The Anguttara-nikāya does not recognize a form of atonement for pārājika, just as the śikṣādattaka observance does not imply a re-evaluation of the nature of a pārājika offence. Instead, the latter only involves an institutionalization of an option already available earlier, namely to continue to live at a monastery in robes but without all the privileges that come with full ordination.

A clarification of a misunderstanding in Shayne Clarke’s earlier presentation of the śikṣādattaka “repentance.”

See also Bhante’s follow up paper, Pārājika Does Not Necessarily Entail Expulsion, where he clarifies his position and responds to some critiques of this paper.