{"id":"iti78","title":"Converging Elements","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"iti78","title":"Converging Elements","units":[{"id":"iti78:0","sourceIds":["iti78:0.1","iti78:0.2","iti78:0.3","iti78:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Itivuttaka 78\nTikanipāta\nTatiyavagga\nDhātusosaṁsandanasutta","en":"So It Was Said 78\nThe Book of the Threes\nChapter Three\nConverging Elements"}},{"id":"iti78:1","sourceIds":["iti78:1.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:","en":"This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard."}},{"id":"iti78:2","sourceIds":["iti78:2.1","iti78:2.2","iti78:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Dhātuso, bhikkhave, sattā sattehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti.\nHīnādhimuttikā sattā hīnādhimuttikehi sattehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti,\nkalyāṇādhimuttikā sattā kalyāṇādhimuttikehi sattehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti.","en":"“Mendicants, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element:\nThose who have inferior convictions join together and converge with those who have inferior convictions.\nThose who have good convictions join together and converge with those who have good convictions."}},{"id":"iti78:3","sourceIds":["iti78:3.1","iti78:3.2","iti78:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atītampi, bhikkhave, addhānaṁ dhātusova sattā sattehi saddhiṁ saṁsandiṁsu samiṁsu.\nHīnādhimuttikā sattā hīnādhimuttikehi sattehi saddhiṁ saṁsandiṁsu samiṁsu,\nkalyāṇādhimuttikā sattā kalyāṇādhimuttikehi sattehi saddhiṁ saṁsandiṁsu samiṁsu.","en":"In the past …"}},{"id":"iti78:4","sourceIds":["iti78:4.1","iti78:4.2","iti78:4.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anāgatampi, bhikkhave, addhānaṁ dhātusova sattā sattehi saddhiṁ saṁsandissanti samessanti.\nHīnādhimuttikā sattā hīnādhimuttikehi sattehi saddhiṁ saṁsandissanti samessanti,\nkalyāṇādhimuttikā sattā kalyāṇādhimuttikehi sattehi saddhiṁ saṁsandissanti samessanti.","en":"In the future …"}},{"id":"iti78:5","sourceIds":["iti78:5.1","iti78:5.2","iti78:5.3","iti78:5.4","iti78:5.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Etarahipi, bhikkhave, paccuppannaṁ addhānaṁ dhātusova sattā sattehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti.\nHīnādhimuttikā sattā hīnādhimuttikehi sattehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti,\nkalyāṇādhimuttikā sattā kalyāṇādhimuttikehi sattehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samentī”ti.\nEtamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.\nTatthetaṁ iti vuccati:","en":"At present, too, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element.\nThose who have inferior convictions join together and converge with those who have inferior convictions.\nThose who have good convictions join together and converge with those who have good convictions.”\nThe Buddha spoke this matter.\nOn this it is said:"}},{"id":"iti78:6","sourceIds":["iti78:6.1","iti78:6.2","iti78:6.3","iti78:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Saṁsaggā vanatho jāto,\nasaṁsaggena chijjati;\nParittaṁ dārumāruyha,\nyathā sīde mahaṇṇave.","en":"“Socializing creates a snarl;\nthey’re cut off by being aloof.\nIf you’re lost in the middle of a great sea,\nand you clamber up on a little log, you’ll sink."}},{"id":"iti78:7","sourceIds":["iti78:7.1","iti78:7.2","iti78:7.3","iti78:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ kusītamāgamma,\nsādhujīvīpi sīdati;\nTasmā taṁ parivajjeyya,\nkusītaṁ hīnavīriyaṁ.","en":"So too, a person who lives well\nsinks by relying on a lazy person.\nHence you should avoid such\na lazy person who lacks energy."}},{"id":"iti78:8","sourceIds":["iti78:8.1","iti78:8.2","iti78:8.3","iti78:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pavivittehi ariyehi,\npahitattehi jhāyibhi;\nNiccaṁ āraddhaviriyehi,\npaṇḍitehi sahāvase”ti.","en":"Dwell with the noble ones\nwho are secluded and determined\nconstantly energetic,\nthe astute who practice absorption.”"}},{"id":"iti78:9","sourceIds":["iti78:9.1","iti78:9.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.\nNavamaṁ.","en":"This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/iti78/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}