[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [四分戒本疏卷第一．第二．第三](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787) › 3.7 # 四分戒本疏卷第一．第二．第三 3.7 四分戒本疏卷第一．第二．第三 3.7 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.3.7) 兩舌語戒第三　制意。夫出家同住無心生別。專構私屏。傳於彼此。令僧未有諍事。而生已有諍事不可除滅。聞亂僧眾惱懷處重。是故聖制　別緣有六。一善大比丘。除餘眾及破僧助伴等。二說鄙惡事。三傳於彼此。四作離意。五言章了了。六前人文知。論云。鬪亂大比丘提。餘眾罪輕。以鬪比丘容有別部。破僧事起為斯故重。亦有四句。比說可知。已下正明戒本。此戒因六群傳他彼此。令眾鬪諍。不能除滅。比丘舉過。佛引野干鬪諍二獸。況復於人。便為制戒。 > The third precept: divisive speech. Purpose of formulation: When those who have left home dwell together, they have no intention of creating divisions. Exclusively plotting in secret and private, relaying words between parties, causes disputes to arise in the Saṅgha where there were none, and makes disputes that already exist impossible to extinguish. Hearing this brings disturbance to the monastic assembly, and the harboring of distress is severe; therefore the Sage formulated the rule. The specific conditions are six: 1) a good, fully ordained bhikṣu—excluding the remaining assemblies, schismatic accomplices, and the like; 2) speaking of base and evil matters; 3) transmitting them between parties; 4) having the intention to divide; 5) the phraseology is distinct; 6) the other person hears and understands. The treatise states: Causing dissension among fully ordained bhikṣus is a prāyaścittika; for the remaining assemblies the offense is light. Because causing dissension among bhikṣus allows for the possibility of separate factions and the arising of schism, it is severe on this account. There are also four permutations, which may be understood by comparative explanation. Below is the direct explanation of the root precept text. This precept arose because the group of six transmitted words between parties, causing the assembly to engage in disputes that could not be extinguished. The bhikṣus reported the fault, and the Buddha cited the jackal causing dissension between two beasts, how much more so among human beings, whereupon he formulated the precept. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.3.6) - [Next: 3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.3.8) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787~en-mt.3.7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2787.3.7) · Pramāṇa