Toh 334
The Noble Sūtra of Nandika
འཕགས་པ་དགའ་བ་ཅན་གྱི་མདོ།
Āryanandikasūtra
’phags pa dga’ ba can gyi mdo
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The KangyurDiscoursesGeneral Sūtra Section
Summary
While staying at the Vulture Peak Mountain in Rājagṛha, the Buddha describes the negative consequences of breaking the five basic precepts to the layman Nandika and five hundred other lay practitioners. This sūtra is often mentioned and quoted in traditional Buddhist works, mostly concerning the consequences of inebriation by alcohol.