Lzh Mg Bi Pm Sk 34Na sakthni
Pāli / Sanskrit:Na sakthni
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Commentary on the Na Sakthni Sutta
Background
The Na Sakthni Sutta (Pāli: "Things That Are Not Permitted") is found within the Vinaya Piṭaka of the Pāli Canon, the normative and disciplinary collection of the Theravāda Buddhist Sangha. The Vinaya Piṭaka is divided into three main sections: the Sutta Vibhaṅga (detailed analysis of the precepts), the Khandhaka (chapters), and the Parivāra (appendix). The Na Sakthni Sutta belongs to the Parivāra section, which preserves legal histories, detailed prohibitions, and the principles of communal life for the community of monks and nuns.
This is a collection of practical guidelines that the Blessed One taught in order to maintain discipline within the Sangha. Any monastery or community of monastics must observe these rules in order to safeguard the purity of the Dharma and to ensure a harmonious environment for practice.
Principal Contents
The Na Sakthni focuses on a list of impermissible actions (akusala, unwholesome) that monks and nuns must avoid. These prohibitions are not merely ethical in character; they also serve a practical purpose: to help monastics train the mind, restrain the sense faculties, and cultivate a noble character.
The sutta enumerates such actions as lying, stealing, killing, ingratitude, consuming intoxicants, and lewdness—offenses whose violation leads to various forms of redress: from purification (pārisuddhi) for minor infractions, to probation outside the Sangha (parivāsa) for serious violations, or even patisanthāra (exclusion from communion with the community) in cases that admit of no remedy.
In addition to the actions that are prohibited, this sutta also prescribes certain conditions that must be observed: regarding eating and drinking, the wearing of robes, conduct in relation to women, and economic activities. Each regulation has a profound rationale, connected to the preservation of the Dharma and the protection of the honor of the Sangha.
Practical Significance
As a part of the Vinaya Piṭaka, the Na Sakthni is not merely a vague set of prohibitions.
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