འདལ་བ་གཞ notes.1.124
The Chapter on Going Forth; The Chapter on the Restoration Rite; The Chapter on Lifting Restrictions; The Chapter on the Rains; The Chapter on Medicines notes.1.124
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notes.1.124
124. The saṅgha is “in concord” (Tib. mthun par gyur pa, Skt. samanuyujya) when all of the monks within a boundary (Tib. mtshams, Skt. sīmā) are either present or have given their consent for an official function such as an ordination ceremony. If it is not possible to gather the entire community together, a quorum may convene in an “inner circle” (Tib. dkyil ’khor, Skt. maṇḍalaka) within a monastery’s boundaries but set off from the rest of the community (Kalyāṇamitra, folio 244.b.3–7).