San Mu Bu Pm GBM 3 Sk 95Na aśvārūḍhāya
Pāli / Sanskrit:Na aśvārūḍhāya
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Exposition of the Na aśvārūḍhāya Sūtra
Background
The Na aśvārūḍhāya Sūtra belongs to the Vinaya Piṭaka in the Pāli Canon of the Theravāda Buddhist tradition. In the Vinaya Piṭaka, legal texts such as this are recorded in the form of specific cases and issues that arose in the monastic community, from which the Buddha gave rules (Patimokkha) to regulate conduct and maintain the purity of the Sangha.
The context of this sūtra is connected with the periodic recitations of the Patimokkha, when the monastics gathered to declare their observance of the disciplinary rules. Texts in the Vinaya Piṭaka often begin with specific events, violations, or questions raised by the monastics, then lead to the Buddha’s ruling on what is allowed and what is not allowed.
The title "Na aśvārūḍhāya" (the word Na beginning a certain section in a list of proscribed actions) is related to specific actions prohibited in the Vinaya. The term aśvārūḍhāya suggests situations connected with riding horses or actions involving animals, a subject clearly regulated in the Vinaya Piṭaka.
Main Content
In the Vinaya Piṭaka, texts such as this establish specific principles for the conduct of monastics. Regulations related to the use of animals, especially horses, were determined by the Buddha in order to protect two basic principles: non-harming (ahimsa) and self-restraint (sila).
The specific content of this sūtra has not yet been fully translated according to the standard traditional Pāli canonical sources. However, based on the general structure of the Vinaya Piṭaka, it may be stated that this sūtra regulates prohibitions or permissions related to monastics’ use of transportation, conveyance, or activities connected with horses and domestic animals.
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