Friendship

A lot of people who pursue Buddhist practice think that the Buddha was all about meditation and Nirvana, the escape from suffering.  He did say that, along with the four noble truths and the eight fold path.  But I like that Buddha said one of the most important thing if not the most important, was friendship.  Deep friendship.  That takes work, social skills, recovery from selfish addictions.  All the other stuff is directed to friendship, as in love.  To love another for themselves is a transforming Way.  If you sit for three hours and then act like an adolescent, what is the point?  It is the same for any other spiritual practice.