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Roots of Dispute

Vivādamūlasutta

If a mendicant nurses six kinds of defilements it leads to bitterness and disputes in the Saṅgha.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 6.36Numbered Discourses 6.36
  • 0.24. Devatāvagga4. Deities

0.3VivādamūlasuttaRoots of Dispute

1.1PTS 3.335“Chayimāni, bhikkhave, vivādamūlāni.“Mendicants, there are these six roots of dispute.1.2Katamāni cha?What six?1.3Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kodhano hoti upanāhī.Firstly, a mendicant is irritable and acrimonious.1.4Yo so, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kodhano hoti upanāhī so sattharipi agāravo viharati appatisso, dhammepi agāravo viharati appatisso, saṅghepi agāravo viharati appatisso, sikkhāyapi na paripūrakārī hoti.Such a mendicant lacks respect and reverence for the Teacher, the teaching, and the Saṅgha, and they don’t fulfill the training.1.5Yo so, bhikkhave, bhikkhu satthari agāravo viharati appatisso, dhamme agāravo viharati appatisso, saṅghe agāravo viharati appatisso, sikkhāya na paripūrakārī so saṅghe vivādaṁ janeti, yo hoti vivādo bahujanāhitāya bahujanāsukhāya bahuno janassa anatthāya ahitāya dukkhāya devamanussānaṁ.They create a dispute in the Saṅgha, which is for the detriment and unhappiness of the people, against the people, for the harm, detriment, and suffering of gods and humans.1.6Evarūpañce tumhe, bhikkhave, vivādamūlaṁ ajjhattaṁ vā bahiddhā vā samanupasseyyātha. Tatra tumhe, bhikkhave, tasseva pāpakassa vivādamūlassa pahānāya vāyameyyātha.If you see such a root of dispute in yourselves or others, you should try to give up this bad thing.1.7Evarūpañce tumhe, bhikkhave, vivādamūlaṁ ajjhattaṁ vā bahiddhā vā na samanupasseyyātha, tatra tumhe, bhikkhave, tasseva pāpakassa vivādamūlassa āyatiṁ anavassavāya paṭipajjeyyātha.If you don’t see it, you should practice so that it doesn’t come up in the future.1.8Evametassa pāpakassa vivādamūlassa pahānaṁ hoti. Evametassa pāpakassa vivādamūlassa āyatiṁ anavassavo hoti.That’s how to give up this bad root of dispute, so it doesn’t come up in the future.

2.1Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu makkhī hoti paḷāsī …pe…Furthermore, a mendicant is offensive and contemptuous …2.2issukī hoti maccharī …They’re jealous and stingy …2.3saṭho hoti māyāvī …They’re devious and deceitful …2.4pāpiccho hoti micchādiṭṭhi …They have corrupt wishes and wrong view …2.5sandiṭṭhiparāmāsī hoti ādhānaggāhī duppaṭinissaggī.They’re attached to their own views, holding them tight, and refusing to let go.2.6Yo so, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sandiṭṭhiparāmāsī hoti ādhānaggāhī duppaṭinissaggī, so sattharipi agāravo viharati appatisso, dhammepi agāravo viharati appatisso, saṅghepi agāravo viharati appatisso, sikkhāyapi na paripūrakārī hoti.Such a mendicant lacks respect and reverence for the Teacher, the teaching, and the Saṅgha, and they don’t fulfill the training.2.7Yo so, bhikkhave, bhikkhu satthari agāravo viharati appatisso, dhamme … saṅghe agāravo viharati appatisso, sikkhāya na paripūrakārī, so saṅghe vivādaṁ janeti, yo hoti vivādo bahujanāhitāya bahujanāsukhāya bahuno janassa anatthāya ahitāya dukkhāya devamanussānaṁ.They create a dispute in the Saṅgha, which is for the detriment and unhappiness of the people, against the people, for the harm, detriment, and suffering of gods and humans.2.8Evarūpañce tumhe, bhikkhave, vivādamūlaṁ ajjhattaṁ vā bahiddhā vā samanupasseyyātha. Tatra tumhe, bhikkhave, tasseva pāpakassa vivādamūlassa pahānāya vāyameyyātha.If you see such a root of dispute in yourselves or others, you should try to give up this bad thing.2.9Evarūpañce tumhe, bhikkhave, vivādamūlaṁ ajjhattaṁ vā bahiddhā vā na samanupasseyyātha. Tatra tumhe, bhikkhave, tasseva pāpakassa vivādamūlassa āyatiṁ anavassavāya paṭipajjeyyātha.If you don’t see it, you should practice so that it doesn’t come up in the future.2.10Evametassa pāpakassa vivādamūlassa pahānaṁ hoti. Evametassa pāpakassa vivādamūlassa āyatiṁ anavassavo hoti.That’s how to give up this bad root of dispute, so it doesn’t come up in the future.2.11Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cha vivādamūlānī”ti.These are the six roots of dispute.”

2.12Chaṭṭhaṁ.