Lzh Sarv Bu Vb Sk 54Na viḍaṅgikaya niṣatsyāma
Pāli / Sanskrit:Na viḍaṅgikaya niṣatsyāma
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Exposition of the Na Viḍaṅgikaya Niṣatsyāma Sutta
Background
The Na Viḍaṅgikaya Niṣatsyāma Sutta belongs to the Vinaya Piṭaka in the tradition of early Buddhism. The Vinaya Piṭaka is the collection that sets forth rules of training, ceremonies, and discipline for monks and nuns. This sutta is found in the Bhikkhunī Vibhaṅga, the disciplinary section concerning the attire of nuns, where the Buddha and the elder Sangha established prohibitions to protect the purity of the Order.
The background for the arising of this sutta is connected with specific situations that occurred in the community during the Buddha's time. When nuns did not observe the rules for wearing the outer robe (saṅghāṭi), disorderly appearances arose, affecting the faith of the lay community. Therefore, the Buddha gave an instruction in order to preserve the freedom and dignity of the monastic community.
Main Content
The title "Na Viḍaṅgikaya Niṣatsyāma" may be translated as "One should not sit with the robe (saṅghāṭi) incomplete." This is a prohibition (nissaggiya pācittiya) in the Vinaya for nuns, regulating the way bhikkhunīs wear the outer robe.
The specific content of this sutta has not been fully translated in the available material; however, according to the general context of the Bhikkhunī Vibhaṅga, this rule concerns the requirement that nuns wear the outer robe (saṅghāṭi) fully, without crookedness or disorder, especially when sitting in Sangha meetings (saṅghakamma) or on solemn occasions. If a nun sits while her robe is not worn properly or is incomplete, she commits a prohibition (nissaggiya pācittiya), that is, a fault requiring confession and forfeiture (nissaggiya).
This prohibition is not among the most serious rules in the Vinaya, but it reflects the attention of the Buddha and the Sangha, the monastic community, to maintaining the dignified and solemn appearance of the monastic order.
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