Kalyanamittatanussati

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Kalyanamittatanussati

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]Kalyanamittatanussati
[Presented by Dr.Han Tun and Antony @ SD/JTN]
[Anguttara Nikaya Book of the Elevens]


The Buddha said:

(9) "Puna capara.m tva.m, nandiya,kalyaa.namitte anussareyyaasi 'laabhaa vata me, uladdha.m vata me, yassa me kalyaa.namittaa anukampakaa atthakaamaa ovaadakaa anusaasakaa'ti. Iti kho te, nandiya, kalyaa.namitte aarabbha ajjhatta.m sati upa.t.thaapetabbaa.

"Again, Nandiya, you should recollect good friends thus: 'It is truly my good fortune and gain that I have good friends who take compassion on me, who desire my good, who exhort and instruct me.' Thus you should establish mindfulness internally based on good friends."

[From Singala Sutta]

(1) "In four ways, young householder, should a helpmate be understood as a warm-hearted friend:

(i) he guards the heedless,
(ii) he protects the wealth of the heedless,
(iii) he becomes a refuge when you are in danger,
(iv) when there are commitments he provides you with double the
supply needed.

(2) "In four ways, young householder, should one who is the same in happiness and sorrow be understood as a warm-hearted friend:

(i) he reveals his secrets,
(ii) he conceals one's own secrets,
(iii) in misfortune he does not forsake one,
(iv) his life even he sacrifices for one's sake.

(3) "In four ways, young householder, should one who gives good counsel be understood as a warm-hearted friend:

(i) he restrains one from doing evil,
(ii) he encourages one to do good,
(iii) he informs one of what is unknown to oneself,
(iv) he points out the path to heaven.

(4) "In four ways, young householder, should one who sympathises be understood as a warm-hearted friend:

(i) he does not rejoice in one's misfortune,
(ii) he rejoices in one's prosperity,
(iii) he restrains others speaking ill of oneself,
(iv) he praises those who speak well of oneself."

Thus spoke the Exalted One. And when the Master had thus spoken, he spoke yet again:

The friend who is a helpmate,
the friend in happiness and woe,
the friend who gives good counsel,
the friend who sympathises too —
these four as friends the wise behold
and cherish them devotedly
as does a mother her own child.

******* :anjali:
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