[235] Bhikkhus, here a bhikkhu who has been subjected by the Saṅgha to an act of suspension (ukkhepanīyakamma) for not seeing an offense behaves properly, remains submissive, conducts himself so as to deserve release, and asks for the revocation of the act of suspension for not seeing the offense. If in that case it occurs to the bhikkhus: 'Friends, this bhikkhu, having been subjected by the Saṅgha to an act of suspension for not seeing an offense, behaves properly, remains submissive, conducts himself so as to deserve release, and asks for the revocation of the act of suspension for not seeing the offense. Come, let us revoke the act of suspension for not seeing the offense for him,' and they revoke the act of suspension for not seeing the offense for him — contrary to Dhamma, as an incomplete assembly … contrary to Dhamma, as a complete assembly; in accordance with Dhamma, as an incomplete assembly; with a semblance of Dhamma, as an incomplete assembly; with a semblance of Dhamma, as a complete assembly. The Saṅgha present there disputes: 'It is an act by an incomplete assembly contrary to Dhamma; an act by a complete assembly contrary to Dhamma; an act by an incomplete assembly in accordance with Dhamma; an act by an incomplete assembly with a semblance of Dhamma; an act by a complete assembly with a semblance of Dhamma; the act is not done, the act is badly done, the act must be done again.' Bhikkhus, those bhikkhus there who spoke thus: 'It is an act by a complete assembly with a semblance of 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 in that case are speakers of Dhamma. These five rounds are given in brief.
Bhikkhus, here again a bhikkhu who has been subjected by the Saṅgha to an act of suspension for not making amends for an offense behaves properly, remains submissive, conducts himself so as to deserve release, and asks for the revocation of the act of suspension for not making amends for the offense. If in that case it occurs to the bhikkhus: 'Friends, this bhikkhu, having been subjected by the Saṅgha to an act of suspension for not making amends for an offense, behaves properly, remains submissive, conducts himself so as to deserve release, and asks for the revocation of the act of suspension for not making amends for the offense. Come, let us revoke the act of suspension for not making amends for the offense for him,' and they revoke the act of suspension for not making amends for the offense for him — contrary to Dhamma, as an incomplete assembly … contrary to Dhamma, as a complete assembly; in accordance with Dhamma, as an incomplete assembly; with a semblance of Dhamma, as an incomplete assembly; with a semblance of Dhamma, as a complete assembly. The Saṅgha present there disputes: 'It is an act by an incomplete assembly contrary to Dhamma; an act by a complete assembly contrary to Dhamma; an act by an incomplete assembly in accordance with Dhamma; an act by an incomplete assembly with a semblance of Dhamma; an act by a complete assembly with a semblance of Dhamma; the act is not done, the act is badly done, the act must be done again.' Bhikkhus, those bhikkhus there who spoke thus: 'It is an act by a complete assembly with a semblance of 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 in that case are speakers of Dhamma. These five rounds are given in brief.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.