| 1 | The ferule is used for conversion, tonsure, ordination and parlance. | |
| 2 | I ordained as a novice for a year and a half, and another 6 months as a monk ; | |
| 3 | It restored the night silence, poverty in apparel, and monastic tonsure . | |
| 4 | And I nourished that desire until the age of 16, when I had the permission of my parents to go and ordain as a monk. | |
| 5 | Both had taken the tonsure and risen to high rank in their respective Buddhist sects. |