{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an4.243/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an4.243","id":"suttacentral_an4.243","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.243/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"At one time the Buddha was staying near Kosamb\u012b in Ghosita\u2019s monastery. Then Venerable \u0100nanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to him, \u201cWell, \u0100nanda, has that disciplinary issue been settled yet?\u201d \u201cHow could it be, sir? Venerable Anuruddha\u2019s prot\u00e9g\u00e9 B\u0101hiya remains entirely committed to creating a schism in the Sa\u1e45gha. But Anuruddha doesn\u2019t think to say a single word about it.\u201d \u201cBut \u0100nanda, since when has Anuruddha been involved in disciplinary issues in the midst of the Sa\u1e45gha? Shouldn\u2019t you, together with S\u0101riputta and Moggall\u0101na, settle all disciplinary issues that come up? A bad monk sees four reasons to relish schism in the Sa\u1e45gha. What four? Take an unethical monk, of bad qualities, filthy, with suspicious behavior, underhand, no true ascetic or spiritual practitioner\u2014though claiming to be one\u2014rotten inside, festering, and depraved. He thinks: \u2018Suppose the monks know that I\u2019m a bad monk \u2026 If they\u2019re in harmony, they\u2019ll expel me, but if they\u2019re divided they won\u2019t.\u2019 A bad monk sees this as the first reason to relish schism in the Sa\u1e45gha. Furthermore, a bad monk has wrong view, he\u2019s attached to an extremist view. He thinks: \u2018Suppose the monks know that I have wrong view \u2026 If they\u2019re in harmony they\u2019ll expel me, but if they\u2019re divided they won\u2019t.\u2019 A bad monk sees this as the second reason to relish schism in the Sa\u1e45gha. Furthermore, a bad monk has wrong livelihood and earns a living by wrong livelihood. He thinks: \u2018Suppose the monks know that I have wrong livelihood \u2026 If they\u2019re in harmony they\u2019ll expel me, but if they\u2019re divided they won\u2019t.\u2019 A bad monk sees this as the third reason to relish schism in the Sa\u1e45gha. Furthermore, a bad monk desires material things, honor, and admiration. He thinks: \u2018Suppose the monks know that I desire material things, honor, and admiration. If they\u2019re in harmony they won\u2019t honor, respect, revere, or venerate me, but if they\u2019re divided they will.\u2019 A bad monk sees this as the fourth reason to relish schism in the Sa\u1e45gha. A bad monk sees these four reasons to relish schism in the Sa\u1e45gha.\u201d","title":"Schism in the Sa\u1e45gha","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":359}