Friendship - 07-29-20 by Sokuzan - SokukoJi.org

There are different kinds of friendship. There are those friendships you have an affinity for with people who understand you well and care about you even with your neuroses. Then there are the kinds of friendship that you are forced into, like with your family. And then there’s the “kalayanamitra” or spiritual friend who may show up as someone in the sangha or as the teacher. That person is so concerned with your welfare that they will not buy into your self-deception, to put it politely.
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