[90] "Venerable sir, if those formerly of another sect (aññatitthiyapubbā), wishing for the going forth (pabbajjā), wishing for the higher ordination (upasampadā) in this Dhamma and Discipline, must live on probation (parivāsa) for four months, and at the end of four months the bhikkhus, their minds being satisfied, give them the going forth and the higher ordination to the state of a bhikkhu — then I shall live on probation for four years; at the end of four years let the bhikkhus, their minds being satisfied, give me the going forth and the higher ordination to the state of a bhikkhu."
And the naked ascetic (acela) Seniya, the practitioner of the dog observance, received the going forth in the presence of the Blessed One; he received the higher ordination. And not long after his ordination, the venerable Seniya, dwelling alone, withdrawn, diligent, ardent, and resolute, before long realized for himself with direct knowledge (abhiññā), in this very life, that supreme consummation of the holy life (brahmacariya) for the sake of which sons of good family rightly go forth from the home life into homelessness, and having entered upon it, he dwelt therein. He knew directly: "Birth is destroyed, the holy life has been lived, what had to be done has been done; there is nothing further for this state of being." And the venerable Seniya became one of the arahants.
End of the Kukkurovāda Sutta, the seventh.
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Abhayarājakumāra Sutta
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.