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 “Dharma Talks.”
He taught her about meditation: “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.”
She wanted to find out how to become enlightened and the Buddha told her: “Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.”
Concerning health, this is what Gautama Buddha told her: “Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.”
She became angry easily and was told: “You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
She was getting on in life and wanted to find out about death and dying. Buddha reassured her: “Everything is changeable, everything appears and disappears; there is no blissful peace until one passes beyond the agony of life and death.”
The cat became more and more enlightened every day and slept peacefully every night.
~ Buddha.
She was a good student of the Dharma.
