Xct Mu Bi Pm Sk 36Na sakthani sakthi niṣatsyāma
Pāli / Sanskrit:Na sakthani sakthi niṣatsyāma
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Explanation of the Na Sakthani Sakthi Niṣatsyāma Sutta
Background
This text belongs to the Vinaya Piṭaka of the early Pāli Canon, the sacred discipline taught by Buddha Gotama to the Sangha. The Vinaya Piṭaka is not a set of dry precepts, but guidance for living with wisdom, protecting the mind, nurturing virtue (sīla), and creating favorable conditions for the practice of liberation.
The teachings in the Vinaya Piṭaka arose from specific situations within the monastic community, where the Buddha skillfully corrected conduct and emphasized each person’s moral responsibility. This text, entitled “Na sakthani sakthi niṣatsyāma,” reflects one of the basic lessons concerning self-mastery, the disciplining of ambition, and faults in the religious conduct of bhikkhus.
Main Content
In simple terms, this text teaches that we should not allow baseless desires (sakathānisakathāni) to cover the mind. The expression “na sakthani sakthi” indicates wrong choices and decisions governed by greed, hatred, and delusion, the three poisons (tīṇi samyojanāni) at the root of suffering.
In the context of the Vinaya Piṭaka, the Buddha often reshaped unsuitable conduct by reminding bhikkhus: we have gone forth, we have renounced worldly pleasures, and therefore we cannot allow remaining worldly desires to occupy the activities of the mind. Practice is a process of training right view (sammā diṭṭhi) and right action (sammā kammanta), breaking through the distortions of an unopened mind.
The text states a principle clearly: if we do not restrain ourselves and discipline the faculties (indriya saṃvara), defects will grow; each day becomes an opportunity for the mind to urge us toward error. This is a reminder of continuous clear awareness (sampajañña), warning us that dullness, laxity, or neglect leads to moral decline.
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