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[Second Objective] [297 can declare his penance and can also separate him from the Gachchha if he refuses the penance. The statement of giving the same penance to the one who makes false accusations is in the Brihatkalpa Uddeshak 6 and the statement of separating the one who does not accept the penance given by the Geetaarth or the Acharya from the Gachchha is in the Brihatkalpa Uddeshak 4. The implication is that the Gachchha leader should not make a decision and behave based on the statement of only one party, but should listen to the statements of both parties and make a proper decision and give penance. In a doubtful situation, i.e., if the decision is not made properly, the guilty person should not be given penance. In doing so, the penancer does not incur any guilt, but the guilty person himself receives the fruit of his violation of restraint. If the consumption of the fault is proved by evidence and a clear decision is made, then it becomes mandatory to give penance even if the guilty person refuses, otherwise there will be disorder in the Gachchha and there will also be public criticism. Therefore, the Geetaarth monks and the Gachchha leaders should decide to give the penance as prescribed in the Sutras with discretion. / The intention to abandon restraint and return 24. If a monk leaves the Gachchha due to the intention to abandon restraint and later comes back without consuming unrestraint and wants to rejoin his Gachchha, then (regarding taking him into the Gachchha) if there is a dispute among the elders (they start saying to each other) do you know if he is a pratisevi or an apratisevi? (In such a situation, the Agama's provision is that the elders should) ask the monk himself - are you a pratisevi or an apratisevi? If he says - "I am a pratisevi." then he is eligible for penance. If he says - "I am not a pratisevi." then he is not eligible for penance. / Whatever evidence he gives, the evidence should be taken. / 50 - What do you say, Bhante? A - True conduct. 24. If a monk leaves the Gachchha due to the intention to abandon restraint and later comes back without consuming unrestraint and wants to rejoin his Gachchha, then (regarding taking him into the Gachchha) if there is a dispute among the elders (they start saying to each other) do you know if he is a pratisevi or an apratisevi? (In such a situation, the Agama's provision is that the elders should) ask the monk himself - are you a pratisevi or an apratisevi? If he says - "I am a pratisevi." then he is eligible for penance. If he says - "I am not a pratisevi." then he is not eligible for penance. / Whatever evidence he gives, the evidence should be taken. / 50 - What do you say, Bhante? A - True conduct.