Saṃyutta Nikāya
II. Nidāna Vagga
14. Dhātu-Saṃyuttaṃ
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 19
Ahirika-Mulaka Catukka [Ahirika-Mūlakatika-Catukka] Suttaṃ
The Four Based on 'The Unconscientiousness'
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 unconscientious flow together,
meet together with the unconscientious,
the indiscreet with the indiscreet,
the unwise with the unwise.
The conscientious flow together,
meet together with the conscientious,
the discreet with the discreet,
the wise with the wise.
In the past, brethren,
through an element it was,
that beings flowed together,
met together.
The unconscientious flowed together,
met together the unconscientious,
the indiscreet with the indiscreet,
the unwise with the unwise.
The conscientious flowed together,
met together with the conscientious,
the discreet with the discreet,
the wise with the wise.
In the future, brethren,
through an element it will be,
that beings flow together,
meet together.
The unconscientious will flow together,
meet together the unconscientious,
the indiscreet with the indiscreet,
the unwise with the unwise.
The conscientious will flow together,
meet together with the conscientious,
the discreet with the discreet,
the wise with the wise.
In the present, brethren,
through an element it is,
that beings flow together,
meet together.
The unconscientious flow together,
meet together the unconscientious,
the indiscreet with the indiscreet,
the unwise with the unwise.
The conscientious flow together,
meet together with the conscientious,
the discreet with the discreet,
the wise with the wise.
§
"Through an element it is, brethren,
that beings flow together,
meet together.
The unconscientious flow together,
meet together the unconscientious,
the untaught with the untaught,
the unwise with the unwise.
The conscientious flow together,
meet together with the conscientious,
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 unconscientious flowed together,
met together the unconscientious,
the untaught with the untaught,
the unwise with the unwise.
The conscientious flowed together,
met together with the conscientious,
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 unconscientious will flow together,
meet together the unconscientious,
the untaught with the untaught,
the unwise with the unwise.
The conscientious will flow together,
meet together with the conscientious,
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 unconscientious flow together,
meet together the unconscientious,
the untaught with the untaught,
the unwise with the unwise.
The conscientious flow together,
meet together with the conscientious,
the educated with the educated,
the wise with the wise.
§
"Through an element it is, brethren,
that beings flow together,
meet together.
The unconscientious flow together,
meet together the unconscientious,
the lazy with the lazy,
the unwise with the unwise.
The conscientious flow together,
meet together with the conscientious,
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 unconscientious flowed together,
met together the unconscientious,
the lazy with the lazy,
the unwise with the unwise.
The conscientious flowed together,
met together with the conscientious,
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 unconscientious will flow together,
meet together the unconscientious,
the lazy with the lazy,
the unwise with the unwise.
The conscientious will flow together,
meet together with the conscientious,
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 unconscientious flow together,
meet together the unconscientious,
the lazy with the lazy,
the unwise with the unwise.
The conscientious flow together,
meet together with the conscientious,
the energetic with the energetic,
the wise with the wise.
§
"Through an element it is, brethren,
that beings flow together,
meet together.
The unconscientious flow together,
meet together the unconscientious,
the muddleminded with the muddleminded,
the unwise with the unwise.
The conscientious flow together,
meet together with the conscientious,
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 unconscientious flowed together,
met together the unconscientious,
the muddleminded with the muddleminded,
the unwise with the unwise.
The conscientious flowed together,
met together with the conscientious,
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 unconscientious will flow together,
meet together the unconscientious,
the muddleminded with the muddleminded,
the unwise with the unwise.
The conscientious will flow together,
meet together with the conscientious,
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 unconscientious flow together,
meet together the unconscientious,
the muddleminded with the muddleminded,
the unwise with the unwise.
The conscientious flow together,
meet together with the conscientious,
the levelheaded with the levelheaded,
the wise with the wise.
