Kintisutta

Suttapiṭaka · Majjhimanikāya · Vol. 14 · Section 48

[48] And if it should occur to you thus: "These venerable ones agree both as to the meaning and agree as to the phrasing," then you should approach whichever bhikkhu among them you consider the more amenable (suvacatara) and say to him: "The venerable ones agree both as to the meaning and as to the phrasing. Let the venerable ones know this, too, by this method: it is in such a way that there is agreement as to the meaning and agreement as to the phrasing. Let the venerable ones not fall into dispute." Then you should approach whichever bhikkhu among those bhikkhus siding with the other party you consider the more amenable, and say to him: "The venerable ones agree both as to the meaning and as to the phrasing. Let the venerable ones know this, too, by this method: it is in such a way that there is agreement as to the meaning and agreement as to the phrasing. Let the venerable ones not fall into dispute." Thus what has been well grasped should be borne in mind as well grasped; and having borne in mind what has been well grasped as well grasped, that which is Dhamma, that which is Vinaya, should be spoken.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.