“It may be that a monk commits a number of offenses entailing suspension, unconcealed and specified … unconcealed and unspecified … unconcealed and having the same name … unconcealed and having different names … unconcealed and of the same kind … unconcealed and of different kinds … unconcealed and of the same sort … unconcealed and of different sorts and then disrobes. … (to be expanded as above) …” The group of eight sections on “specified”, etc., is finished.

8. The group of eleven sections on two monks Two monks have each committed an offense entailing suspension, and they regard it as such. One conceals his offense, but not the other. The one who conceals it is to confess an offense of wrong conduct. He should be given probation according to the length of that concealment, and both should then be given the trial period. Two monks have each committed an offense entailing suspension, but they are unsure of it. One conceals his offense, but not the other. The one who conceals it is to confess an offense of wrong conduct. He should be given probation according to the length of that concealment, and both should then be given the trial period. Two monks have each committed an offense entailing suspension, but they regard it as mixed with other offenses. One conceals his offense, but not the other. The one who conceals it is to confess an offense of wrong conduct. He should be given probation according to the length of that concealment, and both should then be given the trial period. Two monks have each committed an offense entailing suspension mixed with other offenses, but they regard them as an offense entailing suspension. One conceals his offenses, but not the other. The one who conceals them is to confess an offense of wrong conduct. He should be given probation according to the length of that concealment, and both should then be given the trial period.