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The Discourse on the Sources of Contention
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"There are, monks, these six sources of contention.
What are the six?
Here, monks, a monk is prone to wrath and bears grudges.
Monks, a monk who is prone to wrath and bears grudges, he dwells disrespectful towards the Teacher, not deferential, dwells disrespectful towards the Teaching, not deferential, dwells disrespectful towards the Community, not deferential, and is not one who fulfils the training.
Monks, a monk who dwells disrespectful towards the Teacher, not deferential, dwells disrespectful towards the Teaching, not deferential, dwells disrespectful towards the Community, not deferential, is not one who fulfils the training, he generates contention in the Community, which contention is for the harm of many people, for the unhappiness of many people, for the harm, for the detriment, for the suffering of gods and humans.
If you, monks, should perceive such a source of contention internally or externally.
There you, monks, should strive for the abandoning of that very evil source of contention.
If you, monks, should not perceive such a source of contention internally or externally, there you, monks, should proceed for the non-flowing in the future of that very evil source of contention.
Thus there is the abandoning of this evil source of contention.
Thus there is the non-flowing in the future of this evil source of contention.
"Furthermore, monks, a monk is one who depreciates another's worth and is spiteful. Etc. He is envious and stingy. He is fraudulent and deceitful. He has evil desires and has wrong view. He is adhering to his own views, holding on to them tenaciously, relinquishing them with difficulty. Monks, a monk who is adhering to his own views, holding on to them tenaciously, relinquishing them with difficulty, he dwells disrespectful towards the Teacher, not deferential, dwells disrespectful towards the Teaching, not deferential, dwells disrespectful towards the Community, not deferential, and is not one who fulfils the training. Monks, a monk who dwells disrespectful towards the Teacher, not deferential, towards the Teaching, etc. dwells disrespectful towards the Community, not deferential, is not one who fulfils the training, he generates contention in the Community, which contention is for the harm of many people, for the unhappiness of many people, for the harm, for the detriment, for the suffering of gods and humans. If you, monks, should perceive such a source of contention internally or externally. There you, monks, should strive for the abandoning of that very evil source of contention. If you, monks, should not perceive such a source of contention internally or externally. There you, monks, should proceed for the non-flowing in the future of that very evil source of contention. Thus there is the abandoning of this evil source of contention. Thus there is the non-flowing in the future of this evil source of contention. These, monks, are the six sources of contention." The sixth.