[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) › intro.2 # ཚལ་ཁྲམས་ཡང་དག་པར་ལྡན་པའ་མད intro.2 The Sūtra on Having Moral Discipline intro.2 - **Language:** English ### [intro.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.other.silasamyuktasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.2) The Sūtra on Having Moral Discipline is set in Prince Jeta’s Grove in Śrāvastī, where the Buddha teaches his saṅgha of monks about the benefits of having moral discipline and the importance of guarding it. It is difficult, he says, to obtain a human life and encounter the teachings of a buddha, let alone to then take monastic vows and maintain moral discipline. But unlike just losing that one human life, which comes and then inevitably is gone, the consequences of failing in moral discipline are grave and experienced over billions of lifetimes. The Buddha continues in verse, praising moral discipline and its necessity as a foundation for engaging in the Dharma and attaining nirvāṇa. His teaching concludes with a reflection on the folly of pursuing fleeting worldly enjoyments. - [Previous: intro.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.other.silasamyuktasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.1) - [Next: intro.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.other.silasamyuktasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.3) - [Up: intro](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.other.silasamyuktasutra*bo~en-84000.intro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.other.silasamyuktasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.other.silasamyuktasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.2) · Pramāṇa