Buddham Dhammam

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“There are, mendicants, these two assemblies. “Dvemā, bhikkhave, parisā. What two? Katamā dve? An assembly with unprincipled speech, and an assembly with principled speech. Adhammavādinī ca parisā dhammavādinī ca parisā. And what is an assembly with unprincipled speech? Katamā ca, bhikkhave, adhammavādinī parisā? It is an assembly where the mendicants take up disciplinary issues, whether legitimate or not. Idha, bhikkhave, yassaṁ parisāyaṁ bhikkhū adhikaraṇaṁ ādiyanti dhammikaṁ vā adhammikaṁ vā. But they don’t persuade each other or allow themselves to be persuaded, nor do they convince each other or allow themselves to be convinced. Te taṁ adhikaraṇaṁ ādiyitvā na ceva aññamaññaṁ saññāpenti na ca saññattiṁ upagacchanti, na ca nijjhāpenti na ca nijjhattiṁ upagacchanti. Unable to persuade or convince each other, they can’t let go of their opinions. They obstinately stick to that disciplinary issue, insisting that: Te asaññattibalā anijjhattibalā appaṭinissaggamantino tameva adhikaraṇaṁ thāmasā parāmāsā abhinivissa voharanti: ‘This is the only truth, anything else is futile.’ ‘idameva saccaṁ moghamaññan’ti. This is called an assembly with unprincipled speech. Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, adhammavādinī parisā.

And what is an assembly with principled speech? Katamā ca, bhikkhave, dhammavādinī parisā? It is an assembly where the mendicants take up disciplinary issues, whether legitimate or not. Idha, bhikkhave, yassaṁ parisāyaṁ bhikkhū adhikaraṇaṁ ādiyanti dhammikaṁ vā adhammikaṁ vā. Then they persuade each other or allow themselves to be persuaded, and they convince each other or allow themselves to be convinced. Te taṁ adhikaraṇaṁ ādiyitvā aññamaññaṁ saññāpenti ceva saññattiñca upagacchanti, nijjhāpenti ceva nijjhattiñca upagacchanti. Since they are able to persuade and convince each other, they let go of their opinions. They don’t obstinately stick to that disciplinary issue or insist that: Te saññattibalā nijjhattibalā paṭinissaggamantino, na tameva adhikaraṇaṁ thāmasā parāmāsā abhinivissa voharanti: ‘This is the only truth, anything else is futile.’ ‘idameva saccaṁ moghamaññan’ti. This is called an assembly with principled speech. Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, dhammavādinī parisā. These are the two assemblies. Imā kho, bhikkhave, dve parisā. The better of these two assemblies is the assembly with principled speech.” Etadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, imāsaṁ dvinnaṁ parisānaṁ yadidaṁ dhammavādinī parisā”ti.

Parisavaggo pañcamo.

Tassuddānaṁ

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