Venerable Wu Yin says that initiation is a kind of assessment and certification. After a woman becomes a nun she first spends two years with a group of nuns and is approved by a nun group that understands her before moving onto a monk group for full ordination.
悟因法師表示：傳戒是一種考核與認可，照理說女子出家後，必須於尼團學戒兩年，先由瞭解她的尼團考核通過，再到男性僧部受「具足戒」。