[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) › [Mahāyāna sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra) › [Doctrinal sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma) › [Dharmamudrā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmamudra) › [འཕགས་པ་ཆོས་ཀྱི་ཕྱག་རྒྱ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmamudra*bo) › [The Seal of Dharma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmamudra*bo~en-84000) › intro.1 # འཕགས་པ་ཆས་ཀྱ་ཕྱག་རྒྱ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད intro.1 The Seal of Dharma intro.1 - **Language:** English ### [intro.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmamudra*bo~en-84000.intro.1) In this short sūtra, the Buddha addresses the nature of monastic ordination according to the perspective of the Great Vehicle and how going forth from the life of a householder can be said to have the qualities of being noble and supramundane. Following the Buddha’s teaching, the two prominent monks Śāriputra and Subhūti engage in a brief discussion on this same topic. - [Next: intro.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmamudra*bo~en-84000.intro.2) - [Up: intro](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmamudra*bo~en-84000.intro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmamudra*bo~en-84000.intro.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.dharma.dharmamudra*bo~en-84000.intro.1) · Pramāṇa