[296] Bhikkhus, there are these two assemblies. What two? The assembly that speaks non-Dhamma (adhammavādinī parisā) and the assembly that speaks Dhamma (dhammavādinī parisā).
And what, bhikkhus, is the assembly that speaks non-Dhamma? Here, bhikkhus, in whatever assembly the bhikkhus take up a disciplinary issue (adhikaraṇa), whether righteous or unrighteous, and having taken up that issue, they neither convince one another nor come to being convinced, neither bring one another to reflection nor come to being brought to reflection; strong in refusal to be convinced, strong in refusal to reflect, counseling non-relinquishment, they speak, obstinately misapprehending and insisting upon that very issue: "This alone is true; anything else is worthless." This, bhikkhus, is called the assembly that speaks non-Dhamma.
And what, bhikkhus, is the assembly that speaks Dhamma? Here, bhikkhus, in whatever assembly the bhikkhus take up a disciplinary issue, whether righteous or unrighteous, and having taken up that issue, they convince one another and come to being convinced, they bring one another to reflection and come to being brought to reflection; strong in convincing, strong in reflection, counseling relinquishment, they do not speak, obstinately misapprehending and insisting upon that very issue: "This alone is true; anything else is worthless." This, bhikkhus, is called the assembly that speaks Dhamma.
These, bhikkhus, are the two assemblies. Of these two assemblies, bhikkhus, this is the foremost: namely, the assembly that speaks Dhamma.
The Chapter on Assemblies, the Fifth.
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The First Fifty is completed.
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The Second Fifty
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.