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SN 14.14 - Inferior Convictions Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato Source: https://suttacentral.net/sn14.14/en/sujato License: CC0-1.0 Linked Discourses 14.14 Chapter Two Inferior Convictions At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element. Those who have inferior convictions join together and converge with those who have inferior convictions. Those who have good convictions join together and converge with those who have good convictions. In the past, too, sentient beings came together and converged because of an element. … In the future, too, sentient beings will join together and converge because of an element. … At present, too, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element. Those who have inferior convictions join together and converge with those who have inferior convictions. Those who have good convictions join together and converge with those who have good convictions.”