摩訶止觀 4.124

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4.124

Fifth, the good friend (kalyāṇamitra): this is a great cause and condition, namely, guiding and instructing so that one attains the sight of the Buddha. Ānanda said, "Good friends are half the causes and conditions for attaining the path." The Buddha said, "It should not be so; they are the complete, whole causes and conditions." There are three kinds of good friends: first, the external protector; second, the fellow practitioner; third, the teacher.

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