Itivuttaka 18

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18. Sanghabhedasuttam (Causing Schism in Sangha)

This was said by the Lord Buddha(Bhagavata), said by the Arahant, so I have heard:

“One thing, monks, when arising in the world, arises for the detriment of many, for the unhappiness of many, for the detriment & unhappiness of many beings, both human & divine. Which one thing? Schism in the Sangha(order). When the Sangha is split, there are arguments with one another, there is abuse of one another, ganging up on one another, abandoning of one another. There those with little confidence [in the teaching] lose all Confidence, while some of those who are

confident become otherwise.”

Doomed for an eon to deprivation, to hell: one who has split the Sangha(monks order). Delighting in factions, unjudicious— he’s barred from safety from bondage. Having split a Sangha in concord, he gets cooked for an eon in hell.