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The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Power of Meow (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #3) QUOTES

The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Power of Meow (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #3) QUOTES

1 " Pain is inevitable... Suffering is optional. We will all have to endure trauma and challenges. What matters is how we move forward afterward. Do we keep carrying the trauma and its causes in our mind? Or can we find a way to let go of them, to end our own suffering?...This is where mindfulness can help us. "

― David Michie , The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Power of Meow (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #3)

2 " You now have first-hand knowledge of how our of control the mind is. "

― David Michie , The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Power of Meow (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #3)

3 " It’s wonderful what becomes possible when we start to accept ourselves,” he told me. “Others find it easier to accept us, too, when we don’t keep engaging in negative thoughts about ourselves. "

― David Michie , The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Power of Meow (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #3)

4 " to cultivate compassion for others, first we begin with ourselves. "

― David Michie , The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Power of Meow (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #3)

5 " The mind is like a garden,” he told me. “You choose what to grow: weeds or flowers. "

― David Michie , The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Power of Meow (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #3)

6 " Acknowledge. Accept. Let go. "

― David Michie , The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Power of Meow (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #3)

7 " All is cause and effect. Action and reaction. "

― David Michie , The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Power of Meow (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #3)

8 " When we think of other beings with compassion, this makes us happiest. When we consider how to help others avoid suffering and give them contentment, we, ourselves, are the first to benefit. "

― David Michie , The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Power of Meow (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #3)

9 " Sometimes we need to be reminded what we’re capable of. "

― David Michie , The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Power of Meow (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #3)

10 " the countless other nonhuman semchens, or sentient beings? Don’t they seek happiness, too? And the avoidance of suffering? Are their lives not as important to them as my life is to me? "

― David Michie , The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Power of Meow (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #3)

11 " How valid is a practice that frees our bodies from rigidity but does nothing for the mind? "

― David Michie , The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Power of Meow (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #3)

12 " Of course, we cannot genuinely accept others and wish for their happiness if we don’t first accept ourselves. "

― David Michie , The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Power of Meow (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #3)

13 " the same.” His voice fell then, so that each one of us leaned forward to catch his next statement. Geshe-la said, “Of course, we cannot genuinely accept others and wish for their happiness if we don’t first accept ourselves.” He paused so his words could be absorbed. Not only his words, but the meaning behind those words. Their simplicity and significance were amplified in the sacred place. “What is the sense in wishing for the happiness of all beings but not for our own happiness? What is the point of practicing patience with complete strangers but not with ourselves? This kind of thinking makes no sense. It is also lacking in wisdom, because the self we may believe is so hard to accept has no independent reality. "

― David Michie , The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Power of Meow (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #3)

14 " What is the point of making up a story about ourselves that we hate? Whatever story we come up with is going to be different from the one that other people have created about us anyway—you can be sure of that. "

― David Michie , The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Power of Meow (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #3)

15 " So to cultivate compassion for others, first we begin with ourselves. And our practice must be meaningful, because superficial practice will only give superficial results. We must go beyond mere ideas and deepen our understanding. Can anyone here give me a definition of the word ‘realization "

― David Michie , The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Power of Meow (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #3)

16 " When our understanding of an idea develops to the point that it changes our behavior. "

― David Michie , The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Power of Meow (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #3)

17 " we can allow the perfect to become the enemy of the good. "

― David Michie , The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Power of Meow (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #3)

18 " enough, Mrs. Trinci was standing in the middle "

― David Michie , The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Power of Meow (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #3)

19 " And we can achieve so much more when we are positive. Confident. "

― David Michie , The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Power of Meow (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #3)

20 " Compassion begins with self-acceptance. Self-acceptance first requires letting go of negative thoughts about yourself. And it requires being aware of the negative thoughts to begin with. "

― David Michie , The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Power of Meow (The Dalai Lama's Cat, #3)