[637] What is the root of a legal question arising from dispute (vivādādhikaraṇa)? Six roots of dispute (vivādamūla) are a root of the legal question arising from dispute; the three unwholesome roots (akusalamūla) also are a root of the legal question arising from dispute; the three wholesome roots (kusalamūla) also are a root of the legal question arising from dispute.
What are the six roots of dispute that are a root of the legal question arising from dispute?
Bhikkhus, here a bhikkhu is angry and resentful (kodhano hoti upanāhī). Bhikkhus, that bhikkhu who is angry and resentful dwells without respect and without deference toward the Teacher, dwells without respect and without deference toward the Dhamma, dwells without respect and without deference toward the Saṅgha, and does not fulfill the training (sikkhā). Bhikkhus, that bhikkhu who dwells without respect and without deference toward the Teacher, dwells without respect and without deference toward the Dhamma, dwells without respect and without deference toward the Saṅgha, and does not fulfill the training — he generates dispute in the Saṅgha; and that dispute is for the harm of many people, for the unhappiness of many people, for the ruin, harm, and suffering (dukkha) of many people, of devas and human beings. Bhikkhus, if you should perceive such a root of dispute either internally or externally, then, bhikkhus, you should strive for the abandoning of that same evil root of dispute. Bhikkhus, if you should not perceive such a root of dispute either internally or externally, then, bhikkhus, you should practise so that that same evil root of dispute does not flow onwards in the future. Thus there is the abandoning of that evil root of dispute; thus there is the non-continuance of that evil root of dispute in the future.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.