Fwd: Friendliness ...

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Shankaram Siva Shankaram

 

 

" Bhikkhu Samahita "

Blazing Friendliness ... !!!

 

Friends:

 

Making oneself into a Mighty Friend:

 

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 Cooperation

Friendliness means Mutual Aid

Friendliness means Mutual Advantage

Friendliness means Symbiosis

Friendliness means Sympathy

Friendliness means Basic Trust

 

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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.

 

 

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

so let one cultivate immeasurable loving-kindness towards

all living beings.

 

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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.

 

 

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Thus he who both day and night

takes delight in harmlessness

sharing love with all that live,

finds enmity with none.

 

 

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When one with a mind of love

feels compassion for the entire world --

above, below and across,

unlimited everywhere.

 

 

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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.

 

 

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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.

 

 

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I am a friend and helper to all,

I am sympathetic to all living beings.

I develop a mind full of love

and takes always delight in harmlessness.

I gladden my mind, fill it with joy,

and make it immovable and unshakable.

I develop the divine states of mind

not cultivated by simple men.