19. Unity in the Sangha

Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:

“Ekadhammo, bhikkhave, loke uppajjamāno uppajjati bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṁ.

Katamo ekadhammo?

Saṅghasāmaggī.

Saṅghe kho pana, bhikkhave, samagge na ceva aññamaññaṁ bhaṇḍanāni honti, na ca aññamaññaṁ paribhāsā honti, na ca aññamaññaṁ parikkhepā honti, na ca aññamaññaṁ pariccajanā honti.

Tattha appasannā ceva pasīdanti, pasannānañca bhiyyobhāvo hotī”ti.

Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.

Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:

“Sukhā saṅghassa sāmaggī,

samaggānañcanuggaho;

Samaggarato dhammaṭṭho,

yogakkhemā na dhaṁsati;

Saṅghaṁ samaggaṁ katvāna,

kappaṁ saggamhi modatī”ti.

Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.

Navamaṁ.

This was said by the Lord…

“There is one thing, bhikkhus, which, when it appears in the world, appears for the welfare of many people, for the happiness of many people, for the good, welfare, and happiness of devas and humans. What is that one thing? It is unity in the Sangha. When the Sangha is united there are no mutual quarrels, mutual recriminations, mutual denigrations, and mutual expulsions. In this situation those who are unsympathetic are converted and those who are sympathetic increase in faith.”

Pleasant is unity in the Sangha.
One who helps those in unity,
Who delights in unity and is righteous,
Is not deprived of security from bondage.
By making the Sangha united
He rejoices in heaven for an aeon.