At first, in the early Buddhist groups called "sangha," the precepts of Buddhism and other rules which were set to control its members based on the precepts were believed to be the original Jiin-ho.
そもそも、初期仏教集団である僧伽（さんが）においては仏教の戒律及びこれを元にして自らの集団を規制するために定められた規則が寺院法の本来の姿であったと考えられている。