Lzh Mi Bi Vb Sk 73Nāvakīrṇakāraka
Pāli / Sanskrit:Nāvakīrṇakāraka
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Exposition of the Nāvakīrṇakāraka Discourse
Context
Nāvakīrṇakāraka is an important legal section in the Vinaya Piṭaka of the Theravāda tradition. The word "nāva" means new, "kīrṇa" means mixed, and "kāraka" denotes the one who does it. The title of this discourse refers to situations involving new bhikkhus or complex cases in which disciplinary regulations are violated or mixed together.
The Vinaya Piṭaka was compiled for the purpose of governing the monastic community, the Saṅgha. These regulations are not arbitrary restrictions, but the result of specific events that occurred in the community, when the Buddha Gotama handled matters and prescribed rules of conduct. Nāvakīrṇakāraka lies in the Bhikkhunī Vibhaṅga or related sections concerning complex regulations for bhikkhunīs or special situations in lay practice.
Main Content
Nāvakīrṇakāraka deals with cases in which basic disciplinary rules are distorted or concealed. In particular, this discourse discusses offenses related to bhikkhus or bhikkhunīs hiding their faults, or cases in which someone has committed an offense but deliberately creates confusion about the nature of that offense.
According to the Theravāda tradition, "mixing" offenses can happen in many ways: lying about one’s action, concealing those faults, or committing another wrongful action in order to hide the previous action. All these violate the spirit of the Saṅgha, the community that must maintain clarity, honesty, and transparency.
This discourse may also relate to regulations concerning how to handle cases when new bhikkhus do not clearly understand the rules, or when there are ambiguous situations between different regulations. In such cases, the community must examine carefully in order to determine the true nature of the offense and apply the appropriate forms of confession.
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