Aṅguttara Nikāya
Pañcaka Nipāta
XXII. Akkosaka-Vagga
The Book of the Gradual Sayings
The Book of the Fives
Chapter XXII: The Abuser
Sutta 212
Bhaṇḍana-Kāraka Suttaɱ
Strife
Translated by E. M. Hare
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[1] Thus have I heard:
Once the Exalted One dwelt near Sāvatthī;
and there he addressed the monks, saying:
"Monks."
'Yes, lord,' they replied;
and the Exalted One said:
"Monks, that monk who is a maker of strife,
a maker of quarrels,
a maker of contention,
a maker of brawls,
a maker of disputes[1] —
five disadvantages may be expected for him.
What five?
He[2] reaches not the unreached (state);
he falls away from the reached;
an evil rumour of his worth spreads abroad;
he dies muddled (in thought);
and on the breaking up of the body after death
he arises in the wayward way,
the ill way,
the abyss,
hell.
Monks, that monk who is a maker of strife,
a maker of quarrels,
a maker of contention,
a maker of brawls,
a maker of disputes —
these five disadvantages may be expected for him.'
[1] Cf. Vin. i, 328; ii, 1.
