From:
MilindapaƱha Milindaās Questions
Sativagga Mindfulness Chapter
5. BhagavatoupasampadÄpaƱha Higher Ordination of the Blessed One Question
RÄjÄ ÄhaāThe king asked:
ābhante nÄgasena, upasampadÄ sundarÄāti? āVenerable NÄgasena, is the higher ordination good?ā
āÄma, mahÄrÄja, upasampadÄ sundarÄāti. āYes, your majesty, the higher ordination is good.ā
āAtthi pana, bhante, buddhassa upasampadÄ, udÄhu natthÄ«āti? āBut, venerable NÄgasena, did the Buddha receive the higher ordination or not?ā
āUpasampanno kho, mahÄrÄja, bhagavÄ bodhirukkhamÅ«le saha sabbaƱƱutaƱÄį¹ena, natthi bhagavato upasampadÄ aƱƱehi dinnÄ, yathÄ sÄvakÄnaį¹, mahÄrÄja, bhagavÄ sikkhÄpadaį¹ paƱƱapeti yÄvajÄ«vaį¹ anatikkamanÄ«yanāti. āThe Blessed One, your majesty, reached the highest attainment at the foot of the Bodhi tree, together with omniscience. There was no giving of ordination to the Blessed One by others, in the way that the Blessed One proclaimed a training rule to his disciples, which is not to be transgressed all life long.ā
āKallosi, bhante nÄgasenÄāti. āYou are clever, venerable NÄgasena.ā
Bhagavato upasampadÄpaƱho paƱcamo. Higher Ordination of the Blessed One Question