At Sāvatthi.
“Bhikkhus, beings come together and associate |according to disposition::in line with their mental qualities or inclinations [dhātuso]|. Those |who kill living beings::who destroy life [pāṇātipātī]| come together and associate with those who kill living beings; those |who take what is not given::who steal [adinnādāyī]| come together and associate with those who take what is not given; those |who engage in sexual misconduct::who harm others through sexual activity [kāmesumicchācārī]| come together and associate with those who engage in sexual misconduct; those |who speak falsely::who lie [musāvādī]| come together and associate with those who speak falsely; those |who consume intoxicants::who dwells in states of negligence, using wine, spirits, drugs [surāmerayamajjappamādaṭṭhāyī]| come together and associate with those who consume intoxicants.
Those who abstain from killing living beings come together and associate with those who abstain from killing living beings; those who abstain from taking what is not given come together and associate with those who abstain from taking what is not given; those who abstain from sexual misconduct come together and associate with those who abstain from sexual misconduct; those who abstain from speaking falsely come together and associate with those who abstain from speaking falsely; those who abstain from consuming intoxicants come together and associate with those who abstain from consuming intoxicants.”