Anguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

7: The Book of the Sevens

37. A Friend (2)

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1 "Sattahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu mitto sevitabbo bhajitabbo payirupāsitabbo api panujjamānenapi. Katamehi sattahi? Piyo ca hoti manāpo ca garu ca bhāvanīyo ca vattā ca vacanakkhamo ca gambhīrañca kathaṃ kattā hoti, no ca aṭṭhāne niyojeti. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, sattahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu mitto sevitabbo bhajitabbo payirupāsitabbo api panujjamānenapīti.

2 Piyo garu bhāvanīyo,
vattā ca vacanakkhamo;
Gambhīrañca kathaṃ kattā,
no caṭṭhāne niyojako.

3 Yamhi etāni ṭhānāni,
saṃvijjantīdha puggale;
So mitto mittakāmena,
atthakāmānukampato;
Api nāsiyamānena,
bhajitabbo tathāvidho"ti.

Chaṭṭhaṃ.