At Sāvatthi. “Bhikkhus, it is by way of elements that beings come together and unite. Those lacking faith come together and unite with those lacking faith, the shameless with the shameless, those unafraid of wrongdoing with those unafraid of wrongdoing, the unconcentrated with the unconcentrated, the unwise with the unwise.
“Those having faith come together and unite with those having faith, those having a sense of shame with those having a sense of shame, those afraid of wrongdoing with those afraid of wrongdoing, the concentrated with the concentrated, the wise with the wise.”
(As above, except that “the unconcentrated” and “the concentrated” are replaced by “the immoral” and “the virtuous,” respectively.)
25 (3) The Five Training Rules
At Sāvatthi. “Bhikkhus, it is by way of elements that beings come together and unite. Those who destroy life come together and unite with those who destroy life; those who take what is not given … who engage in sexual misconduct … who speak falsehood … who indulge in wine, liquor, and intoxicants that cause negligence come together and unite with those who so indulge.
“Those who abstain from the destruction of life come together and unite with those who abstain from the destruction of life; those who abstain from taking what is not given … from sexual misconduct … from false speech … from wine, liquor, and intoxicants that cause negligence come together and unite with those who so abstain.”
At Sāvatthi. “Bhikkhus, it is by way of elements that beings come together and unite. Those who destroy life come together and unite with those who destroy life; those who take what is not given … who engage in sexual misconduct … who speak falsehood … who speak divisively … who speak harshly … who indulge in idle chatter come together and unite with those who so indulge.
“Those who abstain from the destruction of life … from taking what is not given … from sexual misconduct … from false speech … from divisive speech … from harsh speech … from idle chatter come together and unite with those who so abstain.”
At Sāvatthi. “Bhikkhus, it is by way of elements that beings come together and unite. Those who destroy life come together and unite with those who destroy life; those … (as above, continuing:) … who are covetous … who bear ill will … of wrong view come together and unite with those of wrong view.
“Those who abstain from the destruction of life … (as above) … who are uncovetous … without ill will … of right view come together and unite with those of right view.”
At Sāvatthi. “Bhikkhus, it is by way of elements that beings come together and unite. Those of wrong view come together and unite with those of wrong view; those of wrong intention … wrong speech … wrong action … wrong livelihood … wrong effort … wrong mindfulness … wrong concentration come together and unite with those of wrong concentration.
“Those of right view come together and unite with those of right view; those of right intention … right speech … right action … right livelihood … right effort … right mindfulness … right concentration come together and unite with those of right concentration.”
At Sāvatthi. “Bhikkhus, it is by way of elements that beings come together and unite. Those of wrong view … (as above) wrong concentration … wrong knowledge … wrong liberation come together and unite with those of wrong liberation.
“Those of right view … (as above) right concentration … right knowledge … right liberation come together and unite with those of right liberation.”