[216] “Monks, there is the case where a monk, having had a reconciliation transaction imposed on him by the Saṅgha, behaves properly, lowers his hackles, mends his ways. He asks for the rescinding of the reconciliation transaction.

“Now suppose the thought occurs to the monks, ‘Friends, this monk, having had a reconciliation transaction imposed on him by the Saṅgha, has behaved properly, lowered his hackles, mended his ways. He is asking for the rescinding of the reconciliation transaction. Let’s rescind the reconciliation transaction on him.’

“They, a faction, rescind the reconciliation transaction on him, not in accordance with the Dhamma. …

“United … not in accordance with the Dhamma.

“A faction … in accordance with the Dhamma.

“A faction … a semblance of the Dhamma.

“United … a semblance of the Dhamma.

The wheel should be completed.