19. Unity in the Sangha
승가의 화합
This was said by the Lord....
"There is one thing, bhikkhus, which, when it appears in the world, appears for the welfare of many people, for the happiness of many people, for the good, welfare, and happiness of devas and humans. What is that one thing? It is unity in the Sangha. When the Sangha is united there are no mutual quarrels, mutual recriminations, mutual denigrations, and mutual expulsions. In this situation those who are unsympathetic are converted and those who are sympathetic increase in faith."
세존께서 이렇게 말씀하셨다고.... [나는 들었다].
“비구들이여! [세상에] 한 가지 일이 있는데, 그것이 세상에 나타날 때에는, 많은 사람들의 복리, 많은 사람들의 행복, 신과 인간들의 이익․복리와 행복을 위해서 나타나지요. 그 한 가지가 무엇일까요? 그것은 승가의 화합이오. 승가가 화합할 때에는 서로 논쟁․맞고소․중상․추방하는 일이 하나도 없소. 이런 상황에서는 [아직 불법에] 호의적이지 않은 사람들이 개종을 하며 [이미] 호의적인 사람들은 신심을 증진시키지요.”
Pleasant is unity in the Sangha.
One who helps those in unity,
Who delights in unity and is righteous,
Is not deprived of security from bondage.
By making the Sangha united
He rejoices in heaven for an aeon.
