What the Buddha Taught About Friendship | Kate Johnson

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Friendship was important to the Buddha. In fact, there's a whole passage in the Buddhist scriptures, or suttas , about friendship, with seven strategies for friendship, some of which we will discuss in this episode, with Kate Johnson. Kate has been meditating for over twenty years and is a graduate of Spirit Rock's four-year teacher training program. She is the author of a new book that has drawn praise from people like Lama Rod Owens, Jack Kornfield, and Ruth King. The book is called Radical Friendship: Seven Ways to Love Yourself and Find Your People in an Unjust World . In the book, and in this conversation, Kate draws on an ancient Buddhist text known as the Mitta Sutta to offer…