I often call my Lucy
"Buddha Dog" because she is the essence of patience and my greatest teacher. She reminds me every day to appreciate the simple pleasures in life- enjoying a long walk, and (her personal favorite) rolling on your back in the grass in the sun.
But my Ya Ya- I have never imagined I could persuade her to be calm and quiet while I was meditating.....
I don't usually post pictures from the net but I sent a link to several people to these photos when they were "Yahoo Picture of the Day" and the link didn't work.
So here is Conan, a one and one half year old Chihuahua who belongs to a Japanese Buddhist Priest Joei Yoshikuni.
Conan accompanies Joei to temple every day and seemed to just pick up praying beside him on his own. People began visiting the temple just to see the little dog in prayer.
Joei jokes that he'd like to teach Conan to meditate next, or at least to sit quietly while he meditates. "But it's not like I could get him to cross his legs..."
