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#### 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 Suttaṁ

# Strife

Translated by E. M. Hare

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[185]

[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.

[2] Cf.. A. v, 169, 317.

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