On one occasion the monks from the group of six received the confession of shared offenses from one another. “You shouldn’t receive the confession of shared offenses from one another. If you do, you commit an offense of wrong conduct.” 26. The process for revealing an offense At one time a certain monk remembered an offense while the Monastic Code was being recited. “The Buddha has laid down a rule that one shouldn’t do the observance-day ceremony if one has an unconfessed offense. And I’ve committed an offense. So what should I do?” They told the Buddha.