[422] What six dhammas are of great assistance? The six principles of cordiality (sāraṇīyā dhammā). Here, friends, a bhikkhu's bodily action of loving-kindness (mettā) is established toward his companions in the holy life (sabrahmacārī), both openly and in private. This too is a principle of cordiality that creates affection and creates respect, and conduces to cohesion, to non-dispute, to concord, and to unity.
Again, friends, a bhikkhu's verbal action of loving-kindness is established toward his companions in the holy life, both openly and in private. This too is a principle of cordiality that creates affection and creates respect, and conduces to cohesion, to non-dispute, to concord, and to unity.
Again, friends, a bhikkhu's mental action of loving-kindness … conduces to unity.
Again, friends, a bhikkhu, with regard to those gains that are righteous, righteously obtained—even to the extent of the mere contents of the alms-bowl—is one who enjoys such gains without reserving them for himself, one who enjoys them in common with his virtuous companions in the holy life. This too is a principle of cordiality that creates affection and creates respect, and conduces to cohesion, to non-dispute, to concord, and to unity.
Again, friends, a bhikkhu dwells possessed of virtue (sīla) in common with his companions in the holy life, both openly and in private, in such virtues as are unbroken, untorn, unblotched, unmottled, liberating, praised by the wise, not grasped at, and conducive to concentration (samādhi). This too is a principle of cordiality that creates affection and creates respect, and conduces to cohesion, to non-dispute, to concord, and to unity.
Again, friends, a bhikkhu dwells possessed of view (diṭṭhi) in common with his companions in the holy life, both openly and in private, in such a view as is noble and emancipating, which leads the one who acts in accordance with it to the complete destruction of suffering (dukkha). This too is a principle of cordiality that creates affection and creates respect, and conduces to cohesion, to non-dispute, to concord, and to unity.
These six dhammas are of great assistance.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.