“It may be that a monk on probation commits a number of unconcealed offenses entailing suspension and then becomes a novice monk … goes insane … becomes deranged … is overwhelmed by pain … both concealed and unconcealed … (to be expanded as above) … he’s aware of some of them, but not others … he remembers some of them, but not others … he’s sure of some of them, but unsure of others. He conceals the offenses he’s sure of, but not those he’s unsure of. He then becomes overwhelmed by pain. Having recovered and having become sure of all of them, he conceals none of them. … having become sure of all of them, he doesn’t conceal those offenses he was previously sure of, but conceals those he was unsure of. … having become sure of all of them, he conceals those offenses he was previously sure of, but not those he was unsure of. … having become sure of all of them, he conceals all of them. He’s to be sent back to the beginning. He’s then to be given probation according to the length of the concealment of those offenses and simultaneously with the probation for the previous offenses.

“It may be that a monk who deserves the trial period … who’s undertaking the trial period … who deserves rehabilitation commits a number of unconcealed offenses entailing suspension and then disrobes. … (‘who deserves the trial period’, ‘who’s undertaking the trial period’, and ‘who deserves rehabilitation’ are to be expanded as for ‘on probation’) …