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 22
Kusita [Kusita-Mulaka-Tik'Eka] Suttaṃ
The Lazy
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 lazy flow together,
meet together with the lazy,
the muddleminded with the muddleminded,
the unwise with the unwise.
The energetic flow together,
meet together with the energetic,
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 lazy flowed together,
met together the lazy,
the muddleminded with the muddleminded,
the unwise with the unwise.
The energetic flowed together,
met together with the energetic,
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 lazy will flow together,
meet together with the lazy,
the muddleminded with the muddleminded,
the unwise with the unwise.
The energetic will flow together,
meet together with the energetic,
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 lazy flow together,
meet together with the lazy,
the muddleminded with the muddleminded,
the unwise with the unwise.
The energetic flow together,
meet together with the energetic,
the levelheaded with the levelheaded,
the wise with the wise."
