Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
Atha 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 the Buddha:
“‘saṅghabhedo saṅghabhedo’ti, bhante, vuccati.
“Sir, they speak of ‘schism in the Saṅgha’.
Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, saṅgho bhinno hotī”ti?
How is schism in the Saṅgha defined?”
“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 …
paññattaṁ tathāgatena apaññattaṁ tathāgatenāti dīpenti.
and what was prescribed by the Realized One as not prescribed by the Realized One.
Te 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.
Ettāvatā kho, ānanda, saṅgho bhinno hotī”ti.
That is how schism in the Saṅgha is defined.”
“Samaggaṁ pana, bhante, saṅghaṁ bhinditvā kiṁ so pasavatī”ti?
“But sir, what does someone who has split a harmonious Saṅgha brim with?”
“Kappaṭṭhikaṁ, ānanda, kibbisaṁ pasavatī”ti.
“They brim with sin that lasts for an eon.”
“Kiṁ pana, bhante, kappaṭṭhikaṁ kibbisan”ti?
“But sir, what is the sin that lasts for an eon?”
“Kappaṁ, ānanda, nirayamhi paccatīti—
“They burn in hell for an eon, Ānanda.
Āpāyiko nerayiko,
A schismatic remains for the eon
Kappaṭṭho saṅghabhedako;
in a place of loss, in hell.
Vaggarato adhammaṭṭho,
Taking a stand against the teaching,
Yogakkhemā padhaṁsati;
favoring factions, they ruin their sanctuary.
Saṅghaṁ samaggaṁ bhinditvā,
After causing schism in a harmonious Saṅgha,
Kappaṁ nirayamhi paccatī”ti.
they burn in hell for an eon.”
Navamaṁ.
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
Then Venerable Ānanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to the Buddha:
“Sir, they speak of ‘schism in the Saṅgha’.
How is schism in the Saṅgha defined?”
“Ānanda, it’s when a mendicant explains what is not the teaching as the teaching …
and what was prescribed by the Realized One as not prescribed by the Realized One.
On these ten grounds they split off and go their own way. They perform legal acts autonomously and recite the monastic code autonomously.
That is how schism in the Saṅgha is defined.”
“But sir, what does someone who has split a harmonious Saṅgha brim with?”
“They brim with sin that lasts for an eon.”
“But sir, what is the sin that lasts for an eon?”
“They burn in hell for an eon, Ānanda.
A schismatic remains for the eon
in a place of loss, in hell.
Taking a stand against the teaching,
favoring factions, they ruin their sanctuary.
After causing schism in a harmonious Saṅgha,
they burn in hell for an eon.”
Atha kho āyasmā ānando yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
“‘saṅghabhedo saṅghabhedo’ti, bhante, vuccati.
Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, saṅgho bhinno hotī”ti?
“Idhānanda, bhikkhū adhammaṁ dhammoti dīpenti, dhammaṁ adhammoti dīpenti, avinayaṁ vinayoti dīpenti …pe…
paññattaṁ tathāgatena apaññattaṁ tathāgatenāti dīpenti.
Te imehi dasahi vatthūhi avakassanti apakassanti āveni kammāni karonti āveni pātimokkhaṁ uddisanti.
Ettāvatā kho, ānanda, saṅgho bhinno hotī”ti.
“Samaggaṁ pana, bhante, saṅghaṁ bhinditvā kiṁ so pasavatī”ti?
“Kappaṭṭhikaṁ, ānanda, kibbisaṁ pasavatī”ti.
“Kiṁ pana, bhante, kappaṭṭhikaṁ kibbisan”ti?
“Kappaṁ, ānanda, nirayamhi paccatīti—
Āpāyiko nerayiko,
Kappaṭṭho saṅghabhedako;
Vaggarato adhammaṭṭho,
Yogakkhemā padhaṁsati;
Saṅghaṁ samaggaṁ bhinditvā,
Kappaṁ nirayamhi paccatī”ti.
Navamaṁ.