2021•Unpublished venueRequires access

The Buddha’s Teachings on Friendship in the Avadānaśataka

Naomi Appleton

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This article, a tribute to Peggy Morgan, uses two stories about friendship from the Indian Buddhist narrative collection known as the Avadānaśataka (One Hundred Stories) to offer some reflections on Buddhist understandings of friendship as an ordinary experience that has the potential to dramatically affect one’s progress on the Buddhist path. Keywords: Buddhism; friendship; kalyāṇamitra; Avadānaśataka, Buddha

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Key concepts: Friendship, Gautama Buddha, Buddhism, Tribute, Narrative, Literature, Art, Religious studies