36 The Recital of the Pātimokkha

On the Observance day, the Buddha three times refuses to recite the Pātimokkha because the assembly is not pure. Moggallāna discovers an impure monk and removes him. The Buddha declares he will no longer perform the Observance or recite the Pātimokkha, and that those with offences must not hear it. The six monks set aside the Pātimokkha of pure monks, and the Buddha rules this is an offence.