Aṅguttara Nikāya
Pañcaka Nipāta
XXII. Akkosaka-Vagga

The Book of the Fives

Chapter XXII: The Abuser

Sutta 212

Bhaṇḍana-Kāraka Suttaṃ

Strife

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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 disputes¹ —
five disadvantages may be expected for him.

What five?

He² 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.