1"Bhikkhus, I will teach you about co-residency among the bad and about co-residency among the good. Listen and attend closely. I will speak."

"Yes, Bhante," those bhikkhus replied. The Blessed One said this:

"And how is there co-residency among the bad, and how do the bad live together? Here, it occurs to an elder bhikkhu: ‘An elder bhikkhu—or one of middle standing or a junior bhikkhu—should not correct me. [n.295] Mp: "By ‘should not correct me,’ this is meant: ‘He should not give me exhortation or instruction; he should not correct me.’" I should not correct an elder bhikkhu, or one of middle standing or a junior bhikkhu. If an elder bhikkhu corrects me, he might do so without sympathy, not sympathetically. I would then say "No!" to him and would trouble him, [n.296] No ti naṁ vadeyyaṁ. Mp: "I would then say to him, ‘I will not do what you say,’ and I would trouble him by not doing what he says." and even seeing my offense I would not make amends for it. If a bhikkhu of middle standing corrects me … If a junior bhikkhu corrects me, he might do so without sympathy, not sympathetically. I would then say "No!" to him and would trouble him, and even seeing my offense I would not make amends for it.’

"It occurs, too, to a bhikkhu of middle standing … to a junior bhikkhu: ‘An elder bhikkhu—or one of middle standing or a junior bhikkhu—should not correct me. I should not correct an elder bhikkhu … … and even seeing my offense I would not make amends for it.’ It is in this way that there is co-residency among the bad, and it is in this way that the bad live together.

"And how, bhikkhus, is there co-residency among the good, and how do the good live together? Here, it occurs to an elder bhikkhu: ‘An elder bhikkhu—and one of middle standing and a junior bhikkhu—should correct me. I should correct an elder bhikkhu, one of middle standing, and a junior bhikkhu. If an elder bhikkhu corrects me, he might do so sympathetically, not without sympathy. I would then say "Good!" to him and would not trouble him, and seeing my offense I would make amends for it. If a bhikkhu of middle standing speaks to me … If a junior bhikkhu corrects me, he might do so sympathetically, not without sympathy, I would then say "Good!" to him and would not trouble him, and seeing my offense I would make amends for it.’

"It occurs, too, to a bhikkhu of middle standing … to a junior bhikkhu: ‘An elder bhikkhu—and one of middle standing and a junior bhikkhu—should correct me. I should correct an elder bhikkhu … and seeing my offense I would make amends for it.’ It is in this way that there is co-residency among the good, and it is in this way that the good live together."

1"Asantasannivāsañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi santasannivāsañca. Taṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha, bhāsissāmī"ti. "Evaṁ, bhante"ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.

Bhagavā etadavoca:

2"Kathañca, bhikkhave, asantasannivāso hoti, kathañca asanto sannivasanti? Idha, bhikkhave, therassa bhikkhuno evaṁ hoti: ‘theropi maṁ na vadeyya, majjhimopi maṁ na vadeyya, navopi maṁ na vadeyya; therampāhaṁ na vadeyyaṁ, majjhimampāhaṁ na vadeyyaṁ, navampāhaṁ na vadeyyaṁ. Thero cepi maṁ vadeyya ahitānukampī maṁ vadeyya no hitānukampī, noti naṁ vadeyyaṁ viheṭheyyaṁ passampissa nappaṭikareyyaṁ. Majjhimo cepi maṁ vadeyya … pe … navo cepi maṁ vadeyya, ahitānukampī maṁ vadeyya no hitānukampī, noti naṁ vadeyyaṁ viheṭheyyaṁ passampissa nappaṭikareyyaṁ’. Majjhimassapi bhikkhuno evaṁ hoti … pe … navassapi bhikkhuno evaṁ hoti: ‘theropi maṁ na vadeyya, majjhimopi maṁ na vadeyya, navopi maṁ na vadeyya; therampāhaṁ na vadeyyaṁ, majjhimampāhaṁ na vadeyyaṁ, navampāhaṁ na vadeyyaṁ. Thero cepi maṁ vadeyya ahitānukampī maṁ vadeyya no hitānukampī noti naṁ vadeyyaṁ viheṭheyyaṁ passampissa nappaṭikareyyaṁ. Majjhimo cepi maṁ vadeyya … navo cepi maṁ vadeyya ahitānukampī maṁ vadeyya no hitānukampī, noti naṁ vadeyyaṁ viheṭheyyaṁ passampissa nappaṭikareyyaṁ’. Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, asantasannivāso hoti, evañca asanto sannivasanti.

3Kathañca, bhikkhave, santasannivāso hoti, kathañca santo sannivasanti? Idha, bhikkhave, therassa bhikkhuno evaṁ hoti: ‘theropi maṁ vadeyya, majjhimopi maṁ vadeyya, navopi maṁ vadeyya; therampāhaṁ vadeyyaṁ, majjhimampāhaṁ vadeyyaṁ, navampāhaṁ vadeyyaṁ. Thero cepi maṁ vadeyya hitānukampī maṁ vadeyya no ahitānukampī, sādhūti naṁ vadeyyaṁ na naṁ viheṭheyyaṁ passampissa paṭikareyyaṁ. Majjhimo cepi maṁ vadeyya … pe … navo cepi maṁ vadeyya hitānukampī maṁ vadeyya no ahitānukampī, sādhūti naṁ vadeyyaṁ na naṁ viheṭheyyaṁ passampissa paṭikareyyaṁ’. Majjhimassapi bhikkhuno evaṁ hoti … pe … navassapi bhikkhuno evaṁ hoti: ‘theropi maṁ vadeyya, majjhimopi maṁ vadeyya, navopi maṁ vadeyya; therampāhaṁ vadeyyaṁ, majjhimampāhaṁ vadeyyaṁ, navampāhaṁ vadeyyaṁ. Thero cepi maṁ vadeyya hitānukampī maṁ vadeyya no ahitānukampī, sādhūti naṁ vadeyyaṁ na naṁ viheṭheyyaṁ passampissa paṭikareyyaṁ. Majjhimo cepi maṁ vadeyya … pe … navo cepi maṁ vadeyya hitānukampī maṁ vadeyya no ahitānukampī, sādhūti naṁ vadeyyaṁ na naṁ viheṭheyyaṁ passampissa paṭikareyyaṁ’. Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, santasannivāso hoti, evañca santo sannivasantī"ti.