{"id":"sn14.16","title":"With Verses","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn14.16","title":"With Verses","units":[{"id":"sn14.16:0","sourceIds":["sn14.16:0.1","sn14.16:0.2","sn14.16:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 14.16\n2. Dutiyavagga\nSagāthāsutta","en":"Linked Discourses 14.16\nChapter Two\nWith Verses"}},{"id":"sn14.16:1","sourceIds":["sn14.16:1.1","sn14.16:1.2","sn14.16:1.3","sn14.16:1.4","sn14.16:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.\n“Dhātusova, bhikkhave, sattā saṁsandanti samenti.\nHīnādhimuttikā hīnādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti.\nAtītampi kho, bhikkhave, addhānaṁ dhātusova sattā saṁsandiṁsu samiṁsu.\nHīnādhimuttikā hīnādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandiṁsu samiṁsu.","en":"At Sāvatthī.\n“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.\nIn the past …"}},{"id":"sn14.16:2","sourceIds":["sn14.16:2.1","sn14.16:2.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anāgatampi kho, bhikkhave, addhānaṁ dhātusova sattā saṁsandissanti samessanti.\nHīnādhimuttikā hīnādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandissanti samessanti.","en":"In the future …"}},{"id":"sn14.16:3","sourceIds":["sn14.16:3.1","sn14.16:3.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Etarahipi kho, bhikkhave, paccuppannaṁ addhānaṁ dhātusova sattā saṁsandanti samenti.\nHīnādhimuttikā hīnādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti.","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."}},{"id":"sn14.16:4","sourceIds":["sn14.16:4.1","sn14.16:4.2","sn14.16:4.3","sn14.16:4.4","sn14.16:4.5","sn14.16:4.6","sn14.16:4.7","sn14.16:4.8","sn14.16:4.9","sn14.16:4.10","sn14.16:4.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, gūtho gūthena saṁsandati sameti;\nmuttaṁ muttena saṁsandati sameti;\nkheḷo kheḷena saṁsandati sameti;\npubbo pubbena saṁsandati sameti;\nlohitaṁ lohitena saṁsandati sameti;\nevameva kho, bhikkhave, dhātusova sattā saṁsandanti samenti.\nHīnādhimuttikā hīnādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti.\nAtītampi kho addhānaṁ …pe…\nanāgatampi kho addhānaṁ …pe…\netarahipi kho paccuppannaṁ addhānaṁ dhātusova sattā saṁsandanti samenti.\nHīnādhimuttikā hīnādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti.","en":"It’s like how dung joins together with dung,\nurine with urine,\nspit with spit,\npus with pus,\nand blood with blood.\nIn the same way, 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.\nIn the past …\nIn the future …\nAt 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."}},{"id":"sn14.16:5","sourceIds":["sn14.16:5.1","sn14.16:5.2","sn14.16:5.3","sn14.16:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhātusova, bhikkhave, sattā saṁsandanti samenti.\nKalyāṇādhimuttikā kalyāṇādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti.\nAtītampi kho, bhikkhave, addhānaṁ dhātusova sattā saṁsandiṁsu samiṁsu.\nKalyāṇādhimuttikā kalyāṇādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandiṁsu samiṁsu.","en":"Sentient beings join together and converge because of an element.\nThose who have good convictions join together and converge with those who have good convictions.\nIn the past …"}},{"id":"sn14.16:6","sourceIds":["sn14.16:6.1","sn14.16:6.2","sn14.16:6.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anāgatampi kho, bhikkhave, addhānaṁ …pe…\netarahipi kho, bhikkhave, paccuppannaṁ addhānaṁ dhātusova sattā saṁsandanti samenti.\nKalyāṇādhimuttikā kalyāṇādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti.","en":"In the future …\nAt present, too, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element.\nThose who have good convictions join together and converge with those who have good convictions."}},{"id":"sn14.16:7","sourceIds":["sn14.16:7.1","sn14.16:7.2","sn14.16:7.3","sn14.16:7.4","sn14.16:7.5","sn14.16:7.6","sn14.16:7.7","sn14.16:7.8","sn14.16:7.9","sn14.16:7.10","sn14.16:7.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, khīraṁ khīrena saṁsandati sameti;\ntelaṁ telena saṁsandati sameti;\nsappi sappinā saṁsandati sameti;\nmadhu madhunā saṁsandati sameti;\nphāṇitaṁ phāṇitena saṁsandati sameti;\nevameva kho, bhikkhave, dhātusova sattā saṁsandanti samenti.\nKalyāṇādhimuttikā kalyāṇādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti.\nAtītampi kho addhānaṁ …\nanāgatampi kho addhānaṁ …\netarahipi kho paccuppannaṁ addhānaṁ dhātusova sattā saṁsandanti samenti.\nKalyāṇādhimuttikā kalyāṇādhimuttikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samentī”ti.","en":"It’s like how milk joins together with milk,\noil with oil,\nghee with ghee,\nhoney with honey,\nand molasses with molasses.\nIn the same way, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element.\nThose who have good convictions join together and converge with those who have good convictions.\nIn the past …\nIn the future …\nAt present, too, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element.\nThose who have good convictions join together and converge with those who have good convictions.”"}},{"id":"sn14.16:8","sourceIds":["sn14.16:8.1","sn14.16:8.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idamavoca bhagavā.\nIdaṁ vatvāna sugato athāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:","en":"That is what the Buddha said.\nThen the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:"}},{"id":"sn14.16:9","sourceIds":["sn14.16:9.1","sn14.16:9.2","sn14.16:9.3","sn14.16:9.4"],"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":"sn14.16:10","sourceIds":["sn14.16:10.1","sn14.16:10.2","sn14.16:10.3","sn14.16:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ kusītamāgamma,\nsādhujīvipi 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":"sn14.16:11","sourceIds":["sn14.16:11.1","sn14.16:11.2","sn14.16:11.3","sn14.16:11.4","sn14.16:11.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pavivittehi ariyehi,\npahitattehi jhāyīhi;\nNiccaṁ āraddhavīriyehi,\npaṇḍitehi sahāvase”ti.\nChaṭṭhaṁ.","en":"Dwell with the noble ones\nwho are secluded and determined\nand always energetic;\nthe astute who practice absorption.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn14.16/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."}