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Numbered Discourses · AN 5.251

  • Numbered Discourses 5.251Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.251
  • 26. Ordination26. Upasampadāvagga

Who Should Give OrdinationUpasampādetabbasutta

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

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