3.
The Chapter on Courses of Action
1.
The Discourse on the Unconcentrated
107. He was dwelling at Sāvatthī, etc. "Monks, beings flow together and meet according to element. The faithless flow together and meet with the faithless; the shameless flow together and meet with the shameless; those without moral fear flow together and meet with those without moral fear; the unconcentrated flow together and meet with the unconcentrated; the unwise flow together and meet with the unwise."
"Those with faith flow together and meet with those with faith; those with shame flow together and meet with those with shame; those with moral fear flow together and meet with those with moral fear; the concentrated flow together and meet with the concentrated; those wise flow together and meet with those wise." The first.
2.
The Discourse on the Immoral
108. He was dwelling at Sāvatthī, etc. "Monks, beings flow together and meet according to element. The faithless flow together and meet with the faithless; the shameless flow together and meet with the shameless; those without moral fear flow together and meet with those without moral fear; the immoral flow together and meet with the immoral; the unwise flow together and meet with the unwise."
"Those with faith flow together and meet with those with faith; those with shame flow together and meet with those with shame; those with moral fear flow together and meet with those with moral fear; the virtuous flow together and meet with the virtuous; those wise flow together and meet with those wise." The second.
3.
The Discourse on the Five Training Rules
109. He was dwelling at Sāvatthī, etc. "Monks, beings flow together and meet according to element. Those who kill living beings flow together and meet with those who kill living beings; those who take what is not given flow together and meet with those who take what is not given; those who engage in sexual misconduct flow together and meet with those who engage in sexual misconduct; liars flow together and meet with liars; those who indulge in spirits, liquor and intoxicants that cause negligence flow together and meet with those who indulge in spirits, liquor and intoxicants that cause negligence."
"Those who abstain from killing living beings flow together and meet with those who abstain from killing living beings; those who abstain from taking what is not given flow together and meet with those who abstain from taking what is not given; those who abstain from sexual misconduct flow together and meet with those who abstain from sexual misconduct; those who abstain from lying flow together and meet with those who abstain from lying; those who abstain from spirits, liquor and intoxicants that cause negligence flow together and meet with those who abstain from spirits, liquor and intoxicants that cause negligence." The third.
4.
The Discourse on the Seven Courses of Action
110. He was dwelling at Sāvatthī, etc. "Monks, beings flow together and meet according to element. Those who kill living beings flow together and meet with those who kill living beings; those who take what is not given flow together and meet with those who take what is not given; those who engage in sexual misconduct flow together and meet with those who engage in sexual misconduct; liars flow together and meet with liars; those of divisive speech flow together and meet with those of divisive speech; those of harsh speech flow together and meet with those of harsh speech; those who engage in idle chatter flow together and meet with those who engage in idle chatter."
"Those who abstain from killing living beings, etc. those who abstain from taking what is not given, those who abstain from sexual misconduct, those who abstain from lying, those who abstain from divisive speech flow together and meet with those who abstain from divisive speech; those who abstain from harsh speech flow together and meet with those who abstain from harsh speech; those who abstain from idle chatter flow together and meet with those who abstain from idle chatter." The fourth.
5.
The Discourse on the Ten Courses of Action
111. He was dwelling at Sāvatthī, etc. "Monks, beings flow together and meet according to element. Those who kill living beings flow together and meet with those who kill living beings; those who take what is not given, etc. those who engage in sexual misconduct, liars, those of divisive speech, those of harsh speech, those who engage in idle chatter flow together and meet with those who engage in idle chatter; the covetous flow together and meet with the covetous; those with corrupted minds flow together and meet with those with corrupted minds; those holding wrong views flow together and meet with those holding wrong views."
"Those who abstain from killing living beings flow together and meet with those who abstain from killing living beings; those who abstain from taking what is not given, etc. those who abstain from sexual misconduct, those who abstain from lying, from divisive speech, from harsh speech, those who abstain from idle chatter flow together and meet with those who abstain from idle chatter; the non-covetous flow together and meet with the non-covetous; those with uncorrupted minds flow together and meet with those with uncorrupted minds; those holding right views flow together and meet with those holding right views." The fifth.
6.
The Discourse on the Eightfold
112. He was dwelling at Sāvatthī, etc. "Monks, beings flow together and meet according to element. Those holding wrong views flow together and meet with those holding wrong views; those having wrong thought, etc. those having wrong speech... those having wrong action... those having wrong livelihood... those having wrong effort... those having wrong mindfulness... those having wrong concentration flow together and meet with those having wrong concentration. Those holding right views flow together and meet with those holding right views; those having right thought, etc. those having right speech... those having right action... those having right livelihood... those having right effort... those having right mindfulness... those having right concentration flow together and meet with those having right concentration." The sixth.
7.
The Discourse on the Ten Factors
113. He was dwelling at Sāvatthī, etc. "Monks, beings flow together and meet according to element. Those holding wrong views flow together and meet with those holding wrong views; those having wrong thought, etc. those having wrong speech... those having wrong action... those having wrong livelihood... those having wrong effort... those having wrong mindfulness... those having wrong concentration flow together and meet with those having wrong concentration; those having wrong knowledge flow together and meet with those having wrong knowledge; those having wrong liberation flow together and meet with those having wrong liberation."
"Those holding right views flow together and meet with those holding right views; those having right thought, etc. those having right speech... those having right action... those having right livelihood... those having right effort... those having right mindfulness... those having right concentration... those having right knowledge flow together and meet with those having right knowledge; those having right liberation flow together and meet with those having right liberation." The seventh.
The summary of the seven discourses -
Seven courses of action spoken, and with the ten courses of action;
The sixth spoken with the eightfold, and the seventh with the tenfold.
The Chapter on Courses of Action is third.