Lzh Mu Bi Pm Sk 84Nokkhittakāyassa
Pāli / Sanskrit:Nokkhittakāyassa
Save your scripture progress
Create a free account to save scriptures, track progress, and continue your daily learning path.
An Explanation of the Nokkhittakāyassa Sutta
Background
The Nokkhittakāyassa Sutta is a text belonging to the Vinaya Piṭaka in the Theravāda Buddhist tradition. The Vinaya Piṭaka is a collection of regulations, actions, and events relating to the life of the Sangha—the community of monks and senior nuns. This sutta is recorded in Pāli, an ancient language of India, and reflects the practical guidance set forth by the Buddha to maintain discipline and harmony in the monastic community.
The title “Nokkhittakāyassa” is related to a specific aspect of communal management and responsibility. In the context of the Vinaya Piṭaka, disciplinary suttas were established to address practical issues that arose in collective monastic life. They are not merely blunt prohibitions, but wise instructions for building an environment favorable to practice.
Main Content
The Nokkhittakāyassa Sutta relates to matters of managing property, goods, and the responsibility of Sangha members toward common or entrusted property. The phrase “nokkhitta” (ที่ไม่ได้มอบหมาย) suggests that this sutta deals with situations involving items or property for which no one has accepted specific responsibility, or tasks that have not been clearly assigned to anyone.
According to the Vinaya tradition, the Buddha set forth detailed instructions on how to handle Sangha property. Monks must know how to manage, preserve, and distribute communal articles fairly and transparently. When responsibility for property is unclear, or when tasks have not been assigned to anyone in particular, disputes, unfairness, or waste can easily occur.
This sutta teaches that within the Sangha, every matter must be handled transparently and responsibly. Decisions concerning communal property must be made according to lawful procedure, with the participation and consent of the entire community or of those who have been authorized.
🌏 The Buddhist canon is vast — some sūtras (such as comparative Vinaya across schools, or untranslated Tibetan-canon texts) have to this day NEVER been translated into Vietnamese or English by anyone, scholars included. Rather than leave it blank, Inti AI offers a FAITHFUL summary grounded in the tradition — from the sūtra's title, origin and essence — so you can still reach this rare part of the treasury. Whenever an original translation exists, the app shows the original first.
Translations belong to the translator/source credited above. The bilingual compilation, presentation, and AI translations compiled by Inti are © Inti Foundation. Please attribute when quoting; do not bulk-copy or use commercially without permission.