Parent:: [[Sikkha]] Children:: [[Sikkhapada|Precepts]] # Vinaya (Discipline, Training Rules, Guidance) / Pātimokkha (Training Rules) > [!info] Etymology > _Vinaya_ = _Vi_ (extensive) + _naya_ (guidance) = Complete guidance = Self-driven guidance (that doesn't require any external intervention) ![[AN8.20 Uposathasutta#^gradual-training]] > [!NOTE] Vinaya (Precepts and Pātimokkha) is the Teacher and Refuge — In Sutta ([MN108](https://suttacentral.net/mn108/en/sujato)) > > “The Blessed One, who knows and sees, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha laid down **==training rules==** and recited the **==monastic code==** for the mendicants. > _“Atthi kho, brāhmaṇa, tena bhagavatā jānatā passatā arahatā sammāsambuddhena bhikkhūnaṁ **==sikkhāpadaṁ==** paññattaṁ, **==pātimokkhaṁ==** uddiṭṭhaṁ._ > > On the day of the sabbath all of us who live in dependence on one village district gather together as one. > _Te mayaṁ tadahuposathe yāvatikā ekaṁ gāmakhettaṁ upanissāya viharāma te sabbe ekajjhaṁ sannipatāma;_ > > We invite one who transmits the code to recite it. > _sannipatitvā yassa taṁ pavattati taṁ ajjhesāma._ > > If anyone remembers an **offense or transgression** while they’re reciting, we make them act in line with the teachings and in line with the instructions. > _Tasmiñce bhaññamāne hoti bhikkhussa āpatti hoti vītikkamo taṁ mayaṁ yathādhammaṁ yathānusiṭṭhaṁ kāremāti._ > > **==It’s not the good sirs who make us act==**; > _Na kira no bhavanto kārenti;_ > > **==it’s the teaching that makes us act.”==** > _dhammo no kāreti”._ ## Suttas - [[AN8.20 Uposathasutta|"Uposathasutta (on 8 Qualities of the Ocean)"]] - 8 Qualities of the teaching and the training - MN108 Gopakamoggallānasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/mn108/en/sujato)) - Explaining how the Vinaya helps passing Dhamma onwards