"Ananda said:
'Friendship with what is lovely, association with what is lovely, intimacy with what is lovely - that is half of the holy life.'
The Buddha responded:
'Don't say that, Ananda. It's the whole not the half of the holy life.
One so blessed with what is lovely will develop a right way of being,
a thinking that no longer grasps at what is untrue,
an aim that is concerned and ready,
a contemplation that is unattached and free.
Association with what is lovely is the whole of the holy life."
(samyutta nikaya)
'Friendship with what is lovely, association with what is lovely, intimacy with what is lovely - that is half of the holy life.'
The Buddha responded:
'Don't say that, Ananda. It's the whole not the half of the holy life.
One so blessed with what is lovely will develop a right way of being,
a thinking that no longer grasps at what is untrue,
an aim that is concerned and ready,
a contemplation that is unattached and free.
Association with what is lovely is the whole of the holy life."
(samyutta nikaya)
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