“Bhante, how many qualities should a bhikkhu possess to give full ordination?”
“A bhikkhu who possesses ten qualities, Upāli, may give full ordination. What ten?
(1) Here, a bhikkhu is virtuous; he dwells restrained by the Pātimokkha, possessed of good conduct and resort, seeing danger in minute faults. Having undertaken the training rules, he trains in them.
(2) He has learned much, remembers what he has learned, and accumulates what he has learned. Those teachings that are good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, with the right meaning and phrasing, which proclaim the perfectly complete and pure spiritual life—such teachings as these he has learned much of, retained in mind, recited verbally, investigated mentally, and penetrated well by view.
(3) Both Pātimokkhas have been well transmitted to him in detail, well analyzed, well mastered, well determined in terms of the rules and their detailed explication.
(4) He is able to look after a patient or to get someone else to look after him.
(5) He is able to eliminate one’s dissatisfaction or to get someone else to eliminate it.
(6) He is able to use the Dhamma to dispel regrets that might arise in his pupils.
(7) He is able to dissuade them, by way of the Dhamma, from erroneous views that have arisen.
(8) He is able to encourage them in the higher virtuous behavior.
(9) He is able to encourage them in the higher mind.
(10) He is able to encourage them in the higher wisdom. A bhikkhu who possesses these ten qualities may give full ordination.”
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