Albert Herdianto Widjojo
“You call him Kungfu? Very funny” I said to divert the discussion so that she is no longer sad.
About the tied cat I remember a story from a book “THE SONG OF THE BIRD” by Anthony de Mello S. J., like this:
THE GURU’S CAT
Each time the guru sat for worship with his students the ashram cat would come in to distract them, so he ordered them to tie it when the ashram was at prayer.
After the guru died the cat continued to be tied at worship time. And when the cat expired, another cat was brought into the ashram to make sure that the guru ’s orders were faithfully observed at worship time.
Centuries passed and learned treatises were written by the guru ’s scholarly disciples on the liturgical significance of tying up a cat while worship is performed.
