ཚལ་ཁྲམས་ཡང་དག་པར་ལྡན་པའ་མད intro.3
The Sūtra on Having Moral Discipline intro.3
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It is noteworthy that this is not designated a Mahāyāna sūtra¹ and does not address any explicitly Mahāyāna subjects. The Buddha is only in the presence of monks, and he only instructs them on how to attain nirvāṇa and the higher realms, rather than buddhahood. As the Buddha is addressing the monastic congregation, it can be assumed that the topic of moral discipline here pertains to maintaining the vows of a fully ordained monk, and indeed he refers to taking monastic vows as if it were a given for his audience.