[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) › [Other mainstream sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.other) › [Śīlasaṃyuktasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.other.silasamyuktasutra) › [ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས་ཡང་དག་པར་ལྡན་པའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.other.silasamyuktasutra*bo) › [The Sutra on Having Moral Discipline](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.other.silasamyuktasutra*bo~en-84000) › 2 # ཚལ་ཁྲམས་ཡང་དག་པར་ལྡན་པའ་མད 2 The Sūtra on Having Moral Discipline 2 - **Language:** English ### [2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.other.silasamyuktasutra*bo~en-84000.2) “Having moral discipline is praised by the whole world.¹¹ Through pure moral discipline one will find the highest states of existence.¹² Even beings like huge black poisonous nāga serpents, not to mention other kinds, Will do no harm to one with moral discipline. “The monk with moral discipline is radiant. Those with moral discipline become renowned and obtain happiness.¹³ Having moral discipline is the cause for going to higher realms.¹⁴ Those who maintain moral discipline attain nirvāṇa.¹⁵ “Just as without eyes one cannot see forms, Without moral discipline one cannot see the Dharma.¹⁶ Just as without legs there is no way to embark on a path, Without moral discipline there is no liberation. “In the same way, just as a good vase¹⁷ is a vessel for riches, Moral discipline¹⁸ is the foundation for generating good qualities. Just as a broken vase is not a suitable vessel for riches, If moral discipline is shattered,¹⁹ all good qualities are lost.²⁰ “Do you think those who have lost moral discipline from the start Will obtain nirvāṇa later? For those whose nose and ear are cut off, and so forth, There is no need for mirrors.²¹ “Neither hearing with the ears nor seeing with the eyes,²² The person who guards the teachings will travel to the higher realms. Those who are well learned and have protected their learning also reach the higher realms.²³ “How can it be appropriate to resort to women? How can one delight in the palace of a king? How can a bubble have an essence? How can enjoyments endure eternally?²⁴ “It is not appropriate to resort to women. Kingdoms are joyless. Bubbles are without an essence. Enjoyments are impermanent. “Enjoyments are like swift-running water. Like a boat, such is a household. Like a flower, such is a body. Life is like froth on water.”²⁵ When the Blessed One had spoken, the monks rejoiced and praised the words of the Blessed One. - [Previous: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.other.silasamyuktasutra*bo~en-84000.1) - [Next: notes.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.other.silasamyuktasutra*bo~en-84000.notes.1) ## Linked texts (1) - [ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས་ཡང་དག་པར་ལྡན་པའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.other.silasamyuktasutra*bo.2) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.other.silasamyuktasutra*bo~en-84000.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.other.silasamyuktasutra*bo~en-84000.2) · Pramāṇa