Friends:
The Good Friend
can show the Way to Eternal Bliss!!!
At Savatthi the Blessed Buddha once said
on beautiful friendship (Kalyānamittatā):
Bhikkhus, as dawn is the initiator and messenger of the rising sun, exactly
&
even
so too, Bhikkhus, is
Good Friendship the forerunner and originator for the
arising
of the
Noble Eightfold Way, since when a Bhikkhu has a good friend, it is to
be
expected that he will develop, cultivate, & complete this Noble Eightfold
Way...
And how does a Bhikkhu develop, cultivate & perfect this Noble
Eightfold Way...
A Bhikkhu first develops
Right
View, thereafter he develops
Right Motivation,
Right Speech,
Right Action,
Right Livelihood,
Right Effort,
Right Awareness,
and
finally
Right Concentration, which
all are based upon seclusion,
disillusion, calming,
stilling, ceasing, and which culminates in complete mental release....
It is in this way, friends, that a Bhikkhu, who has a
good & mentally beautiful friend
develops, cultivates & consummates this supreme
Noble
Eightfold Way!
With good will for the entire cosmos,
cultivate a boundless & infinite mind,
Above, below, across & all around,
unobstructed, freed of
anger & hate.
Sutta Nipāta I, 8
The friend who is a helpmate,
The friend both in happiness and woe,
The friend, who gives good counsel,
The friend, who sympathizes too!
These four as friends the wise behold
and cherish with deep devotion,
as does a mother her own child.
Digha Nikāya 31
Who is hospitable, and friendly,
Tolerant, generous and unselfish,
A guide, an instructor, a leader,
Such a one to honour may attain.
Digha Nikāya 31
One is not wise just
because one speaks much.
He who is peaceful, friendly & fearless
is really the wise.
Dhammapada 258
If you find a wise and clever friend,
who leads a good and pure life,
you should, overcoming all obstacles,
keep his company joyously & aware.
Dhammapada 328
Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha.
Samyutta Nikāya.
Book V [30]
45: The Way. Magga. Good & Beautiful Friendship.
Kalyānamittatā 244.
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html
Advantageous is
Beautiful Friendship!
More on the
good in beautiful Friendship (Kalyānamittatā):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/The_Buddha_on_Noble_Frienship.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Selfless_Friendship_is_Sweetest.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/All_Embracing_Kindness.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Blazing_Friendliness.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/United_in_Harmony.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_Good_Friend.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Goodwill_Encore.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Good_Friendship.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Blazing_&_Bright.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Friendliness_Frees.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Kalyanamitta.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Metta.htm
   
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22 Nov 2009
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