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Kalyāṇamittasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Mahāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 19 · Section 174

[174] Setting at Sāvatthī. Bhikkhus, I do not see even one other thing by reason of which the unarisen Noble Eightfold Path (ariya aṭṭhaṅgika magga) arises, or the arisen Noble Eightfold Path goes to fulfillment by development, so much as this, bhikkhus: good friendship (kalyāṇamittatā). Bhikkhus, for a bhikkhu who has a good friend, this is to be expected: he will develop the Noble Eightfold Path, he will cultivate the Noble Eightfold Path.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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