“You should dismiss one who doesn’t conduct himself properly. And this is how he should be dismissed. If the preceptor conveys the following by body, by speech, or by body and speech: ‘I dismiss you;’ ‘Don’t come back here;’ ‘Remove your bowl and robe;’ or, ‘You shouldn’t attend on me’—then the student has been dismissed. If he doesn’t convey this by body, by speech, or by body and speech, then the student hasn’t been dismissed.” Students who had been dismissed did not ask for forgiveness. They told the Buddha. “You should ask for forgiveness.” They still did not ask for forgiveness. They told the Buddha. “One who has been dismissed should ask for forgiveness.