6.
The Second Discourse on a Friend
37.
"Monks, a monk possessed of seven qualities as a friend should be associated with, should be kept company with, should be attended upon, even if being driven away.
Which seven?
He is dear, agreeable, respected, esteemed, a speaker, willing to do what others bid, a maker of profound talk, and he does not urge towards an impossibility.
Monks, a monk possessed of these seven qualities as a friend should be associated with, should be kept company with, should be attended upon, even if being driven away."
"Dear, respected, esteemed, a speaker and willing to do what others bid;
A maker of profound talk, not one who urges towards an impossibility.
"In whomever these states are found here in a person;
That friend, by one desiring friendship, out of compassion for one's welfare;
Even if being driven away, such a one should be kept company with." The sixth.