The Blessed Buddha was staying in Śrāvastī, in the Jetavana, Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park. The Blessed One then said to the monks, “Monks, if a person who has been suspended for refusing to acknowledge an offense returns and says, ‘Venerables, I acknowledge the offense. Please allow my going forth,’ then you should allow his going forth. Once he has gone forth, if he says, ‘Venerables, I confess my offense. Please grant me ordination,’ then he should be granted ordination. If perchance, after being ordained, he should say, ‘I do not acknowledge the offense,’ then, provided there is a majority within the saṅgha, he should be suspended for refusing to acknowledge the offense. In the event that there is no majority within the saṅgha and he has been ordained, the ordination is to be judged valid, for it is difficult for a person to find monkhood, to go forth and be ordained in the well-proclaimed Dharma and Vinaya. The same conditions apply to suspensions meted out for refusing to amend one’s behavior, and suspensions meted out for refusing to give up deviant views.”

An index:

Persons whose hands have been cut off, persons whose legs have been cut off, Persons with hands of webbed fingers, Persons with no lips, persons whose bodies have been branded, scarred by a whip, or tattooed, The very old, the very young, Persons with mobility impairment, persons with degenerative nerve disorders, persons missing an eye, Persons whose hands have been cut off, persons with kyphosis, persons of restricted growth, Persons with goiters, persons with a speech impairment, persons with a hearing impairment, Persons who use mobility aids, persons with elephantiasis, Persons worn out by women, persons worn out by burdens, Persons worn out by the road, Persons with malabsorption syndromes, and persons with chronic fatigue. The great seer forbade People such as this. Knowing all, the Perfectly Awakened One, Whose name denotes truth, proclaimed That going forth is for the beautiful And ordination for the pure.