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SN 14.21PTS SN 2.1641 min read

Beginning With the Unlearned

Appassutamūlakasutta

Those of bad qualities associate together, while those of good qualities associate together.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 14.21Linked Discourses 14.21
  • 0.22. DutiyavaggaChapter Two

0.3AppassutamūlakasuttaBeginning With the Unlearned

1.1PTS 2.165Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Dhātusova, bhikkhave, sattā saṁsandanti samenti.“Mendicants, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element:1.3Appassutā appassutehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti;the unlearned with the unlearned …1.4kusītā kusītehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti;lazy …1.5duppaññā duppaññehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti;witless.1.6bahussutā bahussutehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti;The learned with the learned …1.7āraddhavīriyā āraddhavīriyehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; paññavanto paññavantehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti …pe….energetic … wise.

2.1Appassutā appassutehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti;… the unlearned with the unlearned …2.2muṭṭhassatino muṭṭhassatīhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti;unmindful …2.3duppaññā duppaññehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti;witless.2.4bahussutā bahussutehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti;The learned with the learned …2.5upaṭṭhitassatino upaṭṭhitassatīhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; paññavanto paññavantehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samentī”ti …pe….mindful … wise.”

2.6Ekādasamaṁ.