Spiritual friendship (kalyāṇa-mittatā)
Includes tags: Spiritual friendship, Association with people of integrity
8. “How can you acknowledge the limitations of the personality and of the circumstance but find a deeper wisdom beyond that? For those who find themselves in difficult situations with life and think that release of suffering in this life is beyond them, what thoughts would you offer?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Personality] [Discernment] [Everyday life] [Cessation of Suffering] [Suffering] // [Spiritual friendship ] [Ajahn Pasanno] [Ajahn Chah] [Wat Pah Nanachat] [Abbot] [Thai Ajahn Chah lineage] [Ajahn Dune] [Community] [Culture/West] [Saṅgha]
12. “We’ve already talked about the quote from the Buddha, ‘Spiritual companionship is the whole of the Holy Life (SN 45.2).’ Someone asked you a question about that, and you said, ‘Living with other people—it’s horrible!’ And then you laughed a huge Luang Por Pasanno laugh. Could you talk about the paradox that living with other people is half the Holy Life and it’s dukkha? You didn’t have to be an abbot. You could have lived a hermit’s life. Any insights into balancing that?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Spiritual friendship] [Community] [Seclusion] [Suffering] // [Patience] [Compassion]
14. Brief reflection for the Clear Mountain Project: “Don’t confuse what’s really important.” [Clear Mountain] [Suffering] // [Spiritual friendship] [Liberation]
Sutta: MN 30: Cūḷasāropama Sutta (Shorter Heartwood Simile).