俱舍論疏 18.28

18.28

From "The Śāstra says" to "there is no schism of the dharmacakra", the text explains the six conditions wherein there is no schism of the dharmacakra in the Sangha. The Vibhāṣā says: "It is not at the beginning or the end, because at these two times the assembly of bhikṣus is harmonious and of one taste in the noble teaching, and cannot be divided. It is not when the two boils have not yet erupted, which means when the two kinds of boils—of precepts and of views—have not yet arisen in the noble teaching. It is not when [the Sangha] has not yet harmoniously bound the boundary together, because there must be two divisions of the Sangha within a single boundary, dwelling separately with different convictions, before it is called a schism in the Sangha. It is not when the foremost pair has not yet been established, which means that before the foremost pair has been established, there is definitely no one capable of causing a schism of the dharmacakra in the Sangha. By the inherent nature of all Buddhas, they always have a foremost pair of noble disciples; if someone has caused a schism of the dharmacakra in the Sangha, before a day and night has elapsed, this foremost pair will reconcile them again. It is not after the Great Teacher's nirvāṇa, because if after the Great Teacher's parinirvāṇa someone were to say: 'I am the Great Teacher, not the Tathāgata', everyone would rebuke them together, saying: 'While the Great Teacher was in the world, why did you not say "I am the Great Teacher"? Now after his nirvāṇa, only then do you speak these words.' Therefore, it is certain that during these six times the dharmacakra is not divided; during the remaining times, the dharmacakra may be divided."