Sagāthāsutta — Reader

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Sagāthāsutta

At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element. Those who have inferior convictions join together and converge with those who have inferior convictions. In the past …

Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati. “Dhātusova, bhikkhave, sattā saṁsandanti samenti. Hīnādhimuttikā hīnādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti. Atītampi kho, bhikkhave, addhānaṁ dhātusova sattā saṁsandiṁsu samiṁsu.

In the future … At present, too, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element.

Hīnādhimuttikā hīnādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandiṁsu samiṁsu. Anāgatampi kho, bhikkhave, addhānaṁ dhātusova sattā saṁsandissanti samessanti. Hīnādhimuttikā hīnādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandissanti samessanti. Etarahipi kho, bhikkhave, paccuppannaṁ addhānaṁ dhātusova sattā saṁsandanti samenti.

Those who have inferior convictions join together and converge with those who have inferior convictions. It’s like how dung joins together with dung, urine with urine, spit with spit,

Hīnādhimuttikā hīnādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti. Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, gūtho gūthena saṁsandati sameti; muttaṁ muttena saṁsandati sameti; kheḷo kheḷena saṁsandati sameti;

pus with pus, and blood with blood. In the same way, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element. Those who have inferior convictions join together and converge with those who have inferior convictions.

pubbo pubbena saṁsandati sameti; lohitaṁ lohitena saṁsandati sameti; evameva kho, bhikkhave, dhātusova sattā saṁsandanti samenti. Hīnādhimuttikā hīnādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti.

In the past … In the future … At present, too, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element. Those who have inferior convictions join together and converge with those who have inferior convictions.

Atītampi kho addhānaṁ …pe… anāgatampi kho addhānaṁ …pe… etarahipi kho paccuppannaṁ addhānaṁ dhātusova sattā saṁsandanti samenti. Hīnādhimuttikā hīnādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti.

Sentient beings join together and converge because of an element. Those who have good convictions join together and converge with those who have good convictions. In the past …

Dhātusova, bhikkhave, sattā saṁsandanti samenti. Kalyāṇādhimuttikā kalyāṇādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti. Atītampi kho, bhikkhave, addhānaṁ dhātusova sattā saṁsandiṁsu samiṁsu. Kalyāṇādhimuttikā kalyāṇādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandiṁsu samiṁsu.

In the future … At present, too, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element. Those who have good convictions join together and converge with those who have good convictions. It’s like how milk joins together with milk,

Anāgatampi kho, bhikkhave, addhānaṁ …pe… etarahipi kho, bhikkhave, paccuppannaṁ addhānaṁ dhātusova sattā saṁsandanti samenti. Kalyāṇādhimuttikā kalyāṇādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti. Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, khīraṁ khīrena saṁsandati sameti;

oil with oil, ghee with ghee, honey with honey, and molasses with molasses.

telaṁ telena saṁsandati sameti; sappi sappinā saṁsandati sameti; madhu madhunā saṁsandati sameti; phāṇitaṁ phāṇitena saṁsandati sameti;

In the same way, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element. Those who have good convictions join together and converge with those who have good convictions. In the past … In the future …

evameva kho, bhikkhave, dhātusova sattā saṁsandanti samenti. Kalyāṇādhimuttikā kalyāṇādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti. Atītampi kho addhānaṁ … anāgatampi kho addhānaṁ …

At present, too, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element. Those who have good convictions join together and converge with those who have good convictions.” That is what the Buddha said. Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:

etarahipi kho paccuppannaṁ addhānaṁ dhātusova sattā saṁsandanti samenti. Kalyāṇādhimuttikā kalyāṇādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samentī”ti. Idamavoca bhagavā. Idaṁ vatvāna sugato athāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:

“Socializing creates a snarl; they’re cut off by being aloof. If you’re lost in the middle of a great sea, and you clamber up on a little log, you’ll sink.

“Saṁsaggā vanatho jāto, asaṁsaggena chijjati; Parittaṁ dārumāruyha, yathā sīde mahaṇṇave.

So too, a person who lives well sinks by relying on a lazy person. Hence you should avoid such a lazy person who lacks energy.

Evaṁ kusītamāgamma, sādhujīvipi sīdati; Tasmā taṁ parivajjeyya, kusītaṁ hīnavīriyaṁ.

Dwell with the noble ones who are secluded and determined and always energetic; the astute who practice absorption.”

Pavivittehi ariyehi, pahitattehi jhāyīhi; Niccaṁ āraddhavīriyehi, paṇḍitehi sahāvase”ti.

Chaṭṭhaṁ.