Making good friends is incredibly important on the path. Our spiritual heart is the most important part of ourselves, and if we associate with people who value that, they will nurture that part of us. Our mind stream contains many seeds, and depending on the environment we put ourselves in and who we are friends with, they water certain seeds and not others.

Dharma friends nurture the Dharma seeds in our minds; lazy friends water our lazy seeds; resentful friends feed our resentment. Which seeds in us do we want other people to water? Depending on our answer, we should cultivate those kinds of friends.

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