Xct Mu Bu Pm Sk 56Na thutthukāraka
Pāli / Sanskrit:Na thutthukāraka
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Commentary on the Na-thutthukāraka Sutta
Background
Na-thutthukāraka (one who does not seek approval) is a rule from the Vinaya Piṭaka in the Theravāda Buddhist tradition. This text appears in the Suttavibhaṅga section of the Vinaya Piṭaka, where the Buddha and the monastic community examine the rules of conduct for the Saṅgha.
The Vinaya Piṭaka was established to maintain discipline and ethics within the Saṅgha following the Buddha's entry into Nirvana. Each rule was formulated within a specific context—typically arising from complex situations that emerged among the monastics, requiring the Buddha to guide them in ways of living in accordance with the Dharma. This particular rule concerns a life of purity and one's approach to moral recognition.
Principal Content
"Na-thutthukāraka" (na + thutthukāraka) refers to a monastic who does not deliberately seek praise or approval from others. This is an important quality of a monastic who is practicing correctly in accordance with the Dharma.
In the context of the Vinaya Piṭaka, this rule reminds monastics that Buddhist practice is not undertaken for the sake of fame or gain. A genuine monastic should not pursue praise, reward, or status within the community. Instead, the true means of practice is adherence to the Five Precepts (Pañcasīla), the cultivation of the mind through Concentration (Samādhi), and the development of Wisdom (Paññā) so as to realize Nirvana.
A practitioner who still harbors ambitions for fame remains, in essence, under the sway of greed (lobha), one of the three poisons (trishṭa)—the fundamental defilements of a mind not yet purified. So long as one is drawn along by the approval of others, that monastic will easily abandon the path when criticized, or else go astray by following wrongful courses in order to win the favor of others.
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