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SN 14.21

Beginning With the Unlearned

Appassutamūlakasutta

from: Chapter Two

Beginning With the Unlearned

At Sāvatthī.

“Mendicants, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element: the unlearned with the unlearned … lazy … witless. The learned with the learned … energetic … wise.

… the unlearned with the unlearned … unmindful … witless. The learned with the learned … mindful … wise.”

Translation: German (Ayyā Sabbamittā), English (Bhikkhu Sujato). Source: SuttaCentral / Bilara (public domain, CC0).

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