5.
The Discourse on the Ten Courses of Action
111.
He was dwelling at Sāvatthī, etc.
"Monks, beings flow together and meet according to element.
Those who kill living beings flow together and meet with those who kill living beings;
those who take what is not given, etc.
those who engage in sexual misconduct,
liars,
those of divisive speech,
those of harsh speech,
those who engage in idle chatter flow together and meet with those who engage in idle chatter;
the covetous flow together and meet with the covetous;
those with corrupted minds flow together and meet with those with corrupted minds;
those holding wrong views flow together and meet with those holding wrong views."
"Those who abstain from killing living beings flow together and meet with those who abstain from killing living beings; those who abstain from taking what is not given, etc. those who abstain from sexual misconduct, those who abstain from lying, from divisive speech, from harsh speech, those who abstain from idle chatter flow together and meet with those who abstain from idle chatter; the non-covetous flow together and meet with the non-covetous; those with uncorrupted minds flow together and meet with those with uncorrupted minds; those holding right views flow together and meet with those holding right views." The fifth.