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The unwise with the unwise associate, come together. The conscientious with the conscientious associate, come together. they come together. The conscientious associate and come together with the conscientious. The wise associate and come together with the wise. ... (1) The shameless associate and come together with the shameless. The unlearned associate and come together with the unlearned. The unwise associate and come together with the unwise. The modest associate and come together with the modest. The learned associate and come together with the learned. The wise associate and come together with the wise. ... (2) The shameless associate and come together with the shameless. The lazy associate and come together with the lazy. The unwise associate and come together with the unwise. The modest associate and come together with the modest. The energetic associate and come together with the energetic. The wise associate and come together with the wise. ... (3) The shameless associate and come together with the shameless. The unmindful associate and come together with the unmindful. The unwise associate and come together with the unwise. The modest associate and come together with the modest. The mindful associate and come together with the mindful. The wise associate and come together with the wise. ... The Ninth. (4) 10. The Discourse on the Root of Shamelessness 104. Residing at Sāvatthī... "It is by element, monks, that beings associate and come together. The shameless associate and come together with the shameless. The unlearned associate and come together with the unlearned. The unwise associate and come together with the unwise. The conscientious associate and come together with the conscientious. The learned associate and come together with the learned. The wise associate and come together with the wise. ... (1) The shameless associate and come together with the shameless. The lazy associate and come together with the lazy. ...they associate and come together; The foolish associate and come together with the foolish; The conscientious associate and come together with the conscientious; The energetic associate and come together with the energetic; The wise associate and come together with the wise... and so on. (2) The shameless associate and come together with the shameless; The unmindful associate and come together with the unmindful; The foolish associate and come together with the foolish; The conscientious associate and come together with the conscientious; The mindful associate and come together with the mindful; The wise associate and come together with the wise... and so on. The Tenth. (3) 11. The Discourse on the Root of Little Learning 105. Residing at Sāvatthī... and so on... "Monks, beings associate and come together by element. The little-learned associate and come together with the little-learned; The lazy associate and come together with the lazy; The foolish associate and come together with the foolish; The much-learned associate and come together with the much-learned; The energetic associate and come together with the energetic; The wise associate and come together with the wise... and so on. (1) The little-learned associate and come together with the little-learned; The unmindful associate and come together with the unmindful; The foolish associate and come together with the foolish; The much-learned associate and come together with the much-learned; The mindful associate and come together with the mindful; The wise associate and come together with the wise... and so on. The Eleventh. (2) 12. The Discourse on the Root of Laziness 106. Residing at Sāvatthī... and so on... "Monks, beings associate and come together by element. The lazy associate and come together with the lazy; The unmindful associate and come together with the unmindful; The foolish associate and come together with the foolish... they meet; those with aroused energy associate and meet with those with aroused energy; those with established mindfulness associate and meet with those with established mindfulness; the wise associate and meet with the wise… The twelfth. The Second Chapter. Its summary – The seventh, and with a cause, and with the brick-house. Low inclination, the walking meditation, with verses, the faithless is the seventh. Five rooted in faithlessness, four rooted in shamelessness; three rooted in fearlessness of wrong, and two with little learning. The lazy is said to be one, three suttas are fives; twenty-two suttas are said, thus is the second chapter called. 3. The Chapter on Courses of Action 1. The Discourse on the Undisciplined 107. Residing at Savatthi… “By element, monks, beings associate and meet. The faithless associate and meet with the faithless; the shameless associate and meet with the shameless; those without moral dread associate and meet with those without moral dread; the undisciplined associate and meet with the undisciplined; the unwise associate and meet with the unwise.” “The faithful associate and meet with the faithful; the conscientious associate and meet with the conscientious; those with moral dread associate and meet with those with moral dread; the disciplined associate and meet with the disciplined; the wise associate and meet with the wise.” The first. 2. The Discourse on the Immoral 108. Residing at Savatthi… “By element, monks, beings associate and meet. The faithless associate and meet with the faithless; the shameless associate and meet with the shameless; those without moral dread associate and meet with those without moral dread; the immoral associate and meet with the immoral; the unwise associate and meet with the unwise.” “The faithful associate and meet with the faithful; the conscientious associate and meet with the conscientious; those with moral dread associate and meet with those with moral dread; The diligent with the diligent associate and come together. The virtuous with the virtuous associate and come together. The wise with the wise associate and come together. The Second. 3. Discourse on the Five Precepts 109. Residing at Savatthi... "By element, monks, beings associate and come together. Those who take life with those who take life associate and come together. Those who take what is not given with those who take what is not given associate and come together. Those who engage in sexual misconduct with those who engage in sexual misconduct associate and come together. Those who speak falsely with those who speak falsely associate and come together. Those who indulge in intoxicants, causing heedlessness, with those who indulge in intoxicants, causing heedlessness, associate and come together." "Those abstaining from taking life with those abstaining from taking life associate and come together. Those abstaining from taking what is not given with those abstaining from taking what is not given associate and come together. Those abstaining from sexual misconduct with those abstaining from sexual misconduct associate and come together. Those abstaining from false speech with those abstaining from false speech associate and come together. Those abstaining from intoxicants, causing heedlessness, with those abstaining from intoxicants, causing heedlessness, associate and come together." The Third. 4. Discourse on the Seven Courses of Action 110. Residing at Savatthi... "By element, monks, beings associate and come together. Those who take life with those who take life associate and come together. Those who take what is not given with those who take what is not given associate and come together. Those who engage in sexual misconduct with those who engage in sexual misconduct associate and come together. Those who speak falsely with those who speak falsely associate and come together. Those who speak divisively with those who speak divisively associate and come together. Those who speak harshly with those who speak harshly associate and come together. Those who speak idly with those who speak idly associate and come together." "Those abstaining from taking life... those abstaining from taking what is not given... those abstaining from sexual misconduct..." ...abstaining from false speech... abstaining from divisive speech, with those who abstain from divisive speech, they associate, they come together; abstaining from harsh speech, with those who abstain from harsh speech, they associate, they come together; abstaining from idle chatter, with those who abstain from idle chatter, they associate, they come together. Fourth. 5. The Discourse on the Ten Courses of Action 111. Residing at Savatthi... "By element, monks, beings associate, they come together. Killers of living beings, with killers of living beings, they associate, they come together; takers of what is not given... those who misconduct themselves in sensual pleasures... liars... divisive speakers... harsh speakers... idle chatterers, with idle chatterers, they associate, they come together; covetous ones, with covetous ones, they associate, they come together; those with ill will, with those with ill will, they associate, they come together; those of wrong view, with those of wrong view, they associate, they come together." "Abstainers from killing living beings, with abstainers from killing living beings, they associate, they come together; abstainers from taking what is not given... abstainers from misconduct in sensual pleasures... abstainers from false speech... abstainers from divisive speech... abstainers from harsh speech... abstainers from idle chatter, with abstainers from idle chatter, they associate, they come together; non-covetous ones, with non-covetous ones, they associate, they come together; those with no ill will, with those with no ill will, they associate, they come together; those of right view, with those of right view, they associate, they come together." Fifth. 6. The Discourse on the Eightfold Path 112. Residing at Savatthi...