Friends:

Harmful is all Divisive Speech, which causes Conflict & Hostility!

Once in Savatthi, the Blessed Buddha said this:

What, householder friends, is the Dhamma explanation befitting for oneself? Here, householder friends, a Noble Disciple reflects thus: If someone were to divide me from my friends by divisive speech, splitting, disruptive, & pernicious, that would neither be pleasing nor agreeable to me. Similarly, if I were to divide another from his friends by divisive speech, splitting, & causing disharmony that would neither be pleasing nor agreeable nor acceptable to that other one either!

What is displeasing and disagreeable to me, is also displeasing and disagreeable to any other being too. How can I harm & hurt another being with what provoke annoy and exasperate myself? Having reflected repeatedly thus, then gradually:

1: He/she will carefully avoid all divisive, splitting, disruptive, & evil speech...
2: He/she will persuade others also to abstain from all divisive wrong speech...
3: He/she will praise speaking only harmony that unites friends and even foes...
 

In this very way is this advantageous verbal behaviour purified in 3 respects!!
 

Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya. [V:355] section 55: Sotāpattisamyutta. Thread 7: To the people at the Bamboo gate...
 

One should never harm other beings by Dividing them with Spitting Speech!
 

More on Not Splitting by Speech:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Truth_Triumphs.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_Three_Doors.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/What_is_Right_Speech.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Fourfold_Right_Speech.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Optimal_Observance_IV.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Good_Action_dilutes_Evil_Kamma.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Evil_Kamma_enhances_other_Evil_K...
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Good_Action_enhances_other_Good_...

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