4.
The Discourse on Full Ordination
34.
"Possessed of how many qualities, venerable sir, should a monk give full ordination?"
"Upāli, full ordination should be given by a monk possessed of ten qualities.
Which ten?
Here, Upāli, a monk is virtuous, he dwells restrained by the restraint of the Pātimokkha, accomplished in good conduct and lawful resort, seeing danger in the slightest faults, having accepted the training rules he trains in them;
he is very learned, remembering what has been learnt, having great accumulation of learning; whatever teachings that are good in the beginning, good in the middle, good in the end, with meaning and with phrasing, that reveal the holy life that is complete in its entirety and pure - such teachings are very learned by him, retained, practised in speech, contemplated in mind, thoroughly penetrated by view;
and the Pātimokkha is well learnt by him in detail, well divided, well recited, well determined, by rule and by feature;
he is competent to attend the sick or to have them attended;
he is competent to dispel discontent or to have it dispelled;
he is competent to dispel arisen remorse by means of the Teaching;
he is competent to dissuade from arisen wrong view by means of the Teaching;
he is competent to encourage in higher morality;
he is competent to encourage in higher consciousness;
he is competent to encourage in higher wisdom.
Upāli, full ordination should be given by a monk possessed of these ten qualities."
The fourth.