Disputes

Venerable Upali approached The Blessed One, worshipped, sat on a side and said:

“Venerable sir, why do quarrels, taking sides and disputes arise to the bhikkhu which take away the pleasant abiding of the bhikkhu?

“Here, Upali, the bhikkhu shows the non-Teaching as the Teaching and the Teaching as the non-Teaching. The non-discipline as the discipline and the discipline as the non discipline. The not told and not declared by the Thus Gone One as told and declared by the Thus Gone One. The told and declared by the Thus Gone One as the not told and not declared by the Thus Gone One. The not practised by the Thus Gone One as the practised by the Thus Gone One. The practised by the Thus Gone One as the not practised by the Thus Gone One. The not pointed out by the Thus Gone One as the pointed out by the Thus Gone One The pointed out by the Thus Gone One as the not pointed out by the Thus Gone One. Upali, on account of these reasons, quarrels, taking sides and disputes arise to the bhikkhu which take away the pleasant abiding of the bhikkhu.