For the second time, I go for refuge to the Teaching, For the second time, I go for refuge to the Sangha. For the third time, I go for refuge to the Buddha, For the third time, I go for refuge to the Teaching, For the third time, I go for refuge to the Sangha.’ Then, after approaching the Sangha, he who had been a monastic of another religion should arrange his upper robe over one shoulder, pay respect at the feet of the monks, squat on his heels, and raise his joined palms. He should then say this: ‘Venerables, I have been a monastic of another religion, and I wish for the full ordination on this spiritual path. I ask the Sangha for four months of probation.’ And he should ask a second and a third time.