FRIENDS & FRIENDSHIP
ISBN 983-3512-20-8
IJ126/06
Size: 6”x 5.6”
Pages: 42 pages
GOOD FRIENDSHIP, in Buddhism, means considerably more than associating with people than one finds one finds amenable and who share one’s interests. It means in effect seeking out wise companions to whom one can look for guidance and instruction. The task of the noble friend is not only to provide companionship in the trading of the way.
The truly wise and compassionate friend is one who, with understanding and sympathy of heart, is ready to criticize and admonish, to point out one’s faults, to exhort and encourage, perceiving that the final end of such friendship is growth in the Dhamma. The Buddha succinctly expresses the proper response of a disciple to such a good friend in a verse of the Dhammapada: “If one finds a person who points out one’s faults and who reproves one, one should follow such a wise and sagacious counselor as one would a guide to hidden treasure.” -by BHIKKHU BODHI
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ISBN 983-3512-20-8
IJ126/06
Size: 6”x 5.6”
Pages: 42 pages
GOOD FRIENDSHIP, in Buddhism, means considerably more than associating with people than one finds one finds amenable and who share one’s interests. It means in effect seeking out wise companions to whom one can look for guidance and instruction. The task of the noble friend is not only to provide companionship in the trading of the way.
The truly wise and compassionate friend is one who, with understanding and sympathy of heart, is ready to criticize and admonish, to point out one’s faults, to exhort and encourage, perceiving that the final end of such friendship is growth in the Dhamma. The Buddha succinctly expresses the proper response of a disciple to such a good friend in a verse of the Dhammapada: “If one finds a person who points out one’s faults and who reproves one, one should follow such a wise and sagacious counselor as one would a guide to hidden treasure.” -by BHIKKHU BODHI
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