Stories about pets
2 Buddhist wisdom stories about pets from Buddhist teachers, each linked to the original talk.
- The dead dog and the cat scanJoke · Ajahn Brahm
In brief: Owner brings a dog to the vet insisting it is alive; the vet uses a live cat as a diagnostic (nose, tail, belly) — dog never moves. Bill: $20 consultation + $2,000 for the cat…
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took the dog into the vet and said look the dog you know please help it. And the dog took a look at the sorry the not the dog took over the vet. The vet took a look at the dog and said there's nothing you can do. The dog is dead. And this is like a variation of if any of you like Monty Python or the dead parrots sketch, remember that one? But this is much better than that. So they took the he said the dog is dead. They said it's not dead because you know you're in denial when it's somebody you really love. Do something. And so the the vet said, "Okay, I'll give it a try." So he opened up another cage and took out a cat. and he put the cat nose to nose with the dog and the cat and the dog didn't move. And then he took it around the back of the dog, lifted up the dog's tail and put the cat right next to the dog's, you know, what's underneath the tail there and the dog didn't move. Turned the dog on the belly and the cat was on the belly scratching it and the dog never moved. And they told the owner of the dog said, "Look, the dog's dead." Yeah, I think actually because my dog never loved cats at all. He hated cats and they would chase them and and said he hated cats. So that must be the case that he's dead. Thank you very much. So then the the vet gave the bill $2,020. $2,020. What's that for? is a $20 for the consultation and a $2,000 for the cat scan
- The ghost dog who brought back the ringStory · Ajahn Brahm
In brief: A woman living alone with her beloved dog loses a sentimental ring in a park and can't find it after hours of searching. Days later the dog dies. She keeps hearing its…
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One of those ghost stories was a lady, I'm not sure if she's here this evening, but she told me this story a long time ago. She was a uh lived by herself. No, not really by herself. You know, she didn't have any any other human friends. She had her dog. And she told me here in front here just after a Friday night talk she said that uh you know she loved her dog her dog and her was you know basically the the contents of the house and she said one day she would taking her dog for a walk in the the park or the reserve and she don't know h didn't know how this happened but she lost her fingering you know in the in the park. As soon as she came home she realized she'd lost this ring. It wasn't expensive, but it had sentimental value. So, she immediately returned, traced her steps trying to find her fingering. She looked everywhere, but in a in a park, there's just too many twigs and leaves and grass. You just can't find it. It's hard enough to find things in your house, let alone in a park. So, after a couple of hours, she gave up and then she just came home. Few days later, her dog died. And of course she was devastated because that was the the being she was close to, she loved very much. And she swore to me in front here saying, "Absolutely honest, Ajam Brah, I won't lie to you, not a Buddhist monk. I heard that dog many times in my house barking. I couldn't see it, but I heard it." And if you've had a pet dog, you know its bark. You know its bark is different than any other dog. You recognize that was my dog. She's heard it many, many times. It was always behind a door around a corner and she'd rush around the corner, try and open the door. She could never see it. She could hear it though. But she was really wanting so much to see the dog that one day she was right in front of her front door inside the house and she heard the dog barking just outside the front door of her house and she was right there. So she immediately opened the door trying to get a glimpse of her dear dog. No one was there, completely empty. But she heard the sound there. And that's when she looked down at the welcome mat. And right in the middle of the welcome mat was her fingering. It was a dog who found her ring once. It was a ghost. True story.