僧羯磨 3.4

3.4

Let the saṃgha, bhadantas, listen! This bhikṣu So-and-so delights in quarreling and dispute, mutually reviling, their mouths uttering swords and knives, seeking each other's faults. After having quarreled himself, if there are further other bhikṣus who quarrel, he immediately goes to them and encourages them, saying: 'Exert yourselves, do not let yourselves be worse than the others! You have much learning and wisdom, your wealth is superior, and you have many acquaintances; we shall be your allies!' Thus causing the saṃgha to have disputatious matters where there were none, and not extinguishing disputatious matters where they already existed. If the saṃgha's time has arrived, may the saṃgha hear and approve: let the saṃgha perform the tarjanīya-karman for the bhikṣu So-and-so; if later he should again quarrel and mutually revile, the saṃgha will deal with him by increasing his offenses. This is the ñatti.