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## Mulachara
**Vinyaya in knowledge is eightfold, for the sake of understanding both.** || 367 ||
**Meaning:** Purity of time and place, purity of hands, vinyaya, remembering the teachings with mindfulness, respect for the guru and others, not hiding knowledge, purity of words, purity of meaning, purity of both - these are the eight aspects of vinyaya in knowledge. || 367 ||
**Knowledge learns, knowledge praises, knowledge teaches others. Knowledge acts justly, this one is known as one who is virtuous in knowledge.** || 368 ||
**Meaning:** The being who learns knowledge, contemplates knowledge, teaches knowledge to others, and acts justly through knowledge, is known as one who is virtuous in knowledge. || 368 ||
**Suppression of the activities of the senses, suppression of the propagation of passions like anger, secrecy, and assemblies - these are all, in summary, known as vinyaya in conduct.** || 369 ||
**Meaning:** Restraining the activities of the senses, restraining the propagation of passions like anger, secrecy, and assemblies - these are all, in summary, known as vinyaya in conduct. || 369 ||
**Effort in the right qualities, right meditation, and faith, and the non-abandonment and non-suppression of the necessary and proper things.** || 370 ||
**Meaning:** Effort in the right qualities, right meditation, and faith, and the non-abandonment and non-suppression of the necessary and proper things. || 370 ||