Which of the following are the conditions to be a member of the Buddhist Sangha or the Religious Order?

Membership is not open to females.

Persons below the age of 15 years are not allowed to join it.

Persons with leprosy and other infectious disease are not allowed to join it.

Persons who were in the service of the king or an individual, or who were in debt or had been branded as robbers or criminals were refused admission into the Sangha.

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The Buddha had two kinds of disciples–monks (bhikshus) and lay worshippers (upasikas), the former were organised into the Sangha or congregation, the number of which swelled with the spread of Buddhism.
The membership of the Sangha or the Religious Order was open to all persons, male or female, above fifteen years of age, and who were free from leprosy, consumption and other infectious diseases.
Persons who were in the service of the king or an individual, or who were in debt or had been branded as robbers or criminals were refused admission into the Sangha. But exceptions were made in the case of convicts, slaves or persons with bodily deformities. There were no caste restrictions, on membership.

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The Buddha had two kinds of disciples–monks (bhikshus) and lay worshippers (upasikas), the former were organised into the Sangha or congregation, the number of which swelled with the spread of Buddhism.
The membership of the Sangha or the Religious Order was open to all persons, male or female, above fifteen years of age, and who were free from leprosy, consumption and other infectious diseases.
Persons who were in the service of the king or an individual, or who were in debt or had been branded as robbers or criminals were refused admission into the Sangha. But exceptions were made in the case of convicts, slaves or persons with bodily deformities. There were no caste restrictions, on membership.