It may be that a monk commits a number of offenses entailing suspension. He’s aware of some of them, but not others. He conceals the offenses he’s aware of, but not those he isn’t aware of. He then disrobes. Being reordained and having found out about all of them, he conceals those offenses he was previously aware of, but not those he wasn’t aware of. He should be given probation according to the length of the earlier and subsequent concealment of those offenses, and he should then be given the trial period. It may be that a monk commits a number of offenses entailing suspension. He’s aware of some of them, but not others. He conceals the offenses he’s aware of, but not those he isn’t aware of. He then disrobes. Being reordained and having found out about all of them, he conceals all of them. He should be given probation according to the length of the earlier and subsequent concealment of those offenses, and he should then be given the trial period.

“It may be that a monk commits a number of offenses entailing suspension. He remembers some of them, but not others. He conceals the offenses he remembers, but not those he doesn’t remember. He then disrobes. Being reordained and having remembered all of them, he conceals none of them. He should be given probation according to the length of the earlier concealment of those offenses, and he should then be given the trial period.