• Numbered Discourses 3.135 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 3.135
  • 14. A Warrior 14. YodhājÄ«vavagga

A Friend Mittasutta

ā€œMendicants, you should associate with a friend who has three factors. ā€œTÄ«hi, bhikkhave, aį¹…gehi samannāgato mitto sevitabbo. What three? Katamehi tÄ«hi? (…) They give what is hard to give, they do what is hard to do, and they bear what is hard to bear. Duddadaṁ dadāti, dukkaraṁ karoti, dukkhamaṁ khamati—You should associate with a friend who has these three factors.ā€ imehi kho, bhikkhave, tÄ«hi aį¹…gehi samannāgato mitto sevitabboā€ti.

Tatiyaṁ.