22 Budhism ; — Laws of the Budhist Priesthood. 



and say, Hear me, my Lord the Sangho ; such a personQ) 

 seeks Upasampada under such a venerable person. (2) If it be 

 a convenient time for the Sangho, the Sangho will give M 

 Upasampada under N as his superior, (or upajjhayo). This 

 is the proposition : — 



Hear me, my Lord the Sangho, this M seeks Upasampada 

 under the venerable N. The Sangho gives Upasampada to 

 M, under N as his superior. If any venerable one consent 

 to M receiving Upasampada under N as his superior, let him 

 remain silent : if he do not consent, let him speak. A second 

 time I repeat the same thing : — 



Hear me, my Lord the Sangho, this M seeks Upasampada 

 under the venerable ~N. The Sangho gives Upasampada to 

 M, under N as his superior. If any venerable one consents 

 to M receiving Upasampada under N as his superior, let him 

 remain silent. If he do not consent, let him speak. A third 

 time I repeat the same : — 



Hear me, my Lord the Sangho, this M seeks Upasampada 

 under the venerable N. The Sangho gives Upasampada to 

 M, under N as his superior. If any venerable one consent 

 to M receiving Upasampada under N as his superior, let him 

 remain silent ; if he do not consent let him speak, Upasam- 

 pada is given to M under N as his superior. The Sangho 

 consents, and therefore is silent : and thus I receive it. 



A priest after having received ordination acted improperly. 

 The priests remonstrated with him, saying, Friend, act not 

 thus : such conduct is not lawful. He replied, I did not re- 

 quest you, venerable men, to give me Upasampada. Why 

 did you give it to me unsolicited ? They reported the case 

 to Budha, who decreed : 



12. It is not proper, priests, to give Upasampada to those 

 who do not solicit it. He who thus gives Upasampada, is 

 guilty of Dukkata. I direct, priests, that Upasampada be 



(1) For this I shall substitute M. 



(2) For this I shall substitute N. 



