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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MAHAVAGGA.
I, 76, 6.
appoint himself ? Let a learned, competent Bhikkhu proclaim the following ñatti before the Samgha: "Let the Samgha, reverend Sirs, hear me. N.N. desires to receive the u pasampadâ ordination from the venerable N.N. If the Samgha is ready, I will instruct N. N.” Thus one may appoint himself.
6. And how is (a Bhikkhu) to appoint another person? Let a learned, competent Bhikkhu proclaim the following ñatti before the Samgha : "Let the Samgha, &c. N. N. desires to receive the upasampadâ ordination from the venerable N. N. If the Samgha is ready, let N. N. instruct N. N.” Thus one may appoint another person.
7. “Then let that appointed Bhikkhu go to the person who desires to be ordained, and thus address him: “Do you hear, N. N.? This is the time for you to speak the truth, and to say that which is. When I ask you before the assembly about that which is, you ought, if it is so, to answer: 'It is;" if it is not so, you ought to answer: 'It is not.' Be not disconcerted, be not perplexed. I shall ask you thus: Are you afflicted with the following diseases, &c?'”
8. (After the instruction, the instructor and the candidate) appeared together before the assembly.
'Let them not appear together. Let the instructor come first and proclaim the following ñatti before the Samgha: “Let the Samgha, reverend Sirs, hear me. N. N. desires to receive the upasam pada ordination from the venerable N, N.; he has been instructed by me. If the Samgha is ready, let N. N. come.” Then let him be told: “Come on." Let him be told to adjust his upper robe (&c., see chap. 29. 2), to raise his joined hands, and to ask (the Samgha) for the upasampa dâ ordination (by say
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