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Who Should Give Ordination

Upasampādetabbasutta

Qualifications for one who should give an ordination.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.251Numbered Discourses 5.251
  • 0.226. Upasampadāvagga26. Ordination

0.3UpasampādetabbasuttaWho Should Give Ordination

1.1“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgatena bhikkhunā upasampādetabbaṁ.“Mendicants, ordination should be given by a mendicant with five qualities.1.2Katamehi pañcahi?What five?1.3Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu asekhena sīlakkhandhena samannāgato hoti;It’s a mendicant who has the entire spectrum of an adept’s ethics,1.4asekhena samādhikkhandhena samannāgato hoti;immersion,1.5asekhena paññākkhandhena samannāgato hoti;wisdom,1.6asekhena vimuttikkhandhena samannāgato hoti;freedom,1.7asekhena vimuttiñāṇadassanakkhandhena samannāgato hoti.and the knowledge and vision of freedom.1.8Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgatena bhikkhunā upasampādetabban”ti.Ordination should be given by a mendicant with these five qualities.”

1.9Paṭhamaṁ.