Lzh Mi Bi Pm Sk 57Nojjighrantaḥ
Pāli / Sanskrit:Nojjighrantaḥ
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An Explanation of the Nojjighrantaḥ Discourse
Background
The Nojjighrantaḥ discourse is found in the Vinaya Piṭaka of the Pāli Canon, one of the most fundamental normative texts of Theravāda Buddhism. The Vinaya Piṭaka consists of three principal parts: the Sutta Vibhaṅga (the basic rules), the Khandhaka (the chapters), and the Parivāra (the appendix). The Nojjighrantaḥ discourse belongs to the normative domain concerning the lifestyle and attitude of bhikkhus.
The word “Nojjighrantaḥ” means “not attached” or “not bound,” indicating a spiritual state that the Buddha encouraged his practicing disciples to attain. In the context of the Vinaya Piṭaka, this discourse is often taught to guide bhikkhus in maintaining a spirit of liberation, not allowing external conditions, relationships, or social ties to make them lose sight of the aim of practice.
Main Content
The Nojjighrantaḥ discourse emphasizes the basic principle that a bhikkhu or bhikkhunī who truly practices according to the Buddha-Dharma must keep a free mind, not constrained by emotional, material, or social bonds. Nonattachment (nojjighrantaḥ) does not mean being unfeeling or cold, but rather a psychological balance: not isolated from the world, yet not allowing the world to govern one’s mind.
The discourse points out that practitioners tend to become “attached” to many things: first to gains (lābha), fame (yasa), or praise (pasaṃsā). These very things become chains binding the spirit, causing the practitioner to lose the direction of practice. The Buddha taught that a true bhikkhu should live like a piece of driftwood, always ready to depart, attached to nothing at all.
The Vinaya Piṭaka also relates this to the Five Precepts (pañcasīla) and the basic practices, affirming that ethical foundation is the prerequisite for the mind not becoming attached to harmful actions.
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