僧羯磨 1.69

1.69

"May the venerable saṃgha listen! I, the bhikṣu named so-and-so, seek and request from the assembly of the saṃgha permission to ordain people and confer the upasampadā. May the saṃgha allow me, the bhikṣu named so-and-so, to ordain people and confer the upasampadā." (Spoken three times.) (The saṃgha should examine this person. If he is not capable of instructing and not able to sustain [others] through the two dharmas, they should speak to him, saying: 'Stop! Do not ordain people.' If he has wisdom, is capable of instructing, and is able to sustain through the two dharmas, they should grant him the procedure like this:)