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FRIENDSHIP
Jīvesu hitacintā metti II
- Bhagavati Ārādhanā, 1696.
That is, - The emotional state that carries a friendly feeling towards all the living beings is said to be friendship.
Pareșām duḥkhānutpatyabhilāşo maitri | Svakāyavānmanobhiḥ kṣta-kāritānumatavićeșaņaiḥ pareșām duḥkhānutpattau abhilāṣaḥ mitrasya bhāvaḥ karma vā maitri | - Tattvārthavārtika, 7.11.1.
That is, - To desire that others may never be in trouble is friendship. Not to create trouble for others, not to have such troubles created and not to approve of any trouble being created for others physically, mentally and verbally are the emotional and practical forms of friendship.
Parahitacintā maitrī |- Sodaśaka, 4.15. That is, – To care and constantly think about the others' benefit is friendship
Anantakālam catuspșu gatișu paribhramato ghațiyantravatsarve prāṇabhūto'pi bahuśaḥ kṛtamahopakārā iti teșu mitratācintā maitril
- Bhagavatī Ārādhanā, Vijayodayā tīkā, 1696. That is, - Transmigrating and moving about like clockwork in the four-way (hellish, subhuman, human and heavenly) destinies for infinite duration of time, all the living beings have obliged any particular creature many times, therefore, one must think about being friendly with all of them. Such thinking is called friendship.
Kāyena manasā vācā’pare sarvatra dehini | Aduhkhajanani vrttimaitri maitrividāṁ matā ||
- Upāsakādhyayana, 335. That is, - A disposition that does not create any trouble for others either physically, mentally or verbally has been termed as friendship by those that know about it.
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