Table of Contents
Introduction Tami Simon 1
1 The Gift of Poetry Laura Pritchett 7
2 My Little Buddha Andrew Holecek 13
3 I Had No Idea Charlie Was Coming Alice Walker 21
4 Lost Dog Jeri Parker 25
5 Lama Kusung Lama Tsomo 33
6 Blessings from Zephyr JP Sears 37
7 Are You Willing to Be a Fool for Love? Susan Martin 47
8 Dog Angels Mirabai Star 53
9 Here for You Bonnie Myotai Treace 61
10 Unconditional Loving-Acceptance (Even on Our Worst Days) Chris Grosso 67
11 Light Through Tapestry Eckhart Tolle 73
12 My Furry Soulbody Sera Beak 77
13 Cosmo Perry Wiggins-Fernandez Soucy-Beasley Sarah C. Beasley 85
14 The Tail of My Perfect Teacher Susanna Weiss 91
15 Caring for Animals as a Spiritual Practice His Eminence the 25th Tsem Tulku Rinpoche 97
16 Sometimes the Best Teacher Is the One Who Made You Cuss the Most Joan Ranquet 105
17 Dogitation: Meditating with Chandi Lama Surya Das 113
18 The Dog of My Life Adyashanti 119
19 And Yet, Dogs Find Me Roshi Joan Halifax 127
20 Mother's Day Storm Pam Houston 133
21 Golden Tails Allan Lokos 143
22 Against and Into the World Ketzel Levine 149
23 Tilla, the Lake, the Sky Stuart Davis 153
24 My Hopi Beryl Bender Birch 159
25 The Dog, and the Door Swinging Open Geneen Roth 165
26 A Dog Named after a Boxer Diane Musho Hamilton 169
27 Dropping into What Is Reverend angel Kyodo williams 175
28 Sgt. Pepper Rachel Brathen 179
29 Ziji's Dharma Acharya Fleet Maull 185
30 How Losing My Dog Helped Me Believe There's an Afterlife Julie Barton 193
31 The Work of the World Mark Nepo 199
Photo Credits 205
About the Contributors 207
About National Mill Dog Rescue 217
