In The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva, verse 5 says: With some friends, the three poisons keep growing, Study, reflection, and meditation weaken, And loving kindness and compassion fall away. Give up bad friends — this is the practice of a bodhisattva. The three poisons are greed, hatred and delusion. Anything that allows the three […]
Yes, give them up. We have both done it multiple times and while it is hard, because of so many reasons, in the end we were significantly happier.
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I realized early in my marriage that my husband would often cut certain friends off and I thought he was sort of *cold* because everyone was flawed and nobody was perfect. Now, years later, I understand………
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A honest and very true advice! We call such friends “toxic persons”. But its noch always easy to do. Michael
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Sometimes you can’t get away from them, so just limit your exposure Michael.
Leslie ❤
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So true. Actually i have some lawsuits against such people.
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Best of luck for that….
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Thank you very much, Leslie! Its horrible, but i will get it.
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I’m sure you will Michael…
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