The Dalai Lama's Cat: Buddhist compassion in action

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Guided video meditation: the blue coccoon
The ease and flexibility of a powerful practice
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Living with the lamas
Favourite anecdotes of laughter and insight
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Kadiki, the elephant calf, Bodhi, the cheetah and a festival of glow worms
The Good Karma Refuge for Elephants
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April 2024

Thank you for supporting the elephants
And the wonder of "sympathetic lactation!"
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Our most enduring source of optimism & resilience: our Buddha nature
Post and short video
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Is it okay to scratch when you meditate?
Mouse-size musings from the Dalai Lama's Cat
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Which book cover design do you like most?
Your opinion please!
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Returning to the cushion: Five insights for 'lapsed' meditators
At the meditation seminars I teach, I often begin by asking for a show of hands: who is completely new to meditation? Who is a regular practitioner…
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March 2024

The muse of The Dalai Lama's Cat
Wussik soon after we met, before the days of digital cameras, smartphones - and the harsh, Australian sun had bleached my hair (!) I had no idea at all…
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Three benefits of 'obstacle blessings'
On Tuesday evening this week, just after supper, Koala - my wife - called me urgently to the kitchen. “There’s a weird noise coming from in here!” We…
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Thank you for supporting the nuns at Dongyu Gyatsal Ling!
Dear Subscribers, I met the amazing Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo in 2002. Having recently published my first book on Buddhism - Buddhism for Busy People - and…
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Recommended Reading for Mindful Safari
Mindful Safari is all about being here and now, among some of the most extraordinary vistas in Africa. And spending time with iconic wildlife in their…
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