Ekanipāta

Suttapiṭaka · Aṅguttaranikāya · Ekakanipāta · Dukanipāta · Tikanipāta · Vol. 20 · Section 132

[132] Bhikkhus, those bhikkhus who explain what is Dhamma as "not Dhamma" … who explain what is not the Discipline (vinaya) as "the Discipline" … who explain what is the Discipline as "not the Discipline" … who explain what was not spoken and not uttered by the Tathāgata as "spoken and uttered by the Tathāgata" … who explain what was spoken and uttered by the Tathāgata as "not spoken and not uttered by the Tathāgata" … who explain what was not practiced (anāciṇṇa) by the Tathāgata as "practiced by the Tathāgata" … who explain what was practiced by the Tathāgata as "not practiced by the Tathāgata" … who explain what was not laid down (appaññatta) by the Tathāgata as "laid down by the Tathāgata" … who explain what was laid down by the Tathāgata as "not laid down by the Tathāgata" — those bhikkhus, bhikkhus, are practising for the harm of many people, for the unhappiness of many people, for the ruin, the harm, and the suffering (dukkha) of many people, of devas and human beings. Those bhikkhus, bhikkhus, generate much demerit, and they cause this true Dhamma (saddhamma) to disappear.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.