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And the bodhisattva's precepts of training have been declared in the sūtras. As is said in the noble Ratnamegha: "And how, son of good family, are bodhisattvas restrained by the vow of the bodhisattva training? Here, a bodhisattva reflects thus: 'Not by the mere prātimokṣa vow am I able to awaken to unexcelled, perfect awakening. Rather, whatever conducts of a bodhisattva, precepts of bodhisattva training have been promulgated by the Tathāgata in various sūtras, in those must I train'"—and so on at length. Therefore, since it is stated at length, the bodhisattva's vow is difficult to know for one of dull intellect like us. Then what is appropriate?