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若比丘兩舌語者波逸提　此滿足戒本文有三句。一犯人。二兩舌。三結罪。初句可知。二言兩舌語者。鬪亂兩頭令他破也。故律云。鬪亂十眾。出家五眾在家亦爾。三言波逸提者。是結犯文。律云。若鬪亂比丘者犯提。餘九悉輕。祇云。以惡法告言某甲說。汝是無有上中下法。欲令他離。若彼離不離皆墮。多論說以更說墮。若不傳彼此語。但兩邊說合離散者一切吉羅。不犯中。律云。若破惡知識惡伴黨。和上同師親友知識。於僧塔廟作無利。欲方便作無義。破如是人者。一切無犯。

"If a bhikṣu speaks divisive words, it is a prāyaścittika." This complete precept text has three clauses: first, the offender; second, divisive speech; third, the determination of the offense. The first clause is self-evident. Second, as for "speaks divisive words": it means causing dissension between both sides to make others break apart. Therefore the Vinaya states: causing dissension among the ten assemblies—the five home-leaving assemblies, and the householders are likewise. Third, as for "it is a prāyaścittika": this is the text determining the offense. The Vinaya states: If one causes dissension among bhikṣus, one commits a prāyaścittika; for the remaining nine, all are light. The Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya states: Informing [someone] with bad dharmas, saying, "So-and-so says you have no superior, middling, or inferior dharmas," intending to cause them to separate—whether they separate or do not separate, all are a fall. The Sarvāstivāda-vinaya-vibhāṣā states that repeating what was said is a fall. If one does not transmit words between both sides, but merely speaks on both sides urging separation, all incur a duṣkṛta. Under non-offenses, the Vinaya states: If one breaks up bad acquaintances, evil factions, upādhyāyas, fellow teachers, kin, and acquaintances who cause harm to the Saṅgha's stūpas and temples, desiring through expedients to stop their harmful acts—breaking up such persons constitutes no offense whatsoever.