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'''''Pabbajjā''''' ([[Pāli|Pali]]; [[Sanskrit|Skt.:]] '''''pravrajya''''') literally means "to go forth" and refers to when a [[householder (Buddhism)|layperson]] leaves home to live the life of a Buddhist renunciate among a [[sangha|community]] of [[bhikkhu]]s (fully ordained monks). This generally involves preliminary ordination as a novice (m. ''[[samanera]]'', f. ''[[samaneri]]''). It is sometimes referred to as "lower ordination". After a period or when the novice reaches 20 years of age, the novice can be considered for the [[upasampadā]] ordination (or "higher ordination") whereby the novice becomes a monk (''bhikkhu'') or nun (''[[bhikkhuni]]'').

In some traditional [[Theravada]] countries, such as [[Myanmar]], boys undergo pabbajjā ([[Shinbyu]]) at the age of puberty. In [[Mahayana]] countries such as [[China]] and [[Japan]], the pabbajjā is preceded by a probationary period.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9057892. Encyclopædia Britannica (2007a).]</ref>

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==Sources==
* ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' (2007a). "Pabbajjā." Retrieved 26 September 2007 from "Encyclopædia Britannica Online" at http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9057892.
* ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' (2007b). "Upasampadā." Retrieved 26 September 2007 from "Encyclopædia Britannica Online" at http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9074384.

== External links ==
*[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.2:1:1759.pali "pabbajjā" entry]{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} in the Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary (1921–25).
*[http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe13/sbe1312.htm "The Admission to the Order of Bhikkhus"] in Rhys Davids & Oldenberg's English-language translation of the Vinaya Text (1881). (Note that, in this translation, the English word is spelled, "pabba''gg''â.")

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