SN 14.22 Beginning With the Lazy – Kusītamūlakasutta

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SN 14.22 Beginning With the Lazy – Kusītamūlakasutta

Linked Discourses 14.22 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 14.22

Chapter Two – 2. Dutiyavagga

SN 14.22 Beginning With the Lazy – Kusītamūlakasutta

 

At Sāvatthī.

Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.

Bhikkhū, sentient beings come together and converge because of an element:

“Dhātusova, bhikkhave, sattā saṁsandanti samenti.

the lazy with the lazy …

Kusītā kusītehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti;

unmindful …

muṭṭhassatino muṭṭhassatīhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti;

witless …

duppaññā duppaññehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti;

energetic …

āraddhavīriyā āraddhavīriyehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti;

mindful … wise …”

upaṭṭhitassatino upaṭṭhitassatīhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; paññavanto paññavantehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samentī”ti …pe….

Dvādasamaṁ.

(All these should be treated in terms of the past, future, and present.)

(Sabbattha atītānāgatapaccuppannaṁ kātabbaṁ.)

Dutiyo vaggo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Sattimā sanidānañca,

giñjakāvasathena ca;

Hīnādhimutti caṅkamaṁ,

sagāthā assaddhasattamaṁ.

Assaddhamūlakā pañca,

Cattāro ahirikamūlakā;

Anottappamūlakā tīṇi,

Duve appassutena ca.

Kusītaṁ ekakaṁ vuttaṁ,

Suttantā tīṇi pañcakā;