Mittasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Aṅguttaranikāya · Ekakanipāta · Dukanipāta · Tikanipāta · Vol. 20 · Section 575

[575] [136] Bhikkhus, a friend endowed with three factors should be associated with. Which three? He gives what is hard to give; he does what is hard to do; he endures what is hard to endure. Bhikkhus, a friend endowed with these three factors should be associated with.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.