Giving the Layperson’s Vows and Refuge Precepts

How to Give the Layperson’s Vows

Pledging to Keep the Precepts

Going Forth

Informing the Saṅgha of the Wish to Go Forth

Asking the Preceptor

Allowing the Postulant’s Going Forth

Becoming a Novice

Inducting the Postulant into the Novitiate

Marking the Time

Pledging to Keep the Novice Precepts

The Novice Investiture

Granting Ordination

The Opening Occasion

Asking the Preceptor

Sanction for Robes That Have Already Been Cut and Sewn

Sanction for Robes That Have Not Already Been Cut and Sewn

Displaying the Begging Bowl

Sanction for the Begging Bowl

Seeking the Cooperation of the Privy Advisor

Asking the Saṅgha for an Inquiry into Private Matters

The Inquiry into Private Matters

Reporting the Findings

The Ordinand’s Asking for Ordination

The Act to Ask About Impediments Before the Saṅgha

Inquiring into Impediments Before the Saṅgha

The Monk Officiant’s Asking to Ordain

The Motion to Act

Marking the Time by the Length of a Shadow

Explaining the Different Parts of the Day and Night

Describing the Length of the Seasons

Explaining the Supports

Explaining the Offenses

Explaining Those Things That Constitute Spiritual Practice

Announcing the Perfect Fulfillment of His Greatest Desire

Enjoining Him to Practice the Equally Applicable Ethical Code

Enjoining Him to Bond with His Role Model in the Renunciant Life

Enjoining Him to Dwell in Tranquility

Enjoining Him to Carry Out His Obligations

Informing Him of What He Must Do to Fully Understand His Unspoken Commitments

Enjoining Him to Heed What He Reveres

Enjoining Him in How He Must Practice