Dharmette: Sangha 1/5: Power of Spiritual Friendship - Kalyāṇamittatā

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🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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0:00.0	The following talk was given at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California.
0:05.8	Please visit our website at adioderma.org.
0:12.6	Hmm.
0:15.0	Oh, hello, hello, hello, hello, friends from around the world.
0:21.6	And if you joined us late or very late to welcome, welcome, welcome.
0:27.6	And as I mentioned, I'm in Tuscany now.
0:31.6	I'm in Italy, it's in the afternoon, and had some challenges with internet earlier and hopefully it's smooth now.
0:41.4	You haven't lost me.
0:42.3	I haven't lost you.
0:43.4	Yay.
0:44.0	So much gratitude.
0:45.1	This is good.
0:48.1	So for today's theme, I'd like to speak a bit.
0:57.1	I'd like to expand on the power of spiritual friendship, Kalianamita.
1:08.0	So in the Buddha's dispensation and the sassana,
1:14.6	the cultivation of virtue and wisdom is inseparable
1:21.6	from nurturing of wise companionship.
1:28.3	And spiritual friendship is not merely support,
1:33.3	but it's the entire holy life.
1:37.3	It's the entirety of this path.
1:39.3	It's the entirety of this path.
1:42.3	And as this beautiful story goes, Ananda, who was the Buddha's attendant and cousin,
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