Module 11: Walking the Path: Foundations for Lifelong Practice & Growth · The Buddha’s Path
S1 - Refuge in Good Company
David Oromith · 87 minutes · recorded September 3, 2025
Loving kindness is directed towards spiritual friends: early influences, one particular friend, the wider sangha and the lineage of teachers, guided throughout. David explores why the Buddha called admirable friendship the whole of the path, using the story of the monk Magiya, then covers sangha's pitfalls, groupthink, cliques, cult-like devotion and overdependence, and the qualities of authentic friendship. Michelle compares Samadhi to another group; Tracy asks where the community gathers.
Lineage and tradition Sangha and community The bodhisattva path Compassion (karuna) Loving kindness (metta) The Pali suttas