On one occasion on the observance day, a number of ignorant and incompetent monks were staying in a certain monastery. They did not know about the observance-day ceremony or the observance-day procedure, nor about the Monastic Code or its recitation. They requested the most senior monk to recite the Monastic Code, that he was incapable. They made the same request of the second-most and third-most senior monks, and on both occasions received the same reply. They then requested