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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