Spiritual friendship

Spiritual friendship

* In Buddhism, "spiritual friendship" is a translation for the Pali term, kalyana mittata.

* In Christianity, "Spiritual Friendship" is a text from the 12th century by Cistercian monk Saint Aelred of Rievaulx.


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