釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 2.75

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Fifth, drawing close to good spiritual friends. There are three kinds: First, external-protecting good spiritual friends, who manage offerings and are skilled at caring for the practitioner without disturbing them. Second, fellow-practitioner good spiritual friends, who cultivate the one Path together and encourage each other without confusing them. Third, instructing good spiritual friends, who instruct, encourage, and gladden through the external and internal expedient means and the Dharma gates of dhyāna-concentration.