“It may be, monks, that for the resident monks it’s the fourteenth day of the lunar half-month, but for the newly-arrived monks it’s the fifteenth. Then— If the number of resident monks is greater, the newly-arrived monks should fall in line with the resident monks. If the number is the same, the newly-arrived monks should fall in line with the resident monks. If the number of newly-arrived monks is greater, the resident monks should fall in line with the newly-arrived monks. It may be that for the resident monks it’s the fifteenth day of the lunar half-month, but for the newly-arrived monks it’s the fourteenth. Then— If the number of resident monks is greater, the newly-arrived monks should fall in line with the resident monks. If the number is the same, the newly-arrived monks should fall in line with the resident monks. If the number of newly-arrived monks is greater, the resident monks should fall in line with the newly-arrived monks. It may be that for the resident monks it’s the day after the observance day, but for the newly-arrived monks it’s the fifteenth day of the lunar half-month. Then— If the number of resident monks is greater, the resident monks may, if they’re willing, do the observance-day ceremony with the newly-arrived monks.