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With Ānanda (2nd)

Dutiyaānandasutta

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

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.40Numbered Discourses 10.40
  • 0.24. Upālivagga4. With Upāli

0.3DutiyaānandasuttaWith Ānanda (2nd)

1.1“‘Saṅghasāmaggī, saṅghasāmaggī’ti, bhante, vuccati.“Sir, they speak of ‘harmony in the Saṅgha’.1.2Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, saṅgho samaggo hotī”ti?How is harmony in the Saṅgha defined?”

1.3“Idhānanda, bhikkhū adhammaṁ adhammoti dīpenti, dhammaṁ dhammoti dīpenti, avinayaṁ avinayoti dīpenti, vinayaṁ vinayoti dīpenti, abhāsitaṁ alapitaṁ tathāgatena abhāsitaṁ alapitaṁ tathāgatenāti dīpenti, bhāsitaṁ lapitaṁ tathāgatena bhāsitaṁ lapitaṁ tathāgatenāti dīpenti, anāciṇṇaṁ tathāgatena anāciṇṇaṁ tathāgatenāti dīpenti, āciṇṇaṁ tathāgatena āciṇṇaṁ tathāgatenāti dīpenti, apaññattaṁ tathāgatena apaññattaṁ tathāgatenāti dīpenti, paññattaṁ tathāgatena paññattaṁ tathāgatenāti dīpenti.“Ānanda, it’s when a mendicant explains what is not the teaching as not the teaching, and what is the teaching as the teaching. They explain what is not the training as not the training, and what is the training as the training. They explain what was not spoken and stated by the Realized One as not spoken and stated by the Realized One, and what was spoken and stated by the Realized One as spoken and stated by the Realized One. They explain what was not practiced by the Realized One as not practiced by the Realized One, and what was practiced by the Realized One as practiced by the Realized One. They explain what was not prescribed by the Realized One as not prescribed by the Realized One, and what was prescribed by the Realized One as prescribed by the Realized One.1.4Te imehi dasahi vatthūhi na avakassanti na apakassanti na āveni kammāni karonti na āveni pātimokkhaṁ uddisanti.On these ten grounds they don’t split off and go their own way. They don’t perform legal acts autonomously or recite the monastic code autonomously.1.5Ettāvatā kho, ānanda, saṅgho samaggo hotī”ti.That is how harmony in the Saṅgha is defined.”

2.1“Bhinnaṁ pana, bhante, saṅghaṁ samaggaṁ katvā kiṁ so pasavatī”ti?“But sir, what does someone who has forged harmony in a schismatic Saṅgha brim with?”

2.2“Brahmaṁ, ānanda, puññaṁ pasavatī”ti.“They brim with divine merit.”

2.3“Kiṁ pana, bhante, brahmaṁ puññan”ti?“But what is divine merit?”

2.4“Kappaṁ, ānanda, saggamhi modatīti—“They rejoice in heaven for an eon, Ānanda.

3.1PTS 5.77Sukhā saṅghassa sāmaggī,A Saṅgha in harmony is happy,3.2samaggānañca anuggaho;as is support for those in harmony.3.3Samaggarato dhammaṭṭho,Taking a stand on the teaching,3.4yogakkhemā na dhaṁsati;favoring harmony, they ruin no sanctuary.3.5Saṅghaṁ samaggaṁ katvāna,After forging harmony in the Saṅgha,3.6kappaṁ saggamhi modatī”ti.they rejoice in heaven for an eon.”

3.7Dasamaṁ.

3.8Upālivaggo catuttho.

4.0Tassuddānaṁ

4.1Upāli ṭhapanā ubbāho,4.2upasampadanissayā;4.3Sāmaṇero ca dve bhedā,4.4ānandehi pare duveti.