Saṁyutta Nikaya
Nidāna Vagga
14. Dhatu Saṁyutta

Sutta 21

Appassutena dvi [Appassutamūlakatikadvaya] Suttaṁ

The Two by the term 'The Uneducated,'

 

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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 untaught flow together, meet together the untaught,
the lazy with the lazy,
the unwise with the unwise.

The educated flow together, meet together with the educated,
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 untaught flowed together, met together the untaught,
the lazy with the lazy,
the unwise with the unwise.

The educated flowed together, met together with the educated,
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 untaught will flow together, meet together the untaught,
the lazy with the lazy,
the unwise with the unwise.

The educated will flow together, meet together with the educated,
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 untaught flow together, meet together the untaught,
the lazy with the lazy,
the unwise with the unwise.

The educated flow together, meet together with the educated,
the energetic with the energetic,
the wise with the wise.

 

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"Through an element it is, brethren,
that beings flow together,
meet together.

The untaught flow together, meet together the untaught,
the muddle-minded with the muddle-minded,
the unwise with the unwise.

The educated flow together, meet together with the educated,
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 untaught flowed together, met together the untaught,
the muddle-minded with the muddle-minded,
the unwise with the unwise.

The educated flowed together, met together with the educated,
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 untaught will flow together, meet together the untaught,
the muddle-minded with the muddle-minded,
the unwise with the unwise.

The educated will flow together, meet together with the educated,
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 untaught flow together, meet together the untaught,
the muddle-minded with the muddle-minded,
the unwise with the unwise.

The educated flow together, meet together with the educated,
the levelheaded with the levelheaded,
the wise with the wise.