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Arguments

Bhaṇḍanasutta

When mendicants fight, the Buddha doesn’t like it.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.124Numbered Discourses 3.124
  • 0.213. Kusināravagga13. At Kusinārā

0.3BhaṇḍanasuttaArguments

1.1“Yassaṁ, bhikkhave, disāyaṁ bhikkhū bhaṇḍanajātā kalahajātā vivādāpannā aññamaññaṁ mukhasattīhi vitudantā viharanti, manasi kātumpi me esā, bhikkhave, disā na phāsu hoti, pageva gantuṁ.“Mendicants, I’m not even comfortable thinking about a place where mendicants fight—quarreling and disputing, continually wounding each other with barbed words—let alone going there.1.2Niṭṭhamettha gacchāmi:I come to a conclusion about them:1.3‘addhā te āyasmanto tayo dhamme pajahiṁsu, tayo dhamme bahulamakaṁsu.‘Clearly those venerables have given up three things and cultivated three things.’1.4Katame tayo dhamme pajahiṁsu?What three things have they given up?1.5Nekkhammavitakkaṁ, abyāpādavitakkaṁ, avihiṁsāvitakkaṁ—Thoughts of renunciation, good will, and harmlessness.1.6ime tayo dhamme pajahiṁsu.1.7Katame tayo dhamme bahulamakaṁsu?What three things have they cultivated?1.8Kāmavitakkaṁ, byāpādavitakkaṁ, vihiṁsāvitakkaṁ—Sensual, malicious, and cruel thoughts. …1.9ime tayo dhamme bahulamakaṁsu’.1.10Yassaṁ, bhikkhave, disāyaṁ bhikkhū bhaṇḍanajātā kalahajātā vivādāpannā aññamaññaṁ mukhasattīhi vitudantā viharanti, manasi kātumpi me esā, bhikkhave, disā na phāsu hoti, pageva gantuṁ.1.11Niṭṭhamettha gacchāmi:I come to a conclusion about them:1.12‘addhā te āyasmanto ime tayo dhamme pajahiṁsu, ime tayo dhamme bahulamakaṁsu’.‘Clearly those venerables have given up three things and cultivated three things.’

2.1PTS 1.276Yassaṁ pana, bhikkhave, disāyaṁ bhikkhū samaggā sammodamānā avivadamānā khīrodakībhūtā aññamaññaṁ piyacakkhūhi sampassantā viharanti, gantumpi me esā, bhikkhave, disā phāsu hoti, pageva manasi kātuṁ.I feel comfortable going to a place where the mendicants live in harmony—appreciating each other, without quarreling, blending like milk and water, and regarding each other with kindly eyes—let alone thinking about it.2.2Niṭṭhamettha gacchāmi:I come to a conclusion about them:2.3‘addhā te āyasmanto tayo dhamme pajahiṁsu, tayo dhamme bahulamakaṁsu.‘Clearly those venerables have given up three things and cultivated three things.’2.4Katame tayo dhamme pajahiṁsu?What three things have they given up?2.5Kāmavitakkaṁ, byāpādavitakkaṁ, vihiṁsāvitakkaṁ—Sensual, malicious, and cruel thoughts.2.6ime tayo dhamme pajahiṁsu.2.7Katame tayo dhamme bahulamakaṁsu?What three things have they cultivated?2.8Nekkhammavitakkaṁ, abyāpādavitakkaṁ, avihiṁsāvitakkaṁ—Thoughts of renunciation, good will, and harmlessness. …2.9ime tayo dhamme bahulamakaṁsu’.2.10Yassaṁ, bhikkhave, disāyaṁ bhikkhū samaggā sammodamānā avivadamānā khīrodakībhūtā aññamaññaṁ piyacakkhūhi sampassantā viharanti, gantumpi me esā, bhikkhave, disā phāsu hoti, pageva manasi kātuṁ.2.11Niṭṭhamettha gacchāmi:I come to a conclusion about them:2.12‘addhā te āyasmanto ime tayo dhamme pajahiṁsu, ime tayo dhamme bahulamakaṁsū’”ti.‘Clearly those venerables have given up three things and cultivated three things.’”

2.13Dutiyaṁ.