When we are reciting the Patimokkha, should we recite it in a normal speaking tone like in a conversation instead of a chanting tone?
For example, when we get to this part, should we give a few seconds for someone to confess their offense? Should we also recite it in a normal speaking tone instead of a chanting tone? I just want to do things as they were done 2500 years ago.
“Venerables, the four rules on expulsion have been recited. If a monk commits any one of them, he is no longer part of the community of monks. As before, so after: he’s expelled and excluded from the community. In regard to this I ask you, ‘Are you pure in this?’ A second time I ask, ‘Are you pure in this?’ A third time I ask, ‘Are you pure in this?’ You are pure in this and therefore silent. I’ll remember it thus.’