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      Zen Cats

      MEDITATIONS

      WISE MINDS

      CAT LOVERS

      FOR

      THE

      OF

      Buddha

      and the editors of

      Mango Media

      Copyright © 2014 by Mango Media, Inc.

      Cover Design: Roberto Nuñez

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      Zen Cats: Meditations for the Wise Minds of Cat Lovers

      Maria A. Llorens/Mango Media Inc. -- 1st ed.

      ISBN 978-1-63353-048-5

      “Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn’t anyone who doesn’t appreciate kindness and compassion.”

      Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

      Table of Contents

       Mind and body 8

       Verse 1: “All that we are is the result of what we have thought. . .” 10

       Verse 2: “For hatred does not cease. . .” 12

       Verse 3: “He who lives without looking for pleasures. . .” 13

       Verse 4: “As rain breaks through an ill-thatched house. . .” 14

       Verse 5: “It is good to tame the mind. . .” 15

       Verse 6: “If a man’s thoughts are unsteady. . .” 16

       Verse 7: “Knowing that this body is fragile. . .” 18

       Verse 8: “Long is the night to him who is awake. . .” 19

       Verse 9: “Those whose mind is well grounded. . .” 20

       Verse 10: “His thought is quiet. . .” 21

       Verse 11: “If one man conquer in battle. . .” 22

       Verse 12: “Do not speak harshly to anybody. . .” 24

       Verse 13: “By oneself the evil is done. . .” 25

       Verse 14: “Even in heavenly pleasures. . .” 26

       Verse 15: “Hunger is the worst of diseases. . .” 27

       Verse 16: “From lust comes grief. . .” 28

       Verse 17: “Make thyself an island. . .” 30

       Verse 18: “If a man looks after the faults of others. . .” 31

       Verse 19: “He who does not rouse himself. . .” 32

       Verse 20: “This mind of mine. . .” 33

       Verse 21: “He who overcomes this fierce thirst. . .” 34

       Verse 22: “Men, driven on by thirst. . .” 36

       Verse 23: “If a man is tossed about by doubts. . .” 37

       Verse 24: “The fields are damaged by weeds. . .” 38

       Verse 25: “Restraint in the eye is good. . .” 39

       Verse 26: “For self is the lord of self. . .” 40

       Verse 27: “Stop the stream valiantly. . .” 42

       Verse 28: “Him I call enlightened who . . .” 43

       Verse 29: “I do not call a man enlightened. . .” 44

       Happiness 46

       Verse 30: “He abused me, he beat me . . .” 48

       Verse 31: “Follow not after vanity . . .” 49

       Verse 32: “Let the wise man guard his thoughts . . .” 50

       Verse 33: “These sons belong to me . . .” 51

       Verse 34: “Good people walk on whatever befall . . .” 52