Any monk who doesn’t approve should speak up. The Sangha has abolished such-and-such an observance-day hall. The Sangha approves and is therefore silent. I’ll remember it thus.’” 6. The allowance for an observance-day forecourt At one time in a certain monastery, they had designated an observance-day hall that was too small. On the observance day a large sangha of monks gathered there. Some monks listened to the recitation of the Monastic Code while sitting outside the designated area. that the Buddha had laid down a rule that the observance-day ceremony should be done after designating an observance-day hall, they wondered, “Have we done the observance-day ceremony or not?” They told the Buddha. “Whether you listen to the recitation of the Monastic Code while seated within or outside the designated area, in either case you have done the observance-day ceremony.