Lzh Mi Bi Vb Sk 57Nojjighrantaḥ
Pāli / Sanskrit:Nojjighrantaḥ
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Exposition of the Nojjighrantaḥ Discourse
Context
Nojjighrantaḥ is a section in the Vinaya Piṭaka of the Pāli Canon, belonging to the Theravāda tradition of the Buddhadharma. In the system of the Vinaya Piṭaka, these regulations are recorded to guide the community of monks and nuns in observing the principles of communal life. The word "Nojjighrantaḥ" comes from Pāli and describes a state of mind not bound tightly, not fettered by attachment or delusion.
According to the historical context, the regulations in the Vinaya Piṭaka were built from concrete events in the Buddha’s life. When improper conduct arose among monastics, the Buddha and the senior disciples discussed it and established rules to maintain the spirit of pure practice. The Nojjighrantaḥ discourse also belongs to this line of tradition, focusing on the instruction of the mind in relationships among monastics or between monastics and laypeople.
Main Content
The Nojjighrantaḥ discourse revolves around the principle that a practitioner must avoid being "bound tightly" by things that enchant, attachment, or unbeneficial thoughts. The term "nojjighrantaḥ" (not bound tightly) points to the ideal psychological state of a noble monastic: the mind is not bound by things that are impermanent, unstable, and without self.
In the Vinaya context, this is applied specifically to the way monks and nuns behave with one another. When monastics practice in community, they must keep the mind from being bound by personal relationships, private preferences, or prejudices. This rule reminds us that practice is not for building bonds of attachment, but for seeking liberation.
The discourse also speaks of avoiding actions, speech, or thoughts governed by faults such as greed (lobha), hatred (dosa), and delusion (moha). A practitioner should live with a mind completely free from these bonds.
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