[221] Bhikkhus, again, here a bhikkhu is a maker of strife, a maker of quarrels, a maker of disputes, a maker of contentious talk, a creator of legal issues (adhikaraṇa) in the Saṅgha. If in that case it occurs to the bhikkhus thus: "Friends, this bhikkhu is a maker of strife, a maker of quarrels, a maker of disputes, a maker of contentious talk, a creator of legal issues in the Saṅgha; come, let us carry out an act of censure (tajjanīyakamma) against him," and they carry out the act of censure against him — as a faction, by a semblance of the Dhamma. The Saṅgha present there disputes: "It is an act by a faction, contrary to the Dhamma; it is an act by a united assembly, contrary to the Dhamma; it is an act by a faction, in accordance with the Dhamma; it is an act by a faction, by a semblance of the Dhamma; it is an act by a united assembly, by a semblance of the Dhamma; the act is not done, the act is badly done, the act must be done again." Therein, bhikkhus, those bhikkhus who spoke thus: "It is an act by a faction, by a semblance of the Dhamma," and those bhikkhus who spoke thus: "The act is not done, the act is badly done, the act must be done again" — these bhikkhus therein are speakers of the Dhamma.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.