Please quote me in full… I already explained.
(edited name as generic preceptor)
Because very few monks in the world have these requirements let alone the freedom from nissaya. “I highly doubt it” is generally targeted. It can be generally applied to any preceptor of today. I don’t think it is putting anyone down. It is just saying the likelihood. You can ask him and report back here. You can also ask him if he has met all the requirements to be free from nissaya himself. I’m still working on it, but should be finished to some degree hopefully before this December.
As for Ven. Ariyadhamma who succeeded my preceptor from 2007 after his death. I highly believe he had those preceptor qualifications since he is said to have memorized most of the tipitaka. (minus a few abhidhamma books). Greek Bhante told me when I asked him and he heard that directly from the teacher of him. I have also heard that ven Pa-Auk Sayadawgyi has gone through the pariyatti to be a real qualified preceptor.
You basically need to be an extremely exceptional outlier scholar to be an ancient approved preceptor by today’s standards, but perhaps it was not so bad back then. Ven Ariyadhammika is very intelligent in some aspects. Is he intelligent per the qualifications? Maybe you can ask and report back here.
Generally speaking, most monks consider 10 vassa to be enough to be a preceptor.
Generally speaking, most monks consider knowing the patimokkha and 5 vassa enough to be free from nissaya.
Nevertheless that is not all of what is written down.