I guess, to use your comparison, the bar is passed by receiving ordination as a monk. That is something a transmitted priest is fully authorized to do.
Doshin St
https://testmaxprep.com/blog/lsat/be...0aAunxEALw_wcB
DR. HEINE'S (and my) TRANSLATIONS of RUJING ZENJI's "MU" GUIDANCE
A somewhat puzzling section of Master Tiantong Rujing's Goroku (Collected Sayings; 如淨禪師語錄序) Jundo Today, 10:20 AM