[49] "Bhikkhus, while you are training thus — in concord, on friendly terms, without dispute — it may be that some bhikkhu incurs an offense (āpatti), a transgression (vītikkama). In that case, bhikkhus, he should not be reproved with an accusation; the person should first be examined thus: 'In this way there will be no trouble for me, and no hurt for the other person; for the other person is not prone to anger, not resentful, does not hold firmly to his views, and relinquishes them easily; and I am able to raise this person out of the unwholesome and establish him in the wholesome.' If it should be thus, bhikkhus, it is fitting to speak.
"But if, bhikkhus, it should be thus: 'There will be no trouble for me, but there will be hurt for the other person; for the other person is prone to anger, resentful, holds firmly to his views, yet relinquishes them easily; and I am able to raise this person out of the unwholesome and establish him in the wholesome. Now this — the hurt to the other person — is a small matter; but this is the greater matter: that I am able to raise this person out of the unwholesome and establish him in the wholesome.' If it should be thus, bhikkhus, it is fitting to speak.
"But if, bhikkhus, it should be thus: 'There will be trouble for me, but no hurt for the other person; for the other person is not prone to anger, not resentful, though he holds firmly to his views, yet he relinquishes them easily; and I am able to raise this person out of the unwholesome and establish him in the wholesome. Now this — the trouble to me — is a small matter; but this is the greater matter: that I am able to raise this person out of the unwholesome and establish him in the wholesome.' If it should be thus, bhikkhus, it is fitting to speak.
"But if, bhikkhus, it should be thus: 'There will be trouble for me, and there will be hurt for the other person; for the other person is prone to anger, resentful, holds firmly to his views, and relinquishes them with difficulty; yet I am able to raise this person out of the unwholesome and establish him in the wholesome. Now this — the trouble to me and the hurt to the other person — is a small matter; but this is the greater matter: that I am able to raise this person out of the unwholesome and establish him in the wholesome.' If it should be thus, bhikkhus, it is fitting to speak.
"But if, bhikkhus, it should be thus: 'There will be trouble for me, and there will be hurt for the other person; for the other person is prone to anger, resentful, holds firmly to his views, and relinquishes them with difficulty; and I am not able to raise this person out of the unwholesome and establish him in the wholesome' — then, toward a person of such a kind, equanimity should not be despised."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.