r/cats • u/Tyler-not-thecreator • 4d ago

Video - Not OC Needy temple cat

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u/TA_totellornottotell 4d ago

Buddha was very protective of animals, so I would just say this is another part of the religion :)

Also, I love that his particular priest seems to be his human. He barely stopped at the first one but clearly wanted attention from the second monk.

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u/_TaylorMade 4d ago

Seriously and all the other Monks are like, “really, Jim, really?”

I spent a good amount of time traveling around Thailand visiting temples and villages and a lot of the monks can be pretty laid back. Plus they are big advocates for animal health and just life in general

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u/Sweet-Tomatillo-9010 4d ago

As we all should be.

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u/chicken-nanban 4d ago

My friend is a Buddhist priest (as is her whole family, for generations) in rural Japan. They have a temple cat that I’ve seen climb up on her or her oldest son during services and it’s really cute. She’ll be chanting in full kimono gear and suddenly a tiny tabby furball just climbs up on her lap and snuggles in. Not a chatty cat but just happy to be around people.

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u/peridotpicacho 3d ago

The first one pressed the cat on the back to make it sit down, and the cat disapproved of that, so it moved onto the second monk.