1At Sāvatthī. sn.ii.168 "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 come together and unite with those who take what is not given.

Those who engage in sexual misconduct come together and unite with those who engage in sexual misconduct.

Those who speak falsehood come together and unite with those who speak falsehood.

Those who speak divisively come together and unite with those who speak divisively.

Those who speak harshly come together and unite with those who speak harshly.

Those who indulge in idle chatter come together and unite with those who so indulge.

Those who are covetous come together and unite with those who are covetous.

Those who bear ill will come together and unite with those who bear ill will.

Those of wrong view come together and unite with those of wrong view.

2"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 come together and unite with those who abstain from taking what is not given.

Those who abstain from sexual misconduct come together and unite with those who abstain from sexual misconduct.

Those who abstain from false speech come together and unite with those who abstain from false speech.

Those who abstain from divisive speech come together and unite with those who abstain from divisive speech.

Those who abstain from harsh speech come together and unite with those who abstain from harsh speech.

Those who abstain from idle chatter come together and unite with those who so abstain."

Those who are uncovetous come together and unite with those who are uncovetous.

Those without ill will come together and unite with those. without ill will.

Those of right view come together and unite with those of right view."

1Sāvatthiyaṁ vihārati. "Dhātusova, bhikkhave, sattā saṁsandanti samenti.

Pāṇātipātino pāṇātipātīhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti;

adinnādāyino … pe …

kāmesumicchācārino …

musāvādino …

pisuṇavācā …

pharusavācā …

samphappalāpino samphappalāpīhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti;

abhijjhāluno abhijjhālūhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti;

byāpannacittā byāpannacittehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti;

micchādiṭṭhikā micchādiṭṭhikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti.

2Pāṇātipātā paṭiviratā pāṇātipātā paṭiviratehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti;

adinnādānā paṭiviratā … pe …

kāmesumicchācārā paṭiviratā …

musāvādā paṭiviratā …

pisuṇāya vācāya …

pharusāya vācāya …

samphappalāpā paṭiviratā samphappalāpā paṭiviratehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti;

anabhijjhāluno anabhijjhālūhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti;

abyāpannacittā abyāpannacittehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti;

sammādiṭṭhikā sammādiṭṭhikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samentī"ti.

Pañcamaṁ.