Lzh Mi Bi Vb Sk 42Na viḍaṅgikaya niṣatsyāma
Pāli / Sanskrit:Na viḍaṅgikaya niṣatsyāma
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Exposition of the Na viḍaṅgikaya niṣatsyāma Discourse
A Discourse on Not Abandoning Disciplinary Principles
Context
The Na viḍaṅgikaya niṣatsyāma discourse belongs to the Vinaya Piṭaka in the early Pāli Canon, one of the profound legal sections guiding the community of monks and nuns. The title means "We shall not abandon disciplines that lack the eight factors," referring to the principle of managing and safeguarding the precepts within the Sangha.
The background for the arising of this discourse lies in the period after the Buddha’s renunciation, when the Sangha had to establish profound rules of practice in order to preserve the spirit of cultivation. The Vinaya Piṭaka records specific situations in which bhikkhus or bhikkhunīs committed offenses, from which the Buddha and the great disciples established rules (Pātimokkha—波羅提木叉) to prevent similar offenses in the future.
This legal section is especially related to principles that disciplinary groupings (khandhaka), that is, groups of rules gathered to govern particular aspects of Sangha life, must not be slighted or abandoned.
Main Content
This discourse emphasizes a basic principle in the Vinaya Piṭaka: disciplinary groupings must not be abandoned or relaxed, especially rules that do not possess all eight aims of practice. The "eight factors" (aṭṭhavara) here refer to essential elements of complete discipline, the criteria by which an action is considered to have the conditions necessary to become an offense (āpatti).
Disciplinary groupings (khandhaka) include areas such as the organization of the Sangha, rules concerning dwelling in unfamiliar residences, prohibitions concerning robes, food, medicine, personal requisites, as well as rules concerning Sangha assemblies (uposatha) and confession.
The discourse stresses that if a disciplinary grouping is slighted or relaxed, the whole system of precepts will be weakened. The Sangha must maintain the sacredness and completeness of these rules, because they serve as the foundation for purity and harmony in the community of practice.
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