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## Second Objective] [295 It is permissible for the Ganavacchedaka to reinstate a householder into the order of monks even without making him wear the garb of a householder, so that the welfare of the Gan can be achieved. In the ninth and tenth pratyakshita-yogya bhikṣu, a specific penance in the form of tapas is given to the bhikṣu for six months in the case of a minor offense and for twelve years in the case of a major offense. After the completion of the tapas, he is made to wear the garb of a householder once. After that, he is given the chhedopasthapanīya charitra. In the above four sutras, the provision of making him wear the garb of a householder has been stated, and in the fifth sutra, an exception has been stated. The meaning of this is that if it seems appropriate not to make a particular person a householder, then the Ganavacchedaka can do so according to his own decision. That is, he can do whatever is most beneficial to the Gachchha or the Jinasasana. The commentator has stated some reasons for not making him a householder: 1. The one who has made a king favorable to the Sangha. 2. The one for whom a king has requested that he should not be made a householder. 3. The one who has been given this pratyakshita by the sadhus of the Gan due to false accusations out of hatred, and he goes to another Gan and criticizes them. 4. The one who has many disciples who request that the pratyakshita-prapta bhikṣu or the acharya should not be made a householder. 5. The one who has many disciples who are ready to leave the order due to the harsh pratyakshita given to their benefactor. 6. The one who has a dispute with two Gans regarding the pratyakshita. In such circumstances, and for other such reasons, the bhikṣu should be reinstated without making him a householder.
## Accusation of Akṛtyasevana and the Method of Deciding It 23. Two sāhम्मिया are wandering together, one of them criticizes the other for serving an akṛtyasthāna.