It may be that a monk who deserves rehabilitation sends a message to the monks: ‘Please come, venerables, I deserve rehabilitation.’ Then, even if you’re not asked, let alone if you are, you should go for seven days, thinking, ‘I’ll make an effort to get him rehabilitated,’ ‘I’ll do the proclamation,’ or ‘I’ll complete the quorum.’ But you should return within seven days.

It may be that the Sangha wants to do a legal procedure against a monk—whether a procedure of censure, demotion, banishment, reconciliation, or ejection. He sends a message to the monks: ‘Please come, venerables, the Sangha wants to do a legal procedure against me.’ Then, even if you’re not asked, let alone if you are, you should go for seven days, thinking, ‘How may the Sangha not do the procedure?’ or ‘How may the Sangha make it lighter?’ But you should return within seven days.

Or it may be that the Sangha has done a legal procedure against him—whether a procedure of censure, demotion, banishment, reconciliation, or ejection. He sends a message to the monks: ‘Please come, venerables, the Sangha has done a legal procedure against me.’ Then, even if you’re not asked, let alone if you are, you should go for seven days, thinking, ‘How can I help him behave properly and suitably so as to deserve to be released?’ or ‘What can I do so that the Sangha lifts that procedure?’ But you should return within seven days.”

A nun sending a message “It may be, monks, that a sick nun