If they investigate, and they see someone, but then do the invitation ceremony separately, there’s an offense of wrong conduct. If they investigate, and they see someone, but think, ‘May they get lost! May they disappear! We are better off without them,’ and then do the invitation ceremony aiming at schism, there’s a serious offense.” 17. The doing of the invitation ceremony with those belonging to a different Buddhist sect, etc. “It may happen that newly-arrived monks see resident monks who belong to a different Buddhist sect, but they have the view that they belong to the same one. Then— If they don’t ask the resident monks about it, and then do the invitation ceremony together, there’s no offense. If they do ask the resident monks about it, but don’t reach a clear conclusion, and then do the invitation ceremony together, there’s an offense of wrong conduct. If they do ask the resident monks about it, but don’t reach a clear conclusion, and then do the invitation ceremony separately, there’s no offense. It may happen that newly-arrived monks see resident monks who belong to the same Buddhist sect, but they have the view that they belong to a different one. Then— If they don’t ask the resident monks about it, and then do the invitation ceremony together, there’s an offense of wrong conduct.