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Vinayapiṭaka · Parivāra · Vol. 8 · Section 854

[854] Therein, what are the six roots of dispute (vivādamūlāni)? Here a bhikkhu is angry (kodhano) and resentful (upanāhī). The 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). The bhikkhu who dwells without respect and without deference toward the Teacher, toward the Dhamma …, toward the Saṅgha …, and does not fulfill the training, creates dispute in the Saṅgha. Whatever dispute there is, it is for the harm of the multitude, for the unhappiness of the multitude, for the ruin, the harm, and the suffering (dukkha) of many people, of devas and human beings. If you should see such a root of dispute either internally or externally, then you should strive for the abandoning of that same evil root of dispute. If you should not see such a root of dispute either internally or externally, then you should practice so that that same evil root of dispute does not flow onward in the future. Thus there is the abandoning of that evil root of dispute; thus that evil root of dispute does not flow onward in the future. Furthermore, a bhikkhu is denigrating (makkhī) and domineering (palāsī) …; he is envious (issukī) and stingy (maccharī); he is crafty (saṭho) and deceitful (māyāvī); he is of evil wishes (pāpiccho) and holds wrong view (micchādiṭṭhi); he adheres to his own views (sandiṭṭhiparāmāsī), grasps them tenaciously (ādhānaggāhī), and relinquishes them with difficulty (duppaṭinissaggī). The bhikkhu who adheres to his own views, grasps them tenaciously, and relinquishes them with difficulty 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. The bhikkhu who dwells without respect and without deference toward the Teacher, toward the Dhamma …, toward the Saṅgha …, and does not fulfill the training, creates dispute in the Saṅgha. Whatever dispute there is, it is for the harm of the multitude, for the unhappiness of the multitude, for the ruin, the harm, and the suffering of many people, of devas and human beings. If you should see such a root of dispute either internally or externally, then you should strive for the abandoning of that same evil root of dispute. If you should not see such a root of dispute either internally or externally, then you should practice so that that same evil root of dispute does not flow onward in the future. Thus there is the abandoning of that evil root of dispute; thus that evil root of dispute does not flow onward in the future. These are the six roots of dispute.

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

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