Bhante Akaliko gives a short introduction on the importance of spiritual friendship as part of our path, and reminds us that we are connected to a lineage of spiritual friends that goes back to the Buddha himself. This is followed by a short meditation on the theme of spiritual friendship.
Recollection of Spiritual Friendship from the Nandiya Sutta AN11.13:
"Furthermore, you should recollect your good friends: ‘I’m fortunate, so very fortunate, to have good friends who advise and instruct me out of kindness and compassion.’ In this way you should establish mindfulness internally based on good friends."
Read the full sutta below:
https://suttacentral.net/an11.13/en/sujato