Sāmagāmasutta

Majjhima Nikāya 104

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Evarūpañce tumhe, ānanda, vivādamūlaṁ ajjhattaṁ vā bahiddhā vā na samanupasseyyātha. Tatra tumhe, ānanda, tasseva pāpakassa vivādamūlassa āyatiṁ anavassavāya paṭipajjeyyātha.
Evametassa pāpakassa vivādamūlassa pahānaṁ hoti, evametassa pāpakassa vivādamūlassa āyatiṁ anavassavo hoti.

If you don’t see it, you should practice so that it doesn’t come up in the future. That’s how to give up this bad root of dispute, so it doesn’t come up in the future.

Puna caparaṁ, ānanda, bhikkhu makkhī hoti paḷāsī …pe…
issukī hoti maccharī …pe…
saṭho hoti māyāvī …pe…
pāpiccho hoti micchādiṭṭhi …pe…
sandiṭṭhiparāmāsī hoti ādhānaggāhī duppaṭinissaggī.
Yo so, ānanda, bhikkhu sandiṭṭhiparāmāsī hoti ādhānaggāhī duppaṭinissaggī so sattharipi agāravo viharati appatisso, dhammepi agāravo viharati appatisso, saṅghepi agāravo viharati appatisso, sikkhāyapi na paripūrakārī hoti.
Yo so, ānanda, bhikkhu satthari agāravo viharati appatisso, dhamme … saṅghe … sikkhāya na paripūrakārī hoti so saṅghe vivādaṁ janeti; yo hoti vivādo bahujanāhitāya bahujanāsukhāya, bahuno janassa anatthāya ahitāya dukkhāya devamanussānaṁ.
Evarūpañce tumhe, ānanda, vivādamūlaṁ ajjhattaṁ vā bahiddhā vā samanupasseyyātha. Tatra tumhe, ānanda, tasseva pāpakassa vivādamūlassa pahānāya vāyameyyātha.

Furthermore, a mendicant is offensive and contemptuous … They’re jealous and stingy … They’re devious and deceitful … They have corrupt wishes and wrong view … They’re attached to their own views, holding them tight, and refusing to let go. Such a mendicant lacks respect and reverence for the Teacher, the teaching, and the Saṅgha, and they don’t fulfill the training. 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. If you see such a root of dispute in yourselves or others, you should try to give up this bad thing.

Evarūpañce tumhe, ānanda, vivādamūlaṁ ajjhattaṁ vā bahiddhā vā na samanupasseyyātha, tatra tumhe, ānanda, tasseva pāpakassa vivādamūlassa āyatiṁ anavassavāya paṭipajjeyyātha.
Evametassa pāpakassa vivādamūlassa pahānaṁ hoti, evametassa pāpakassa vivādamūlassa āyatiṁ anavassavo hoti.
Imāni kho, ānanda, cha vivādamūlāni.

If you don’t see it, you should practice so that it doesn’t come up in the future. That’s how to give up this bad root of dispute, so it doesn’t come up in the future. These are the six roots of dispute.

Cattārimāni, ānanda, adhikaraṇāni.
Katamāni cattāri?
Vivādādhikaraṇaṁ, anuvādādhikaraṇaṁ, āpattādhikaraṇaṁ, kiccādhikaraṇaṁ—
imāni kho, ānanda, cattāri adhikaraṇāni.

There are four kinds of disciplinary issues. What four? Disciplinary issues due to disputes, accusations, offenses, or business. These are the four kinds of disciplinary issues.

Satta kho panime, ānanda, adhikaraṇasamathā uppannuppannānaṁ adhikaraṇānaṁ samathāya vūpasamāya—
sammukhāvinayo dātabbo, sativinayo dātabbo, amūḷhavinayo dātabbo, paṭiññāya kāretabbaṁ, yebhuyyasikā, tassapāpiyasikā, tiṇavatthārako.

There are these seven means of settling any disciplinary issues that might arise. Resolution face-to-face to be applied. Resolution through recollection to be granted. Resolution because of past insanity to be granted. Acting according to what has been admitted. Majority decision. Further penalty. Covering over as if with grass.

Kathañcānanda, sammukhāvinayo hoti?
Idhānanda, bhikkhū vivadanti dhammoti vā adhammoti vā vinayoti vā avinayoti vā.
Tehānanda, bhikkhūhi sabbeheva samaggehi sannipatitabbaṁ.
Sannipatitvā dhammanetti samanumajjitabbā.
Dhammanettiṁ samanumajjitvā yathā tattha sameti tathā taṁ adhikaraṇaṁ vūpasametabbaṁ.
Evaṁ kho, ānanda, sammukhāvinayo hoti;
evañca panidhekaccānaṁ adhikaraṇānaṁ vūpasamo hoti yadidaṁ—
sammukhāvinayena.

And how is there resolution face-to-face? It’s when mendicants are disputing: ‘This is the teaching,’ ‘This is not the teaching,’ ‘This is the monastic law,’ ‘This is not the monastic law.’ Those mendicants should all sit together in harmony and thoroughly go over the guidelines of the teaching. They should settle that disciplinary issue in agreement with the guidelines. That’s how there is resolution face-to-face. And that’s how certain disciplinary issues are settled, that is, by resolution face-to-face.

Kathañcānanda, yebhuyyasikā hoti?
Te ce, ānanda, bhikkhū na sakkonti taṁ adhikaraṇaṁ tasmiṁ āvāse vūpasametuṁ.
Tehānanda, bhikkhūhi yasmiṁ āvāse bahutarā bhikkhū so āvāso gantabbo.
Tattha sabbeheva samaggehi sannipatitabbaṁ.
Sannipatitvā dhammanetti samanumajjitabbā.
Dhammanettiṁ samanumajjitvā yathā tattha sameti tathā taṁ adhikaraṇaṁ vūpasametabbaṁ.
Evaṁ kho, ānanda, yebhuyyasikā hoti, evañca panidhekaccānaṁ adhikaraṇānaṁ vūpasamo hoti yadidaṁ—
yebhuyyasikāya.

And how is there majority decision? If those mendicants are not able to settle that issue in that monastery, they should go to another monastery with more mendicants. There they should all sit together in harmony and thoroughly go over the guidelines of the teaching. They should settle that disciplinary issue in agreement with the guidelines. That’s how there is majority decision. And that’s how certain disciplinary issues are settled, that is, by majority decision.

Kathañcānanda, sativinayo hoti?
Idhānanda, bhikkhū bhikkhuṁ evarūpāya garukāya āpattiyā codenti pārājikena vā pārājikasāmantena vā:
‘saratāyasmā evarūpiṁ garukaṁ āpattiṁ āpajjitā pārājikaṁ vā pārājikasāmantaṁ vā’ti?
So evamāha:
‘na kho ahaṁ, āvuso, sarāmi evarūpiṁ garukaṁ āpattiṁ āpajjitā pārājikaṁ vā pārājikasāmantaṁ vā’ti.
Tassa kho, ānanda, bhikkhuno sativinayo dātabbo.
Evaṁ kho, ānanda, sativinayo hoti, evañca panidhekaccānaṁ adhikaraṇānaṁ vūpasamo hoti yadidaṁ—
sativinayena.

And how is there resolution through recollection? It’s when a mendicant accuses a mendicant of a heavy offense; one entailing expulsion, or close to it: ‘Venerable, do you recall committing the kind of serious offense that entails expulsion or close to it?’ They say: ‘No, reverend, I don’t recall committing such an offense.’ The resolution through recollection should be granted to them. That’s how there is the resolution through recollection. And that’s how certain disciplinary issues are settled, that is, by resolution through recollection.

Kathañcānanda, amūḷhavinayo hoti?
Idhānanda, bhikkhū bhikkhuṁ evarūpāya garukāya āpattiyā codenti pārājikena vā pārājikasāmantena vā:
‘saratāyasmā evarūpiṁ garukaṁ āpattiṁ āpajjitā pārājikaṁ vā pārājikasāmantaṁ vā’ti?
So evamāha:
‘na kho ahaṁ, āvuso, sarāmi evarūpiṁ garukaṁ āpattiṁ āpajjitā pārājikaṁ vā pārājikasāmantaṁ vā’ti.
Tamenaṁ so nibbeṭhentaṁ ativeṭheti:
‘iṅghāyasmā sādhukameva jānāhi yadi sarasi evarūpiṁ garukaṁ āpattiṁ āpajjitā pārājikaṁ vā pārājikasāmantaṁ vā’ti.
So evamāha:
‘ahaṁ kho, āvuso, ummādaṁ pāpuṇiṁ cetaso vipariyāsaṁ.
Tena me ummattakena bahuṁ assāmaṇakaṁ ajjhāciṇṇaṁ bhāsitaparikkantaṁ.
Nāhaṁ taṁ sarāmi.
Mūḷhena me etaṁ katan’ti.
Tassa kho, ānanda, bhikkhuno amūḷhavinayo dātabbo.
Evaṁ kho, ānanda, amūḷhavinayo hoti, evañca panidhekaccānaṁ adhikaraṇānaṁ vūpasamo hoti yadidaṁ—
amūḷhavinayena.

And how is there resolution because of past insanity? It’s when a mendicant accuses a mendicant of the kind of serious offense that entails expulsion, or close to it: ‘Venerable, do you recall committing the kind of serious offense that entails expulsion or close to it?’ They say: ‘No, reverend, I don’t recall committing such an offense.’ But though they try to get out of it, the mendicant pursues the issue: ‘Surely the venerable must know perfectly well if you recall committing an offense that entails expulsion or close to it!’ They say: ‘Reverend, I had gone mad, I was out of my mind. And while I was mad I did and said many things that are not proper for an ascetic. I don’t remember any of that, I was mad when I did it.’ The resolution because of past insanity should be granted to them. That’s how there is resolution because of past insanity. And that’s how certain disciplinary issues are settled, that is, by resolution because of past insanity.

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