumstances can become amazing opportunities for personal growth". Tačiau stebėjau savo katę Stellą ir prisiminiau kaip vieną balandžio naktį jį iš niekur atsirado mano kieme, kiekvieną dieną sėdėdavo ant mašinų ir žiūrėdavo į mano langus kol aš pasidaviau ir priglaudžiau ją į namus. Yet, the figure of the cat is deliberately outrageous and outlandish and in the context of the book it mostly works.

This book also feels so special because of the calming 'atmosphere' you get from being in the Dalai Lama's home and his presence. A resident of Australia, Michie has written a number of popular introductions to Buddhism with titles such as "Buddhism for Busy People" and "Enlightenment on the Go. This book is really a thinly disguised instruction book on the Buddhist way of viewing and living life.The book also emphasizes that personal happiness comes from a want and a desire to make others happy.