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SN 14.22PTS SN 2.1651 min read

Beginning With the Lazy

Kusītamūlakasutta

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 14.22Linked Discourses 14.22
  • 0.22. DutiyavaggaChapter Two

0.3KusītamūlakasuttaBeginning With the Lazy

1.1Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Dhātusova, bhikkhave, sattā saṁsandanti samenti.“Mendicants, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element:1.3Kusītā kusītehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti;the lazy with the lazy …1.4muṭṭhassatino muṭṭhassatīhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti;unmindful …1.5duppaññā duppaññehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti;witless …1.6āraddhavīriyā āraddhavīriyehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti;energetic …1.7upaṭṭhitassatino upaṭṭhitassatīhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; paññavanto paññavantehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samentī”ti …pe….mindful … wise …”

1.8Dvādasamaṁ.

1.9(Sabbattha atītānāgatapaccuppannaṁ kātabbaṁ.)(Tell all in full for the past, future, and present.)

1.10Dutiyo vaggo.

2.0Tassuddānaṁ

2.1Sattimā sanidānañca,2.2giñjakāvasathena ca;2.3Hīnādhimutti caṅkamaṁ,2.4sagāthā assaddhasattamaṁ.

3.1PTS 2.166Assaddhamūlakā pañca,3.2Cattāro ahirikamūlakā;3.3Anottappamūlakā tīṇi,3.4Duve appassutena ca.

4.1Kusītaṁ ekakaṁ vuttaṁ,4.2Suttantā tīṇi pañcakā;4.3Bāvīsati vuttā suttā,4.4Dutiyo vaggo pavuccatīti.