Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

3: The Book of the Threes

124. Arguments

1"Bhikkhus, wherever bhikkhus take to arguing and quarreling and fall into a dispute, stabbing each other with piercing words, I am uneasy even about directing my attention there, let alone about going there. I conclude about them: ‘Surely, those venerable ones have abandoned three things and cultivated three other things.’

"What are the three things they have abandoned? Thoughts of renunciation, thoughts of good will, and thoughts of non-harming. These are the three things they have abandoned.


"What are the three things they have cultivated? Sensual thoughts, thoughts of ill will, and thoughts of harming. These are the three things they have cultivated.

"Wherever bhikkhus take to arguing and quarreling and fall into a dispute … I conclude: ‘Surely, those venerable ones have abandoned these three things and cultivated these three other things.’

2"Bhikkhus, wherever bhikkhus are dwelling in concord, harmoniously, without disputes, blending like milk and water, viewing each other with eyes of affection, I am at ease about going there, let alone about directing my attention there. I conclude: ‘Surely, those venerable ones have abandoned three things and cultivated three other things.’


"What are the three things they have abandoned? Sensual thoughts, thoughts of ill will, and thoughts of harming. These are the three things they have abandoned.

"What are the three things they have cultivated? Thoughts of renunciation, thoughts of good will, and thoughts of non-harming. These are the three things they have cultivated.


"Wherever bhikkhus are dwelling in concord … I conclude: ‘Surely, those venerable ones have abandoned these three things and cultivated these three other things.’"

1"Yassaṁ, bhikkhave, disāyaṁ bhikkhū bhaṇḍanajātā kalahajātā vivādāpannā aññamaññaṁ mukhasattīhi vitudantā viharanti, manasi kātumpi me esā, bhikkhave, disā na phāsu hoti, pageva gantuṁ. Niṭṭhamettha gacchāmi: ‘addhā te āyasmanto tayo dhamme pajahiṁsu, tayo dhamme bahulamakaṁsu.

Katame tayo dhamme pajahiṁsu? Nekkhammavitakkaṁ, abyāpādavitakkaṁ, avihiṁsāvitakkaṁ – ime tayo dhamme pajahiṁsu.


Katame tayo dhamme bahulamakaṁsu? Kāmavitakkaṁ, byāpādavitakkaṁ, vihiṁsāvitakkaṁ – ime tayo dhamme bahulamakaṁsu’.

Yassaṁ, bhikkhave, disāyaṁ bhikkhū bhaṇḍanajātā kalahajātā vivādāpannā aññamaññaṁ mukhasattīhi vitudantā viharanti, manasi kātumpi me esā, bhikkhave, disā na phāsu hoti, pageva gantuṁ. Niṭṭhamettha gacchāmi: ‘addhā te āyasmanto ime tayo dhamme pajahiṁsu, ime tayo dhamme bahulamakaṁsu’.

2Yassaṁ pana, bhikkhave, disāyaṁ bhikkhū samaggā sammodamānā avivadamānā khīrodakībhūtā aññamaññaṁ piyacakkhūhi sampassantā viharanti, gantumpi me esā, bhikkhave, disā phāsu hoti, pageva manasi kātuṁ. Niṭṭhamettha gacchāmi: ‘addhā te āyasmanto tayo dhamme pajahiṁsu, tayo dhamme bahulamakaṁsu.


Katame tayo dhamme pajahiṁsu? Kāmavitakkaṁ, byāpādavitakkaṁ, vihiṁsāvitakkaṁ – ime tayo dhamme pajahiṁsu.

Katame tayo dhamme bahulamakaṁsu? Nekkhammavitakkaṁ, abyāpādavitakkaṁ, avihiṁsāvitakkaṁ – ime tayo dhamme bahulamakaṁsu’.


Yassaṁ, bhikkhave, disāyaṁ bhikkhū samaggā sammodamānā avivadamānā khīrodakībhūtā aññamaññaṁ piyacakkhūhi sampassantā viharanti, gantumpi me esā, bhikkhave, disā phāsu hoti, pageva manasi kātuṁ. Niṭṭhamettha gacchāmi: ‘addhā te āyasmanto ime tayo dhamme pajahiṁsu, ime tayo dhamme bahulamakaṁsū’"ti.


Dutiyaṁ.

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