[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Āgama sūtras of the mainstream schools](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama) › [Sūtras of the Middle-length Discourses transmitted singly](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama) › [Stahānadharasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.stahanadharasutra) › [འཕགས་པ་གནས་འཇོག་པའི་མདོ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.stahanadharasutra*bo) › [The Sutra of Vasishtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.stahanadharasutra*bo~en-84000) › intro.4 # འཕགས་པ་གནས་འཇག་པའ་མད་ཞས་བྱ་བ intro.4 The Sūtra of Vasiṣṭha intro.4 - **Language:** English ### [intro.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.stahanadharasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.4) Regarding this latter meaning, the Buddha tells Vasiṣṭha that on these days a layperson should emulate the conduct of the worthy ones—the Buddha’s awakened disciples—by refraining from eight things: (1) killing, (2) stealing, (3) engaging in sexual activity, (4) speaking falsely, (5) becoming intoxicated, (6) singing, dancing, music, and beautifying oneself with adornments or cosmetics, (7) using high or large beds, and (8) eating at the improper time.² - [Previous: intro.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.stahanadharasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.3) - [Next: intro.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.stahanadharasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.5) - [Up: intro](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.stahanadharasutra*bo~en-84000.intro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.stahanadharasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.stahanadharasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.4) · Pramāṇa