[611] **"That bhikkhu"** means: that bhikkhu who is by nature difficult to admonish (dubbacajātika).
**"By the bhikkhus"** means: by other bhikkhus.
Those who see and those who hear — by them he should be told: "Let the venerable one not make himself one who cannot be spoken to; let the venerable one make himself one who can be spoken to. Let the venerable one also speak to the bhikkhus in accordance with the Dhamma, and the bhikkhus also will speak to the venerable one in accordance with the Dhamma; for thus is the Blessed One's assembly brought to growth, namely through mutual admonition and through mutual rehabilitation." He should be told a second time; he should be told a third time. If he relinquishes, that is good; if he does not relinquish, there is an offense of wrong conduct (dukkaṭa). If, having heard [of it], they do not speak to him, there is an offense of wrong conduct.
That bhikkhu, having been drawn even into the midst of the Saṅgha, should be told: "Let the venerable one not make himself one who cannot be spoken to; let the venerable one make himself one who can be spoken to. Let the venerable one also speak to the bhikkhus in accordance with the Dhamma, and the bhikkhus also will speak to the venerable one in accordance with the Dhamma; for thus is the Blessed One's assembly brought to growth, namely through mutual admonition and through mutual rehabilitation." He should be told a second time; he should be told a third time. If he relinquishes, that is good; if he does not relinquish, there is an offense of wrong conduct.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.