And there’s a serious offense for the reciters. On the observance day, four or more resident monks may have gathered together in a certain monastery. there are other resident monks who haven’t arrived. They think, ‘May they get lost! May they disappear! We are better off without them.’ They then do the observance-day ceremony and recite the Monastic Code, aiming at schism. When they’ve just finished, and only some members of the gathering have left, an equal number of resident monks arrive. In such a case, what has been recited is valid, and the late arrivals should announce their purity in the presence of the others. And there’s a serious offense for the reciters. On the observance day, four or more resident monks may have gathered together in a certain monastery. there are other resident monks who haven’t arrived.