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The traditional account on the quarrel of the monks in Kosambi does notexplain the true cause of the conflict and almost all of the works which have been studied repeatedly state that the incident happened between two Bhikkhu groups.
However, it seems that the cause of the quarrel is the dis-sension of the Bhānaka according to the Dhammapadatthakathā. The Buddhist principles in action cannot be said to be wrong unless the offender consciously intends it. Nevertheless, the Dhammkathika monk was excommunicated by a group of Vinayadharā, At first this was a dispute between two individuals but it became serious conflict between two groups.
There must has been a dissension between two groups in devel-oping the difference of the Bhānaka. On the ground of the fact, we can see a deep conflict between the two, Vinayadharā and Dhammakathikā.
This incident was probably the quarrel in the early stage in de-veloping their differences. And Pāli Atthakathā state that there are references to the different views held by the Vinayadharā and Dhammakathikā or Suttantikā
The original purpose for which the Bhānaka was established was a very useful one. But for this division of labour, it would have been impossible to hand down orally the teachings of the Buddha from the time of his Parinibbāna to this time. However, as time went on, the Bhānaka system tended to create factions among the bhikkhus.
It should be said that the incident at Kosambi shows the early stage of a dissension between Bhānakas and the true cause of the quarrel exists in the dissension between Bhānaka.