/tags/buddhist-sayings/Recent content in Buddhist-Sayings on Late BloomsHugoen-usThu, 20 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000/posts/the-buddha-and-the-cat/Thu, 20 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000/posts/the-buddha-and-the-cat/<p><a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/Lateblooms/n-ZkfX3Q/2014/The-buddha-and-the-cat/i-XtbqG7C/0/KpDsm8n93mjsK7jfZNSqTnwjfPDtfhw73bnnczpZh/D/The-Buddha-and-the-Cat-D.jpg"><img alt="The Buddha and the Cat" loading="lazy" src="https://jeanjankisamaroo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/The-Buddha-and-the-Cat-1024x585.jpg"></a></p> <p>Once upon a time, there was a cat who liked to sit with the Buddha, sniff at him, and rest at his feet.  They had &ldquo;Dharma Talks.&rdquo;</p> <p>He taught her about meditation:  **&quot;**<strong>As you practice remaining attentive, passionate, and firm in purpose, those memories and conflicts of life are let go, and with their letting go your mind centers and becomes calm, it strengthens. This is how you develop mindfulness of, and in, the body.&quot;</strong></p>