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 the entire gathering has left, a smaller 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.” The group of fifteen on aiming at schism is finished. The group of seventy-five is finished. 33. The successive series on entering a monastery zone “On the observance day, four or more resident monks may have gathered together in a certain monastery. They don’t know