SN 14.16

Sagāthāsutta

Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati. “Dhātusova, bhikkhave, sattā saṁsandanti samenti. Hīnādhimuttikā hīnādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti. Atītampi kho, bhikkhave, addhānaṁ dhātusova sattā saṁsandiṁsu samiṁsu. Hīnādhimuttikā hīnādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandiṁsu samiṁsu.

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At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element. Those who have inferior convictions join together and converge with those who have inferior convictions. In the past …

Anāgatampi kho, bhikkhave, addhānaṁ dhātusova sattā saṁsandissanti samessanti. Hīnādhimuttikā hīnādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandissanti samessanti.

In the future …

Etarahipi kho, bhikkhave, paccuppannaṁ addhānaṁ dhātusova sattā saṁsandanti samenti. Hīnādhimuttikā hīnādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti.

At present, too, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element. Those who have inferior convictions join together and converge with those who have inferior convictions.

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, gūtho gūthena saṁsandati sameti; muttaṁ muttena saṁsandati sameti; kheḷo kheḷena saṁsandati sameti; pubbo pubbena saṁsandati sameti; lohitaṁ lohitena saṁsandati sameti; evameva kho, bhikkhave, dhātusova sattā saṁsandanti samenti. Hīnādhimuttikā hīnādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti. Atītampi kho addhānaṁ …pe… anāgatampi kho addhānaṁ …pe… etarahipi kho paccuppannaṁ addhānaṁ dhātusova sattā saṁsandanti samenti. Hīnādhimuttikā hīnādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti.

It’s like how dung joins together with dung, urine with urine, spit with spit, pus with pus, and blood with blood. In the same way, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element. Those who have inferior convictions join together and converge with those who have inferior convictions. In the past … In the future … At present, too, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element. Those who have inferior convictions join together and converge with those who have inferior convictions.

Dhātusova, bhikkhave, sattā saṁsandanti samenti. Kalyāṇādhimuttikā kalyāṇādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti. Atītampi kho, bhikkhave, addhānaṁ dhātusova sattā saṁsandiṁsu samiṁsu. Kalyāṇādhimuttikā kalyāṇādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandiṁsu samiṁsu.

Sentient beings join together and converge because of an element. Those who have good convictions join together and converge with those who have good convictions. In the past …

Anāgatampi kho, bhikkhave, addhānaṁ …pe… etarahipi kho, bhikkhave, paccuppannaṁ addhānaṁ dhātusova sattā saṁsandanti samenti. Kalyāṇādhimuttikā kalyāṇādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti.

In the future … At present, too, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element. Those who have good convictions join together and converge with those who have good convictions.

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, khīraṁ khīrena saṁsandati sameti; telaṁ telena saṁsandati sameti; sappi sappinā saṁsandati sameti; madhu madhunā saṁsandati sameti; phāṇitaṁ phāṇitena saṁsandati sameti; evameva kho, bhikkhave, dhātusova sattā saṁsandanti samenti. Kalyāṇādhimuttikā kalyāṇādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti. Atītampi kho addhānaṁ … anāgatampi kho addhānaṁ … etarahipi kho paccuppannaṁ addhānaṁ dhātusova sattā saṁsandanti samenti. Kalyāṇādhimuttikā kalyāṇādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samentī”ti.

It’s like how milk joins together with milk, oil with oil, ghee with ghee, honey with honey, and molasses with molasses. In the same way, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element. Those who have good convictions join together and converge with those who have good convictions. In the past … In the future … At present, too, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element. Those who have good convictions join together and converge with those who have good convictions.”

Idamavoca bhagavā. Idaṁ vatvāna sugato athāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:

That is what the Buddha said. Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:

“Saṁsaggā vanatho jāto, asaṁsaggena chijjati; Parittaṁ dārumāruyha, yathā sīde mahaṇṇave.

“Socializing creates a snarl; they’re cut off by being aloof. If you’re lost in the middle of a great sea, and you clamber up on a little log, you’ll sink.

Evaṁ kusītamāgamma, sādhujīvipi sīdati; Tasmā taṁ parivajjeyya, kusītaṁ hīnavīriyaṁ.

So too, a person who lives well sinks by relying on a lazy person. Hence you should avoid such a lazy person who lacks energy.

Pavivittehi ariyehi, pahitattehi jhāyīhi; Niccaṁ āraddhavīriyehi, paṇḍitehi sahāvase”ti.

Dwell with the noble ones who are secluded and determined and always energetic; the astute who practice absorption.”