[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [Early Monastic Buddhism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941) › v1.c19.s3 # Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c19.s3: Bars to Admission Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c19.s3 - **Language:** English ### Bars to Admission ### [v1.c19.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c19.s3.1) Persons belonging to non-Buddhist religious orders could only be admitted into the Saṅgha after they had gone through a probationary period (\*parivāsa\*) of four months and behaved themselves properly during the period.¹ Exceptions however were made, in the case of the Jaṭilas and the Sākyas, the former being believers in the effects of past deeds (\*kammavādino kiriyavādino\*) and the latter being kinsmen of the Teacher.² ### [v1.c19.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c19.s3.2) ¹ \*Mahāvagga\*, i, 38. 1. ### [v1.c19.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c19.s3.3) ² \*Ibid.\*, i, 38. 11. ### [v1.c19.s3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c19.s3.4) Persons suffering from any of the five diseases, viz., leprosy (\*kuṭṭhaṃ\*), boils (\*gaṇḍo\*), dry leprosy (\*kilāso\*), consumption (\*soso\*), and fits (\*apamāro\*) were debarred from admission into the Saṅgha. Other persons who were excluded from admission into the Saṅgha were (a) \*rājabhaṭo\* (men in royal service), \*dhajabaddho coro\* (declared thieves), \*kārābhedako coro\* (jail-breaker), \*likhitako coro\*, (proclaimed robber), \*kasāhaṭo kaṭadaṇḍakammo\* (scourged offender), \*lakkhaṇāhaṭo\* (branded thief), \*iṇāyiko\* (debtor), \*dāso\* (slave), a matricide, a patricide, an arhantacide, one who has violated a nun, one who has caused a schism, one who has shed Buddha’s blood, a eunuch, a hermophrodite, an animal in human form, one whose hand or feet or both have been severed and one who has furtively joined the Saṅgha.³ ### [v1.c19.s3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c19.s3.5) ³ \*Ibid.\*, i, 61. 1 to i, 71. 1. ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahāvagga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp.khandhaka.mahavagga.1.38.1) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c19.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c19.s3) · Pramāṇa