73(9)Sunetta
(1)"Bhikkhus,in the past there was a teacher named Sunetta,the founder of a spiritual sect,one without lust for sensual pleasures.
As at 6:54,where,however,the chain of past teachers ends at Jotipala.See too 7:66,where Sunetta alone is mentioned.The teacher Sunetta had many hundreds of disciples
to whom he taught a Dhamma for companionship with the brahmā world.
When he was teaching such a Dhamma,those who did not place confidence in him were,with the breakup of the body,after death,reborn in the plane of misery,in a bad destination,in the lower world,in hell;
but those who placed confidence in him were reborn in a good destination,in a heavenly world.
"In the past,bhikkhus,(2)there was a teacher named Mūgapakkha...(3)there was a teacher named Aranemi...(4)there was a teacher named Kuddala...(5)there was a teacher named Hatthipala...(6)there was a teacher named Jotipala...(7)there was a teacher named Araka,the founder of a spiritual sect,one without lust for sensual pleasures.
The teacher Araka had many hundreds of disciples
to whom he taught a Dhamma for companionship with the brahmā world.
When he [136]was teaching such a Dhamma,those who did not place confidencein him were,with the breakup of the body,after death,reborn in the plane of misery,in a bad destination,in the lower world,in hell;
but those who placed confidence in him were reborn in a good destination,in a heavenly world.
"What do you think,bhikkhus?These seven teachers were founders of spiritual sects,men without lust for sensual pleasures who had retinues of many hundreds of disciples.If,with a mind of hatred,one had insulted and reviled them and their communities of disciples,wouldn't one have generated much demerit?"
"Yes,Bhante."
"If,with a mind of hatred,one had insulted and reviled these six teachers together with their communities of disciples,one would have generated much demerit.
But if,with a mind of hatred,one reviles and abuses a single person accomplished in view,one generates even more demerit.
For what reason?
I say,bhikkhus,there is no injury against outsiders like that against[your]fellow monks.
I read with Be and Ee yathā'mam sabrahmacarisu,as against Ce yatha amham sabrahmacarisu.Ce has yatha'mam in the parallel at 6:54.See too pp.1762-63,notes 1364-66.Therefore,bhikkhus,you should train yourselves thus:
'We will not let hatred toward our fellow monks arise in our minds.'
Thus,bhikkhus,should you train yourselves."