Dhammapada

SR No.: 007674
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Max Muller
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1881
Total Pages: 2540
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 45 MB

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1, 76, 10. ADMISSION TO THE ORDER OF BHIKKHUS. 233
ing), “I ask the Samgha, reverend Sirs, for the upasampadâ ordination ; might the Samgha, reverend Sirs, draw me out (of the sinful world) out of compassion towards me. And for the second time, reverend Sirs, I ask, &c. And for the third time, reverend Sirs, I ask, &c."
9. “Then let a learned, competent Bhikkhu proclaim the following ñatti before the Samgha : "Let the Samgha, reverend Sirs, hear me. This person N. N. desires to receive the upasam padâ ordination from the venerable N. N. If the Samgha is ready, let me ask N. N. about the Disqualifications.
""Do you hear, N. N.? This is the time for you (&c., see § 7, down to :) you ought to answer : 'It is not.'”
""Are you afflicted with the following diseases, &c.?"
10. “Then let a learned, competent Bhikkhu proclaim the following ñatti before the Samgha : "Let the Samgha, reverend Sirs, hear me. This person N. N. desires to receive the upasampadâ ordination from the venerable N. N.; he is free from the Disqualifications; his alms-bowl and robes are in due state. N. N. asks the Samgha for the upasampadâ ordination with N. N. as upagghầya. If the Samgha is ready, &c.1"}
End of the regulations for the upasampada
ordination
1 Here follows the usual complete formula of a nattikatuttha kamma; see chaps. 28. 4-6; 29. 3, &c.
9 With these sections compare the previous chapters 12, 28 and following, 36 and following. The ñattis prescribed in this chapter, together with the Three Refuges Formula prescribed in chap. 12, $4, the whole of chap. 77, and the Four Interdictions form together
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