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梵云毘尼。此翻名律。律法也。從教為名。謂斷。割。輕重。聞。遮。持。犯。故○清淨毘尼經云調伏煩惱為煩惱故名毘尼。新梵語云。毘奈耶唐言調伏。謂顯律儀調伏六根三毒故○薩娑多論云毘尼有四義。一（是佛）法平地萬善由之生長。二一切佛弟子皆依戒住。一切眾生依戒而有。三趣涅槃之初門。四（是佛）法瓔珞。能莊嚴佛法故。

In Sanskrit it is called vinaya; translated here it is named lü. Lü means standard or rule (dharma). It takes its name from the teaching, meaning it decides, divides, distinguishes light from heavy, hearing, prohibition, upholding, and breaching. The Qingjing bini jing says: 'Subduing afflictions so that they become afflictions [no more] is called vinaya.' The new Sanskrit form says vinaya, which in Tang translation is 'subduing' (tiaofu), meaning displaying monastic rules to subdue the six sense organs and the three poisons. The Sarvāstivāda śāstra says that the vinaya has four meanings: 1. It is the level ground of the Buddha's Dharma, from which the myriad goods arise and grow; 2. All disciples of the Buddha dwell relying on the precepts, and all sentient beings exist relying on the precepts; 3. It is the initial portal for advancing toward nirvāṇa; 4. It is the necklace of the Buddha's Dharma, capable of adorning the Buddha's Dharma.