ALSO BY DAVID MICHIE
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Michie, David.
The Dalai Lama’s cat and the power of meow / David Michie. -- 1st edition.
pages cm
ISBN 978-1-4019-4624-1 (paperback)
1. Bstan-’dzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935---Fiction. 2. Cats--Fiction. 3. Buddhism--Fiction.
4. Buddhist philosophy--Fiction. 5. Religious fiction. lcsh I. Title.PR6063. I223D3535 2014
823’. 92--dc23
2014044653
Tradepaper ISBN: 978-1-4019-4624-1
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
1st edition, June 2015
Printed in the United States of America
I have lived with several Zen masters—all of them cats.
ECKHART TOLLE,
Mind is the forerunner of all actions.
All deeds are led by mind, created by mind.
If one speaks or acts with a serene mind, happiness follows,
As surely as one’s shadow.
BUDDHA,
CONTENTS
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
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