{"collection":"Khuddaka Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_ud5.8/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_ud5.8","id":"suttacentral_ud5.8","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/ud5.8/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Khuddaka Nikaya"],"text":"So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near R\u0101jagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels\u2019 feeding ground. Now at that time Venerable \u0100nanda robed up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, entered R\u0101jagaha for alms. Devadatta saw him wandering for alms, so he went up to him and said, \u201cFrom this day forth, Reverend \u0100nanda, I shall perform the sabbath and legal proceedings of the Sa\u1e45gha apart from the Buddha and the Sa\u1e45gha of mendicants.\u201d Then \u0100nanda wandered for alms in R\u0101jagaha. After the meal, on his return from almsround, he went to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and told him what had just happened, adding: \u201cToday, sir, Devadatta will split the Sa\u1e45gha. He will perform the sabbath and legal proceedings of the Sa\u1e45gha.\u201d Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment: \u201cIt\u2019s easy for the good to do good, but for the bad, doing good is hard. For the bad, it\u2019s easy to do bad, but for the noble ones, doing bad is hard.\u201d","title":"Schism in the Sa\u1e45gha","tradition":"Khuddaka Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":180}