Itivuttakapāḷi
1. 2. 8. Saṅghabhedasuttaṁ (18)
vuttaṁ hetaṁ bhagavatā, vuttam-arahatā ti me sutaṁ:
“ekadhammo bhikkhave loke uppajjamāno uppajjati bahujanāhitāya bahujanāsukhāya bahuno janassa anatthāya ahitāya dukkhāya devamanussānaṁ. katamo ekadhammo? saṅghabhedo. saṅghe kho pana bhikkhave bhinne aññam-aññaṁ bhaṇḍanāni ceva honti, aññam-aññaṁ paribhāsā ca honti, aññam-aññaṁ parikkhepā ca honti, aññam-aññaṁ pariccajanā ca honti. tattha appasannā ceva nappasīdanti, pasannānañ-ca ekaccānaṁ aññathattaṁ hotī” ti.
etam-atthaṁ bhagavā avoca, tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:
“āpāyiko nerayiko kappaṭṭho saṅghabhedako,
vaggārāmo adhammaṭṭho yogakkhemā vidhaṁsati,
saṅghaṁ samaggaṁ bhetvāna kappaṁ nirayamhi paccatī” ti. [1]
ayam-pi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutan-ti.