Vinaya Texts

SR No.: 007684
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: T W Rhys Davids, Hermann Oldenberg
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1881
Total Pages: 2523
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 47 MB

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KULLAVAGGA.
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having been appointed thereto. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata. I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, that a Bhikkhunt appointed to the office instruct them.
'And thus, O Bhikkhus, ought she to be appointed-one may either appoint herself, or one may be appointed by another. And how is a Bhikkhunt to appoint herself? Let a learned, competent Bhikkhunt lay the following motion (ñatti) before the Samgha: "Let the Samgha, reverend Ladies, hear me. N. N. desires to receive the upasampadâ initiation from the venerable lady, M. M. If it seem meet to the Samgha, I will instruct N. N." Thus may a Bhikkhunt appoint herself.
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And how is a Bhikkhunt to be appointed by another? Let a learned, competent Bhikkhunt lay the following resolution before the Samgha: "Let the Samgha, reverend Ladies, hear me. N. N. desires to receive the upasampa dâ initiation from the venerable lady, M. M. If it seem meet to the Samgha, let A. A. instruct N. N." Thus may one Bhikkhuni be appointed by another.
5. Then let that so appointed Bhikkhunt go to the person who is seeking to be initiated, and thus address her: "Listen to me, N.N. This is the time for you to speak the truth, to declare that which is. When you are asked about what has happened before the Samgha, you ought, if it is so, to answer: That is so;" if it is not so, to answer: 'That is not so." Be not perplexed, be not disconcerted. shall ask you thus: "Are you deformed (&c., down to the end of the twenty-six questions in § 1)."'
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(After the instruction was over, the instructor and the candidate) returned together to the assembly.
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