{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn14.18/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn14.18","id":"suttacentral_sn14.18","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn14.18/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cMendicants, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element: the faithless with the faithless, the unconscientious with the unconscientious, the witless with the witless, the faithful with the faithful, the conscientious with the conscientious, and the wise with the wise. In the past \u2026 In the future \u2026 At present, too, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element. \u2026 Sentient beings join together and converge because of an element: the faithless with the faithless, the imprudent with the imprudent, the witless with the witless, the faithful with the faithful, the prudent with the prudent, and the wise with the wise. (The following should be told in full like the first section.) Sentient beings come together because of an element: the faithless \u2026 unlearned \u2026 witless \u2026 the faithful \u2026 Sentient beings come together because of an element: the faithless \u2026 lazy \u2026 witless. the faithful \u2026 energetic \u2026 wise. Sentient beings come together because of an element: the faithless \u2026 unmindful \u2026 witless. the faithful \u2026 mindful \u2026 wise.\u201d","title":"Beginning With the Faithless","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":176}