Editing Ordination (section)

===Mahayana===
{{Main|Mahayana Buddhism}}
[[Saicho]] repeatedly requested that the Japanese government allow the construction of a Mahayana ordination platform. Permission was granted in 822 CE, seven days after Saicho died. The platform was finished in 827 CE at [[Enryaku-ji temple]] on [[Mount Hiei]], and was the first in Japan. Prior to this, those wishing to become monks/nuns were ordained using the [[Theravada Buddhism|Hinayana]] precepts, whereas after the Mahayana ordination platform, people were ordained with the [[Bodhisattva]] precepts as listed in the [[Brahma Net Sutra]].<ref>Mahayana Ordination Platform "Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism."</ref>