So how should we do the invitation ceremony?” “When there are three of you, you should do the invitation ceremony with one another. And you should do it like this. A competent and capable monk should inform those monks: ‘Please, venerables, I ask you to listen. Today is the invitation ceremony. If the venerables are ready, we should do the invitation ceremony with one another.’ The most senior monk should arrange his upper robe over one shoulder, squat on his heels, raise his joined palms, and say to the other monks: ‘I invite you to correct me concerning what you have seen, heard, or suspect. Please correct me, venerables, out of compassion.