In the previous chapter we defined the meaning of ‘friends’ as those in whom we invest time, energy and respurces for example, someone with whom we associate regularly, working together or at least in the same place. In fact, such a definition is only a small part of a much wider scope of meaning covered by the word ‘friend’
“…the wise man [pandita] knows four kinds of True Friends well. They are: The Helpful Friend [upakaraka], the Constant Friend [samanasukhadukkha]
Within the Buddhist community, temples are recognized as a centre for moral training. Another way of viewing this is that temple is a place that teaches people to be ‘human’
Naturally we need to carefully observe the behaviors of those with whom we associate. It may to be easy to be able to tell what kind of a person they are because the persons may appear as our friends when is fact they could be false friends or even enemies
In this chapter we will not only meet the word’ Good Friend’ [kalyanamitra] in addition to the ‘True Friend’
