Lzh Mu Bu Vb Sk 59Nāvarṇakārakaṁ paribhokṣyāma
Pāli / Sanskrit:Nāvarṇakārakaṁ paribhokṣyāma
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Explanation of the Nāvarṇakārakaṁ Paribhokṣyāma Sutta
Background
The Nāvarṇakārakaṁ Paribhokṣyāma Sutta belongs to the Vinaya Piṭaka in the tradition of Early Buddhist Dharma. The Vinaya Piṭaka consists of the rules of practice established by the Buddha for the Sangha, in order to maintain discipline, the harmony of the renunciant community, and the protection of the Dharma. The title of this sutta is in Pāli, the traditional language of the uniquely preserved body of scripture that remains complete from the time of the Buddha.
In the context of the Vinaya Piṭaka, such regulations were often issued by the Buddha on the basis of specific situations that occurred in the early Sangha. Disciplinary suttas not only state prohibited actions, but also explain the deeper reason: moral education, teaching lessons about cause and effect, and training the mind toward liberation.
Main Content
Although the title of this sutta has not been fully translated in the present material, from the structure of the name “Nāvarṇakārakaṁ paribhokṣyāma” (or “Navaraṇakārakaṁ paribhojjhissāma” in Pāli), we may understand that this sutta concerns nine (nava) “rims” or “layers” (varaṇa), possibly indicating nine kinds of difficulty or nine kinds of reform.
In the Vinaya context, provisions related to “varaṇa” often refer to obstacles or conditions that must be handled according to communal procedure. Some disciplinary texts related to “navaraṇa” (nine obstacles) in Buddhism teach about factors that obstruct progress in practice: sensual desire, ill will, sloth and torpor, restlessness, doubt, self-aversion, agitation arising from bad actions, loss of friends, and illness.
However, the Vinaya context of this sutta suggests that it may concern issues of monastic organization, perhaps rituals or procedures that the Sangha must follow when handling internal matters, or matters to be remembered and practiced.
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