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*They are not to return together. Let the instructor return first, and lay the following resolution before the Samgha : "Let the Samgha, reverend Ladies, hear me. N. N. desires to receive the upasampadå initiation from the venerable lady, M. M.; and she has been instructed by me. If it seem meet to the Samgha, let N. N. come forward." Then let her be told to come forward. Then let her be told to adjust her upper robe over one shoulder only, to bow down before the Bhikkhunis, to sit down on her heels, and stretching forth her joined palms, to ask for the upasam pada initiation, saying: “I ask the Samgha, reverend Ladies, for initiation. May the Samgha, reverend Ladies, raise me up (out of the worldly life), having pity on me.” And a second and a third time is she to repeat that request.
6. “Then let a learned and competent Bhikkhunt lay the following resolution before the Samgha : “Let the Samgha, reverend Ladies, hear me. This person, N. N., desires to receive the upasam pada initiation from M. M. ; and she has been instructed by me. If it seem meet to the Samgha, let me question N. N. as touching the Disqualifications. Listen to me, N. N. [as before, down to the end of the questions]."
7. .Then let a learned and competent Bhikkhunt lay the following motion before the Samgha : "Let the Samgha, reverend Ladies, hear me. This person, N. N., desires to receive the u pasa mpada initiation from the venerable lady, M. M. She is free from the Disqualifications, and is duly provided with almsbowl and robes. This person, N. N., asks the Samgha for the upasa mpadà initiation, the vene[20]
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