Lzh Mg Bi Vb As 2Resolution Through Recollection
Pāli / Sanskrit:Sativinaya
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SATIVINAYA: RESOLUTION OF CONDUCT THROUGH THE FOUNDATION OF RIGHT MINDFULNESS
Context
Sativinaya (Resolution of conduct through Right Mindfulness) is a disciplinary regulation in the traditional Theravāda Vinaya Piṭaka, belonging to the Bhikkhunī Vibhaṅga—the rules governing bhikkhunīs. Within the context of the Saṅgha community of Buddhist monastics, disciplinary regulations are not merely simple prohibitions, but are means of education, helping monastics to maintain mindfulness in every action.
This text belongs to the Bhikkhunī Pātimokkha (the recitation compendium of the bhikkhunīs), the collection of rules of conduct that female monastics must observe. Rather than merely imposing penalties or exclusions, Theravāda Buddhism emphasizes practice through mindfulness (sati) as a central factor in self-awareness and self-regulation.
Principal Content
Sativinaya indicates that when a bhikkhunī becomes aware that she has transgressed a certain rule, the best means of resolving that transgression is not to evade or conceal it, but rather to proceed through recollection (anussati—re-mindfulness) of the nature of the action and its consequences. This is an internal process, known as "pativissajjana"—voluntary acknowledgment grounded in mindfulness.
In practice, if a monastic becomes self-aware of her fault through the foundation of mindfulness, she is capable of educating herself without needing to await external adjudication. This process encompasses a clear understanding of the fault, remorse (paṭipadā), and the resolve not to repeat that action. This reflects the Theravāda philosophy that practice is not a matter of formal compliance, but rather of inner transformation through the mind.
Sativinaya also reflects the principle of protecting the spirit of the monastic—that is, if a monastic is sincere in recollecting and remaining wakeful with regard to her own fault, she is still regarded as maintaining the integrity of the Vinaya, because the Vinaya is not an external form of control, but an expression of a pure mind.
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