8.
The Discourse on the Ox
108.
"Monks, there are these four oxen.
Which four?
One fierce towards its own herd but not towards another's herd, one fierce towards another's herd but not towards its own herd, one fierce towards both its own herd and another's herd, and one fierce towards neither its own herd nor another's herd -
these, monks, are the four oxen.
So too, monks, there are these four persons similar to oxen existing and found in the world.
Which four?
One fierce towards one's own assembly but not towards another's assembly, one fierce towards another's assembly but not towards one's own assembly, one fierce towards both one's own assembly and another's assembly, and one fierce towards neither one's own assembly nor another's assembly.
And how, monks, is a person fierce towards one's own assembly but not towards another's assembly? Here, monks, a certain person is one who agitates one's own assembly but not another's assembly. Thus, monks, a person is fierce towards one's own assembly but not towards another's assembly. Just as that ox, monks, is fierce towards its own herd but not towards another's herd; I say this person is similar to that, monks.
And how, monks, is a person fierce towards another's assembly but not towards one's own assembly? Here, monks, a certain person is one who agitates another's assembly but not one's own assembly. Thus, monks, a person is fierce towards another's assembly but not towards one's own assembly. Just as that ox, monks, is fierce towards another's herd but not towards its own herd; I say this person is similar to that, monks.
And how, monks, is a person fierce towards both one's own assembly and another's assembly? Here, monks, a certain person is one who agitates one's own assembly and another's assembly. Thus, monks, a person is fierce towards both one's own assembly and another's assembly. Just as that ox, monks, is fierce towards both its own herd and another's herd; I say this person is similar to that, monks.
And how, monks, is a person fierce towards neither one's own assembly nor another's assembly? Here, monks, a certain person is one who agitates neither one's own assembly nor another's assembly. Thus, monks, a person is fierce towards neither one's own assembly nor another's assembly. Just as that ox, monks, is fierce towards neither its own herd nor another's herd; I say this person is similar to that, monks. These, monks, are the four persons similar to oxen existing and found in the world." The eighth.