user289: How many monks does it take to ordain a new monk? How many monks does it take to create a new Sangha?
I've read this before, now I can't find it.
I think these are very old rules & are similar across different traditions.
Note. I already know that schism is considered the worst thing in the universe by traditional Buddhism.

user295: Quorum of 10 of 10 years standing, 5 in border areas. 5 is the quorum generally outside India. [page 108, Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo (The Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices) 2nd Edition
by Richard F. Gombrich]
The quorum to perform a patimokkha ceremony is 4 [page 110, Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo (The Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices) 2nd Edition
by Richard F. Gombrich]

289: <p>How many monks does it take to ordain a new monk? How many monks does it take to create a new Sangha?</p>

<p>I've read this before, now I can't find it.</p>

<p>I think these are very old rules &amp; are similar across different traditions.</p>

<p><strong>Note</strong>. I already know that schism is considered the worst thing in the universe by traditional Buddhism.</p>
 295: <p>Quorum of 10 of 10 years standing, 5 in border areas. 5 is the quorum generally outside India. [page 108, <a href="http://www.ahandfulofleaves.org/documents/Theravada%20Buddhism_Gombrich.pdf" rel="nofollow">Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo (The Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices)</a> 2nd Edition
by Richard F. Gombrich]</p>

<p>The quorum to perform a <em>patimokkha</em> ceremony is 4 [page 110, <a href="http://www.ahandfulofleaves.org/documents/Theravada%20Buddhism_Gombrich.pdf" rel="nofollow">Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo (The Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices)</a> 2nd Edition
by Richard F. Gombrich]</p>
