{"id":"an7.37","title":"A Friend (2nd)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an7.37","title":"A Friend (2nd)","units":[{"id":"an7.37:0","sourceIds":["an7.37:0.1","an7.37:0.2","an7.37:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.37\n4. Devatāvagga\nDutiyamittasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 7.37\n4. Deities\nA Friend (2nd)"}},{"id":"an7.37:1","sourceIds":["an7.37:1.1","an7.37:1.2","an7.37:1.3","an7.37:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sattahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu mitto sevitabbo bhajitabbo payirupāsitabbo api panujjamānenapi.\nKatamehi sattahi?\nPiyo ca hoti manāpo ca garu ca bhāvanīyo ca vattā ca vacanakkhamo ca gambhīrañca kathaṁ kattā hoti, no ca aṭṭhāne niyojeti.\nImehi kho, bhikkhave, sattahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu mitto sevitabbo bhajitabbo payirupāsitabbo api panujjamānenapīti.","en":"“Mendicants, when a friend has seven qualities you should associate with, accompany, and attend them, even if they drive you away.\nWhat seven?\nThey’re liked, agreeable, respected, and admired. They admonish you and they accept admonishment. They speak on deep matters. And they don’t urge you to do bad things.\nWhen a friend has these seven qualities you should associate with, accompany, and attend them, even if they drive you away."}},{"id":"an7.37:2","sourceIds":["an7.37:2.1","an7.37:2.2","an7.37:2.3","an7.37:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Piyo garu bhāvanīyo,\nvattā ca vacanakkhamo;\nGambhīrañca kathaṁ kattā,\nno caṭṭhāne niyojako.","en":"They’re liked, respected, and admired,\nan admonisher who accepts admonishment,\nspeaks on deep matters,\nand doesn’t urge you to do bad."}},{"id":"an7.37:3","sourceIds":["an7.37:3.1","an7.37:3.2","an7.37:3.3","an7.37:3.4","an7.37:3.5","an7.37:3.6","an7.37:3.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yamhi etāni ṭhānāni,\nsaṁvijjantīdha puggale;\nSo mitto mittakāmena,\natthakāmānukampato;\nApi nāsiyamānena,\nbhajitabbo tathāvidho”ti.\nChaṭṭhaṁ.","en":"The individual in whom\nthese things are found is your friend.\nIf you want to have a friend,\nbenevolent and sympathetic,\nthen even if they chase you away,\nyou should keep company with that sort.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an7.37/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}