Creating Spiritual Friendship

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Creating Spiritual Friendship

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May 21, 2012

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In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, Paramabandhu offers us ways of and#8220;Creating Spiritual Friendship.and#8221; Includes a reading of the lovely poem on compassion titled The Unseen Flower by Sangharakshita. Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, May 2001

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