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With Ānanda (1st)

Paṭhamaānandasutta

The Buddha teaches Ānanda the ten reasons for schism in the Saṅgha, as well as the outcome of causing schism.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.39Numbered Discourses 10.39
  • 0.24. Upālivagga4. With Upāli

0.3PaṭhamaānandasuttaWith Ānanda (1st)

1.1PTS 5.75Atha kho āyasmā ānando yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:Then Venerable Ānanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:

1.2“‘saṅghabhedo saṅghabhedo’ti, bhante, vuccati.“Sir, they speak of ‘schism in the Saṅgha’.1.3Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, saṅgho bhinno hotī”ti?How is schism in the Saṅgha defined?”

1.4“Idhānanda, bhikkhū adhammaṁ dhammoti dīpenti, dhammaṁ adhammoti dīpenti, avinayaṁ vinayoti dīpenti …pe…“Ānanda, it’s when a mendicant explains what is not the teaching as the teaching …1.5paññattaṁ tathāgatena apaññattaṁ tathāgatenāti dīpenti.and what was prescribed by the Realized One as not prescribed by the Realized One.1.6Te imehi dasahi vatthūhi avakassanti apakassanti āveni kammāni karonti āveni pātimokkhaṁ uddisanti.On these ten grounds they split off and go their own way. They perform legal acts autonomously and recite the monastic code autonomously.1.7Ettāvatā kho, ānanda, saṅgho bhinno hotī”ti.That is how schism in the Saṅgha is defined.”

2.1“Samaggaṁ pana, bhante, saṅghaṁ bhinditvā kiṁ so pasavatī”ti?“But sir, what does someone who has split a harmonious Saṅgha brim with?”

2.2“Kappaṭṭhikaṁ, ānanda, kibbisaṁ pasavatī”ti.“They brim with sin that lasts for an eon.”

2.3“Kiṁ pana, bhante, kappaṭṭhikaṁ kibbisan”ti?“But sir, what is the sin that lasts for an eon?”

2.4“Kappaṁ, ānanda, nirayamhi paccatīti—“They burn in hell for an eon, Ānanda.

3.1PTS 5.76Āpāyiko nerayiko,A schismatic remains for the eon3.2Kappaṭṭho saṅghabhedako;in a place of loss, in hell.3.3Vaggarato adhammaṭṭho,Taking a stand against the teaching,3.4Yogakkhemā padhaṁsati;favoring factions, they ruin their sanctuary.3.5Saṅghaṁ samaggaṁ bhinditvā,After causing schism in a harmonious Saṅgha,3.6Kappaṁ nirayamhi paccatī”ti.they burn in hell for an eon.”

3.7Navamaṁ.