David Michie
Author of The Dalai Lama's Cat
About the Author
David Michie is the internationally best-selling author of The Dalai Lama's Cat series, as well as the spiritual thrillers The Magician of Lhasa and The Secret Mantra, and the non-fiction titles Buddhism for Busy People, Buddhism for Pet Lovers, Mindfulness is Better than Chocolate and Hurry Up and show more Meditate. His books have been translated into 30 different languages and are available in over 50 countries. In 2015 he established Mindful Safaris to Africa, combining wildlife viewing and meditation sessions in journeys to unexplored places, outer and inner. show less
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Works by David Michie
Mindfulness Is Better Than Chocolate: A Practical Guide to Enhanced Focus and Lasting Happiness in a World of… (2014) 26 copies
Why Mindfulness is Better Than Chocolate: Your Guide to Inner Peace, Enhanced Focus and Deep Happiness (2014) 22 copies
David Michie The Dalai Lamas Cat 3 Books Bundle Collection (The Dalai Lama's Cat, The Art of Purring, The Power of… (2015) 2 copies
Die drei magischen Worte: Buddhistische Weisheitsgeschichten, die das Leben wandeln können. Mit einem Vorwort von… (2019) 1 copy
A lhászai mágus : az ősi titok, amely összeköti a tibeti szerzetesnövendék és a tudós kvantumfizikus sorsát (2016) 1 copy
Dalajlamova kočka 1 copy
A Gata do Dalai Lama e o Poder de Miar A importância do mindfulness revelada por uma gata especial (2016) 1 copy
Pes Jejího Veličenstva 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Michie, David
- Birthdate
- 1962-02-13
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Zimbabwe (birth)
Australia - Places of residence
- London, England, UK
Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Education
- Rhodes University, South Africa
- Short biography
- David Michie was born and brought up in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. Britain’s last colony in Africa was a place where imperial values still held sway, and a conventional education was accompanied by Sunday School at the Presbyterian Church.
It was as a teenager in the late 1970’s that he first heard about Tibetan Buddhism, discovering the books of T. Lobsang Rampa, an English plumber claiming to be a reincarnated lama who wrote utterly fanciful but wildly popular tales about life in Himalayan monasteries.
David gained more credible glimpses of Buddhism while studying Jung as part of his psychology degree, also developing a keen interest in cognitive behaviour therapy and other concepts he later discovered form a central part of Buddhist psychology. During his twenties and early thirties, his career in corporate public relations and social life became pre-eminent - all more esoteric interests were put firmly on hold. There they may have remained were it not for an allergic condition in his early thirties which led to the start of his meditation practice and a journey of inner growth.
Within two years of beginning to meditate, David achieved a long-held ambition of becoming a published writer. And having met and married his Australian wife, they moved to Perth where he continued his work both in public relations and writing. Away from the frenetic buzz of the big city, he was able to develop his interest in Tibetan Buddhism further, attending regular classes and retreats. Buddhism for Busy People describes David’s encounter with the Dharma, both in London and Perth, weaving an autobiographic narrative through a presentation of core Tibetan Buddhist concepts.
Buddhism for Busy People has become a bestseller in Australia, where it has received favourable endorsements and reviews. It will be published in USA and UK in June 2008, and is also being published in a number of different languages.
Given the success of the book, and the heart-warming emails he continues to receive from readers, David has written Hurry Up and Meditate, published in Australia in April 2008 and in USA and UK in September 2008.
Website: www.davidmichie.com
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If you have already studied the philosophy of Buddhism through books written by the Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh or Tara Branch, you probably won't learn anything new from The Dalai Lama's Cat, other than to possibly be entertained by the antics of HHC. As with most books of a spiritual nature, my motto is; take from it what you will.… (more)