Who Should Give Ordination

“Mendicants, ordination should be given by a mendicant with five qualities.What five?It’s a mendicant who has the entire spectrum of an adept’s ethics,immersion,wisdom,freedom,and the knowledge and vision of freedom.Ordination should be given by a mendicant with these five qualities.”

“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgatena bhikkhunā upasampādetabbaṁ. Katamehi pañcahi? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu asekhena sīlakkhandhena samannāgato hoti; asekhena samādhikkhandhena samannāgato hoti; asekhena paññākkhandhena samannāgato hoti; asekhena vimuttikkhandhena samannāgato hoti; asekhena vimuttiñāṇadassanakkhandhena samannāgato hoti. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgatena bhikkhunā upasampādetabban”ti.

“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.