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The Meaning of Friendship in Buddhism (Die Bedeutung von Freundschaft im Buddhismus) (mit Übersetzung ins Deutsche)

by Sangharakshita

In the modern West, friendship is probably the most often neglected of all the primary relationships. During a visit to Berlin, Sangharakshita explains the five duties of a friend and emphasises how friendship is of vital importance in the spiritual life.

N.B This talk has a full German translation given as Sangharakshita is speaking.

Talk given in 1992.

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Im modernen Westen ist Freundschaft die wohl am meisten vernachlässigte aller primären Beziehungen. Während eines Besuchs in Berlin 1992 erläutert Sangharakshita die fünf Aufgaben eines Freundes und betont die Wichtigkeit von Freundschaft für das spirituelle Leben. Dieser Vortrag wurde ins Deutsche übersetzt.

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	1.	The six primary relationships of human life in the Sigalovada Sutta; the need for a greater spread of relationships / die sechs primären menschlichen Beziehungen im Sigalovada Sutta; warum es wichtig ist, ein größeres Spektrum an Beziehungen zu haben (23:01)
	2.	The five duties to our friends / Die fünf Pflichten unseren Freunden gegenüber (9:30)
	3.	The four 'elements of conversion' (Samgrahavastus); friendship as an expression of 'the metta mode' / Die vier “Elemente der Bekehrung” (Sangrahavastus); Freundschaft als Ausdruck des “Metta-Modus” (15:38)
	4.	The story of Meghiya - five things conducing to spiritual maturity; the need for spiritual friends / Die Geschichte von Meghiya - fünf Dinge, die zu spiritueller Reife führen; die Wichtigkeit von spirituellen Freunden (9:32)
	5.	'Spiritual friendship is the whole of the spiritual life' / “spirituelle Freundschaft ist das ganze spirituelle Leben” (7:37)
	6.	Kalyana Mitrata - a training in unselfishness / Kalyana Mitrata - ein Training in Selbstlosigkeit (4:00)