Friends:
Without assuming an 'Ego', Friendship is Infinite:
Selfless friendship is the most deep, genuine, sincere & sweet!
Why so? It is not limited nor tainted by any egoistic self-interest,
which otherwise interferes, as soon as an assumed 'self' suspects
even minor overstepping of it's perceived territorial 'my' domain...
The mental construction of friendship is a quite selfless goodwill!
The friendship producing matter-&-mind complex is also selfless!
The matter-&-mind complex receiving friendship is also selfless!
Similarly selfless is the infinity of pity, mutual joy & equanimity!
Any ego-conceiving, self-conception, personality-belief, & I-dentity
is a painful thorn to the progress of all advantageous mental states!
The Blessed Buddha said:
By following this method too, Ananda it may be understood how the
entire Holy & Noble Life is sole good friendship, good companionship,
and good comradeship: By relying upon me as a good friend, Ananda,
beings subject to birth are freed from birth, beings subject to ageing
are freed from ageing, beings subject to disease are freed from illness,
beings subject to death are freed from death, beings subject to sorrow,
lamentation, pain, discontent, & desperate despair are freed from grief,
weeping, crying, pain, frustration & all misery. Therefore, Ananda it may
be emphasized, how this entire Noble Life is all based on good friendship,
good amity, and good harmony...
Source:
The Grouped Sayings by the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya 3(18): [I 88]
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http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html
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Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka.
Friendship is the Greatest ...
Let there be Calm Free Bliss !!!
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