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5. Bhagavatoupasampadāpañha

Higher Ordination of the Blessed One Question

Rājā āha—
The king asked:

“bhante nāgasena, upasampadā sundarā”ti?
“Venerable Nāgasena, is the higher ordination good?”

“Āma, mahārāja, upasampadā sundarā”ti.
“Yes, your majesty, the higher ordination is good.”

“Atthi pana, bhante, buddhassa upasampadā, udāhu natthī”ti?
“But, venerable Nāgasena, did the Buddha receive the higher ordination or not?”

“Upasampanno kho, mahārāja, bhagavā bodhirukkhamūle saha sabbaññutañāṇena, natthi bhagavato upasampadā aññehi dinnā, yathā sāvakānaṁ, mahārāja, bhagavā sikkhāpadaṁ paññapeti yāvajīvaṁ anatikkamanīyan”ti.
“The 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.”

“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.
“You are clever, venerable Nāgasena.”

Bhagavato upasampadāpañho pañcamo.
Higher Ordination of the Blessed One Question