8.
The Discourse on the Faithless as Root
102.
He was dwelling at Sāvatthī, etc.
"Monks, beings flow together and meet according to element.
The faithless flow together and meet with the faithless;
the shameless flow together and meet with the shameless;
the unwise flow together and meet with the unwise;
those with faith flow together and meet with those with faith;
those with shame flow together and meet with those with shame;
those wise flow together and meet with those wise.
In the past too, monks, beings flowed together and met according to element, etc.
In the future too, monks, beings will flow together and meet according to element, etc.
"At present too, monks, in the present period of time, beings flow together and meet according to element. The faithless flow together and meet with the faithless; the shameless flow together and meet with the shameless, the unwise flow together and meet with the unwise; those with faith flow together and meet with those with faith; those with shame flow together and meet with those with shame; the wise flow together and meet with the wise."
"Monks, beings flow together and meet according to element. The faithless flow together and meet with the faithless; those without moral fear flow together and meet with those without moral fear; the unwise flow together and meet with the unwise; those with faith flow together and meet with those with faith; those with moral fear flow together and meet with those with moral fear; the wise flow together and meet with the wise, etc. It should be expanded as in the first section.
"Monks, beings flow together and meet according to element, etc. The faithless flow together and meet with the faithless; those of little learning flow together and meet with those of little learning; the unwise flow together and meet with the unwise; those with faith flow together and meet with those with faith; those very learned flow together and meet with those very learned, the wise flow together and meet with the wise, etc.
"Monks, beings flow together and meet according to element, etc. The faithless flow together and meet with the faithless; the lazy flow together and meet with the lazy; the unwise flow together and meet with the unwise; those with faith flow together and meet with those with faith; those putting forth strenuous energy flow together and meet with those putting forth strenuous energy; the wise flow together and meet with the wise, etc.
"Monks, beings flow together and meet according to element, etc. The faithless flow together and meet with the faithless; the unmindful flow together and meet with the unmindful; the unwise flow together and meet with the unwise; those with faith flow together and meet with those with faith; those mindful flow together and meet with those mindful; the wise flow together and meet with the wise... etc. The eighth.