Shikshasamuccaya 227

227

atra + eva ca + a-kalyāṇa-mitra-lakṣaṇam uktaṃ | śīla-vipanna-pudgala-vivarjanatayā pāpa-mitra-parivarjanā veditavyā | evaṃ dṛṣṭi-vipanna-ācāra-vipanna-ājīva-vipanna-pudgala-vivarjanatayā | saṅgaṇikā-ārāma-pudgala-vivarjanatayā | kuśīda-pudgala-vivarjanatayā | saṃsāra-abhirata-pudgala-vivarjanatayā | bodhi-parāṅ-mukha-pudgala-parivarjanatayā | gṛhi-saṃsarga-vivarjanatayā pāpa-mitra-parivarjanā veditavyā | tena ca kula-putra + etāni sthānāni parivarjayatā na teṣāṃ pudgalānām antike duṣṭa-cittam utpādayitavyaṃ na pratigha-cittaṃ na + avamanyanā-cittam utpādayitavyam | evaṃ ca anena cittam upasthāpayitavyam | uktaṃ hi bhagavatā dhātuśaḥ satvāḥ kāma-ādi-dhātuṃ āsravanti jāyante saṃsyandante saṃsargāc ca vinaśyanti | tasmād ahaṃ saṃsargaṃ varjayiṣyāmi + iti ||

And right here the characteristics of a non-virtuous friend are stated: 'The avoidance of an evil friend should be known through the avoidance of a person deficient in ethical discipline. Likewise, through the avoidance of a person deficient in view, deficient in conduct, or deficient in livelihood; through the avoidance of a person delighting in socializing; through the avoidance of a lazy person; through the avoidance of a person delighting in saṃsāra; through the avoidance of a person averse to awakening; [and] through the avoidance of association with householders, the avoidance of an evil friend should be known. And by him, noble son, when avoiding these conditions, a corrupt mind must not be generated toward those persons, nor an angry mind, nor a mind of contempt. And in this way he should establish his mind: for it was said by the Blessed One that according to their elements sentient beings flow toward, are born into, and blend with the element of desire and so forth, and they perish from association. Therefore, I will avoid association.'