Saɱyutta Nikāya
II. Nidāna Vagga
14. Dhātu-Saɱyuttaɱ
II. Dutiya Vagga
The Book of the Kindred Sayings
II. The Book Called the Nidāna-Vagga
Containing Kindred sayings on Cause
and Other Subjects
14. The Kindred Sayings on Element
Sutta 20
Anottāpa-Mūlaka Tīni [Anottāpa-Mūlaka-Tikattaya] Suttaɱ
The Three Based on 'The Indiscreet',
Translated by Mrs. Rhys Davids
Assisted by F. L. Woodward
Originally Published by
The Pali Text Society
Public Domain
[1] THUS have I heard.
On a certain occasion the Exalted One was staying near Sāvatthī.
Then the Exalted One addressed the brethren, saying:
"Brethren."
"Yes, lord," replied those brethren to the Exalted One.
The Exalted One said:
"Through an element it is, brethren,
that beings flow together,
meet together.
The indiscreet flow together,
meet together the indiscreet,
the untaught with the untaught,
the unwise with the unwise.
The discreet flow together,
meet together with the discreet,
the educated with the educated,
the wise with the wise.
In the past, brethren,
through an element it was,
that beings flowed together,
met together.
The indiscreet flowed together,
met together the indiscreet,
the untaught with the untaught,
the unwise with the unwise.
The discreet flowed together,
met together with the discreet,
the educated with the educated,
the wise with the wise.
In the future, brethren,
through an element it will be,
that beings flow together,
meet together.
The indiscreet will flow together,
meet together the indiscreet,
the untaught with the untaught,
the unwise with the unwise.
The discreet will flow together,
meet together with the discreet,
the educated with the educated,
the wise with the wise.
In the present, brethren,
through an element it is,
that beings flow together,
meet together.
The indiscreet flow together,
meet together the indiscreet,
the untaught with the untaught,
the unwise with the unwise.
The discreet flow together,
meet together with the discreet,
the educated with the educated,
the wise with the wise.
§
"Through an element it is, brethren,
that beings flow together,
meet together.
The indiscreet flow together,
meet together the indiscreet,
the lazy with the lazy,
the unwise with the unwise.
The discreet flow together,
meet together with the discreet,
the energetic with the energetic,
the wise with the wise.
In the past, brethren,
through an element it was,
that beings flowed together,
met together.
The indiscreet flowed together,
met together the indiscreet,
the lazy with the lazy,
the unwise with the unwise.
The discreet flowed together,
met together with the discreet,
the energetic with the energetic,
the wise with the wise.
In the future, brethren,
through an element it will be,
that beings flow together,
meet together.
The indiscreet will flow together,
meet together the indiscreet,
the lazy with the lazy,
the unwise with the unwise.
The discreet will flow together,
meet together with the discreet,
the energetic with the energetic,
the wise with the wise.
In the present, brethren,
through an element it is,
that beings flow together,
meet together.
The indiscreet flow together,
meet together the indiscreet,
the lazy with the lazy,
the unwise with the unwise.
The discreet flow together,
meet together with the discreet,
the energetic with the energetic,
the wise with the wise.
§
"Through an element it is, brethren,
that beings flow together,
meet together.
The indiscreet flow together,
meet together the indiscreet,
the muddleminded with the muddleminded,
the unwise with the unwise.
The discreet flow together,
meet together with the discreet,
the levelheaded with the levelheaded,
the wise with the wise.
In the past, brethren,
through an element it was,
that beings flowed together,
met together.
The indiscreet flowed together,
met together the indiscreet,
the muddleminded with the muddleminded,
the unwise with the unwise.
The discreet flowed together,
met together with the discreet,
the levelheaded with the levelheaded,
the wise with the wise.
In the future, brethren,
through an element it will be,
that beings flow together,
meet together.
The indiscreet will flow together,
meet together the indiscreet,
the muddleminded with the muddleminded,
the unwise with the unwise.
The discreet will flow together,
meet together with the discreet,
the levelheaded with the levelheaded,
the wise with the wise.
In the present, brethren,
through an element it is,
that beings flow together,
meet together.
The indiscreet flow together,
meet together the indiscreet,
the muddleminded with the muddleminded,
the unwise with the unwise.
The discreet flow together,
meet together with the discreet,
the levelheaded with the levelheaded,
the wise with the wise.
