The Highest Vow of the Tathagata

"If any bhiksu, upasaka or upasika aspires to the highest vow of the Tathagata, know that such person will not have ignorance and will be worthy of receiving offerings. By dint of the power of the vow, the virtues and fruits of the actions of that person in the world, will be like those of an Arhat. Anyone who cannot meditate on the eternity of the Three Treasures is a Candala. If a person can indeed conceive the eternity of the Three Treasures, such a person will leave behind the suffering that arises from the causality of existence, will attain peace, and there will be no temptation, difficulties or troubles of worries, which will be left behind."

Read More on the Nirvana Sutra, Chapter 17 - On the Questions Raised by the Crowd.