“Lord, so far as I understand dhamma taught by the lord, it is not an easy matter for one who lives in a house to lead the Brahma-life, complete and undefiled and polished like a conch-shell. I desire, lord, having cut off my hair and beard and having donned the yellow robes, to go forth from home into homelessness. May the lord let me go forth" "But, Sudinna, have you your parents' consent to go forth?" “No, lord, I have not my parents' consent to go forth.