On the invitation day, whether the fourteenth or the fifteenth, in the midst of the Sangha and in the presence of that person, you should announce: ‘Please, venerables, I ask the Sangha to listen. Such-and-such a person has an unconfessed offense. I cancel their invitation. The invitation ceremony shouldn’t be done in their presence.’ Their invitation has then been canceled.” Improper cancellation of the invitation On one occasion the monks from the group of six— thinking to act before the good monks canceled their invitation, but having no reason for doing so—canceled the invitation of pure monks who had not committed any offenses. They also canceled the invitation of those who already had invited.