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## [Direct Objective] [277 26. If a monk leaves the order and adopts the Pārsva-sthavi-vihāra-caryā and later wants to return to the same order after abandoning the Pārsva-sthavi-vihāra, then if his conduct is somewhat remaining, he should perform a complete review and repentance of his previous state and accept whatever penance in the form of Diksha-chheda or tapas that the Acharya gives after listening to his review. 27. If a monk leaves the order and adopts the Yatha-chanda-vihāra-caryā and later wants to return to the same order after abandoning the Yatha-chanda-vihāra, then if his conduct is somewhat remaining, he should perform a complete review and repentance of his previous state and accept whatever penance in the form of Diksha-chheda or tapas that the Acharya gives after listening to his review. 28. If a monk leaves the order and adopts the Kuśila-vihāra-caryā and later wants to return to the same order after abandoning the Kuśila-vihāra, then if his conduct is somewhat remaining, he should perform a complete review and repentance of his previous state and accept whatever penance in the form of Diksha-chheda or tapas that the Acharya gives after listening to his review. 29. If a monk leaves the order and adopts the Avasanna-vihāra-caryā and later wants to return to the same order after abandoning the Avasanna-vihāra, then if his conduct is somewhat remaining, he should perform a complete review and repentance of his previous state and accept whatever penance in the form of Diksha-chheda or tapas that the Acharya gives after listening to his review. 30. If a monk leaves the order and adopts the Samsakta-vihāra-caryā and later wants to return to the same order after abandoning the Samsakta-vihāra, then if his conduct is somewhat remaining, he should perform a complete review and repentance of his previous state and accept whatever penance in the form of Diksha-chheda or tapas that the Acharya gives after listening to his review. / The previous sūtras mention the return of a solitary monk to the order, and these sūtras mention the return of monks with relaxed conduct like Pārsva-sthavi etc. to the order. / These sūtras also make it clear that the restraint mentioned in the previous sūtras for solitary monks is not relaxed, but they are those who follow pure conduct. When Pārsva-sthavi etc. want to return to the order, if their restraint has not been completely destroyed by their corrupt tendencies, i.e., if any of the qualities of restraint remain, then they can be admitted to the order after giving them penance in the form of tapas or chheda. _ This statement about the remaining restraint is not found in the previous sūtras, all other provisions are the same in both places. Therefore, these should be understood as before. / These sūtras provide an alternative provision for penance in the form of tapas or chheda, i.e., a solitary monk or Pārsva-sthavi etc. can be admitted to the order after giving them tapas penance, and someone can also be given Diksha-chheda penance, therefore, it should not be understood as a single provision.