"Admirable friendship, Ananda, is the whole of the practice," says the Buddha in the Upaddha Sutta. It can be easy for us to practice the holy life when we're in our local Sangha, or maybe with members of our order. But can we carry the practice "off the cushion" into the broad Sangha of all sentient beings--even when some of them aren't what we'd consider admirable? The Dharma talk from May 16, 2022 at One Mind Zen.
