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Numbered Discourses · AN 5.253

  • Numbered Discourses 5.253Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.253
  • 26. Ordination26. Upasampadāvagga

Who Should Have a Novice as AttendantSāmaṇerasutta

“Mendicants, a novice should attend on a mendicant with five qualities.“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgatena bhikkhunā sāmaṇero upaṭṭhāpetabbo. What five?Katamehi pañcahi? It’s a mendicant who has the entire spectrum of an adept’s ethics, immersion, wisdom, freedom, and the knowledge and vision of freedom.Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu asekhena sīlakkhandhena samannāgato hoti; asekhena samādhikkhandhena … asekhena paññākkhandhena … asekhena vimuttikkhandhena … asekhena vimuttiñāṇadassanakkhandhena samannāgato hoti. A novice should attend on a mendicant with these five qualities.”Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgatena bhikkhunā sāmaṇero upaṭṭhāpetabbo”ti.

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