Iti 17A Trainee (2nd)
Pāli / Sanskrit:Dutiyasekhasutta
Friendship with admirable people as the prime external factor to help those in training.
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– So It Was Said 17
The Book of the Ones Chapter Two A Trainee (2nd)
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Taking into account exterior factors, mendicants, I do not see a single one that is so very helpful as good friendship for a trainee mendicant who hasn’t achieved their heart’s desire, but lives aspiring to the supreme sanctuary from the yoke. A mendicant who has good friends gives up the unskillful and develops the skillful.”
The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
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