Absolute Harmlessness ... !!!

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Friends:

Friendliness means Goodwill

Friendliness means Kindness

Friendliness means Helpfulness

Friendliness means Assistance

Friendliness means Support

Friendliness means Benevolence

Friendliness means Concern

Friendliness means Care

Friendliness means Compassion

Friendliness means ation

Friendliness means Mutual Aid

Friendliness means Mutual Advantage

Friendliness means Symbiosis

Friendliness means Sympathy

Friendliness means Basic Trust

A friend who always lends a hand,

a friend both in sorrow and joy,

a friend who offers good counsel,

a friend who sympathizes too.

These are the four kinds of true friends:

one who is wise, having understood,

will always cherish and serve such friends

just as a mother tends her only child.

D III 188

As a mother even with her life protects her only child,

so let one cultivate immeasurable loving-kindness towards

all living beings.

Bhikkhus, whatever kinds of worldly merit there are,

all are not worth one sixteenth part of the release of mind by

universal friendliness; in shining, glowing and beaming radiance

the release of mind by infinite & endless friendliness far excels &

even surpasses them all.

Itivuttaka 27

He who does not strike nor makes

others strike, who robs not nor makes

others rob, sharing love with all that live,

finds enmity with none... Itivuttaka 22

Thus he who both day and night

takes delight in harmlessness

sharing love with all that live,

finds enmity with none... S I 208

When one with a mind of love

feels compassion for the entire world --

above, below and across,

unlimited everywhere. J 37

I am a friend of the footless,

I am a friend of the bipeds;

I am a friend of those with four feet,

I am a friend of the many-footed.

May not the footless harm me,

may not the bipeds harm me,

may not those with four feet harm me,

and may not those with many feet harm me. A II 72

Among tigers, lions, leopards & bears I lived on the wood.

No one was frightened of me, nor did I fear anyone.

Uplifted by such universal friendliness, I enjoyed the forest.

Finding great solace in silent solitude. Suvanna-sama Jataka 540

I am a friend and helper to all,

I am sympathetic to all living beings.

I develop a mind full of love &

takes always delight in harmlessness.

I gladden my mind, fill it with joy &

make it immovable and unshakable.

I develop the divine states of mind

not cultivated by simple men. Theragatha. 648-9

Yeah, verily so !!!

Friendship is really the Greatest !

Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka.

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Bhikkhu,

I just wanted to let you know that I especially appreciated your message

here today. Is it from the upshanidads? I know my spelling is awful. Thanks

for sharing this! Hugs, PJ

Bhikkhu Samahita wrote:

Friends:

Friendliness means Goodwill

Friendliness means Kindness

Friendliness means Helpfulness

Friendliness means Assistance

Friendliness means Support

Friendliness means Benevolence

Friendliness means Concern

Friendliness means Care

Friendliness means Compassion

Friendliness means ation

Friendliness means Mutual Aid

Friendliness means Mutual Advantage

Friendliness means Symbiosis

Friendliness means Sympathy

Friendliness means Basic Trust

A friend who always lends a hand,

a friend both in sorrow and joy,

a friend who offers good counsel,

a friend who sympathizes too.

These are the four kinds of true friends:

one who is wise, having understood,

will always cherish and serve such friends

just as a mother tends her only child.

D III 188

As a mother even with her life protects her only child,

so let one cultivate immeasurable loving-kindness towards

all living beings.

Bhikkhus, whatever kinds of worldly merit there are,

all are not worth one sixteenth part of the release of mind by

universal friendliness; in shining, glowing and beaming radiance

the release of mind by infinite & endless friendliness far excels &

even surpasses them all.

Itivuttaka 27

He who does not strike nor makes

others strike, who robs not nor makes

others rob, sharing love with all that live,

finds enmity with none... Itivuttaka 22

Thus he who both day and night

takes delight in harmlessness

sharing love with all that live,

finds enmity with none... S I 208

When one with a mind of love

feels compassion for the entire world --

above, below and across,

unlimited everywhere. J 37

I am a friend of the footless,

I am a friend of the bipeds;

I am a friend of those with four feet,

I am a friend of the many-footed.

May not the footless harm me,

may not the bipeds harm me,

may not those with four feet harm me,

and may not those with many feet harm me. A II 72

Among tigers, lions, leopards & bears I lived on the wood.

No one was frightened of me, nor did I fear anyone.

Uplifted by such universal friendliness, I enjoyed the forest.

Finding great solace in silent solitude. Suvanna-sama Jataka 540

I am a friend and helper to all,

I am sympathetic to all living beings.

I develop a mind full of love &

takes always delight in harmlessness.

I gladden my mind, fill it with joy &

make it immovable and unshakable.

I develop the divine states of mind

not cultivated by simple men. Theragatha. 648-9

Yeah, verily so !!!

Friendship is really the Greatest !

Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka.

http://groups.msn.com/DirectDhamma

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Buddha-Direct

http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/TrueDhamma

Dhamma-Questions sent to my email are quite Welcome.