Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c9.s8.8

c9.s8.8

As the object of the *Śikṣāsamuccaya* is a general treatment of the duties of a Bodhisattva, it does not present us with a systematic disciplinary code for the monks, but in some places it gives a few rules, which must have been taken from a code followed by the Mahāyānists. It says that the duties of a bodhisattva towards others or his duties on the occasion of hearing or preaching the dharma or performing the worship of the Tathāgatas¹ are prescribed in the *Bodhisattva-prātimokṣa*.