[406] "Venerable sir, it is said, 'concord of the Saṅgha (saṅghasāmaggī), concord of the Saṅgha.' To what extent, venerable sir, is the Saṅgha in concord?"
"Here, Upāli, bhikkhus explain what is not Dhamma as 'not Dhamma'; they explain what is Dhamma as 'Dhamma'; they explain what is not Vinaya as 'not Vinaya'; they explain what is Vinaya as 'Vinaya'; they explain what was not spoken, not uttered by the Tathāgata as 'not spoken, not uttered by the Tathāgata'; they explain what was spoken, uttered by the Tathāgata as 'spoken, uttered by the Tathāgata'; they explain what was not practised by the Tathāgata as 'not practised by the Tathāgata'; they explain what was practised by the Tathāgata as 'practised by the Tathāgata'; they explain what was not laid down by the Tathāgata as 'not laid down by the Tathāgata'; they explain what was laid down by the Tathāgata as 'laid down by the Tathāgata'; they explain a non-offense (anāpatti) as 'a non-offense'; they explain an offense (āpatti) as 'an offense'; they explain a light offense as 'a light offense'; they explain a grave offense as 'a grave offense'; they explain an offense with remainder as 'an offense with remainder'; they explain an offense without remainder as 'an offense without remainder'; they explain a gross offense as 'a gross offense'; they explain an offense that is not gross as 'an offense that is not gross.'
"They do not draw apart, they do not split away, on account of these eighteen grounds; they do not perform a separate Uposatha, they do not perform a separate Pavāraṇā, they do not perform a separate formal act of the Saṅgha (saṅghakamma). To this extent, Upāli, the Saṅgha is in concord."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.