For the third time, I speak on this matter. Please, venerables, I ask the Sangha to listen. These monks Paṇḍuka and Lohitaka are quarrelsome, argumentative, and creators of legal issues in the Sangha. They go to other monks who are also quarrelsome, argumentative, and creators of legal issues in the Sangha, and they say to them, “Don’t let him beat you. Argue back forcefully. You’re wiser, more competent, more learned, and more capable than he. Don’t be afraid of him. We’ll take your side.” Because of this, new quarrels start and existing quarrels become worse. The Sangha does a legal procedure of censure against the monks Paṇḍuka and Lohitaka. Any monk who approves of doing a legal procedure of censure against the monks Paṇḍuka and Lohitaka should remain silent. Any monk who doesn’t approve should speak up. The Sangha has done the legal procedure of censure against the monks Paṇḍuka and Lohitaka. The Sangha approves and is therefore silent. I will remember it thus.’”

The group of twelve on illegitimate legal procedures “When a legal procedure of censure has three qualities, it’s illegitimate, contrary to the Monastic Law, and improperly disposed of: it’s done in the absence of the accused, it’s done without questioning the accused, it’s done without the admission of the accused.