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 speak divisively::who separates others by speech, who sows discord [pisuṇavācā]| come together and associate with those who speak divisively; those |who speak harshly::who speak using rough words [pharusavācā]| come together and associate with those who speak harshly; those |who chatter frivolously::who talk rubbish, who gossip [samphappalāpī]| come together and associate with those who chatter frivolously; those |with intense craving::who are greedy, covetous, yearning, desiring, mentally obsessed [abhijjhālu]| come together and associate with those with intense craving; those |with a malicious mind::who are hateful, who have a mind full of ill-will [byāpannacittā]| come together and associate with those who with a malicious mind; those |with wrong views::with false beliefs, false concepts, incorrect opinions [micchādiṭṭhika]| come together and associate with those with wrong views.
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 speaking divisively come together and associate with those who abstain from speaking divisively; those who abstain from speaking harshly come together and associate with those who abstain from speaking harshly; those who abstain from chattering frivolously come together and associate with those who abstain from chattering frivolously; those who are without intense craving come together and associate with those who are without intense craving; those who are not hateful come together and associate with those who are not hateful; those |with right views::with correct beliefs, correct concepts, correct opinions [sammādiṭṭhikā]| come together and associate with those with right views.”