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The Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya states: King Śuddhodana petitioned the Buddha: "From now on, if parents do not permit it, one must not be granted pravrajyā." (This was because Rāhula left the household without informing him.) Why so? Because parents rely on their sons for glory. The Buddha thereupon instituted the precept: if parents do not allow it, one may not leave the household. ○ The Sūtra of Five Hundred Questions states: "If someone leaves the household when the king's law and their parents do not allow it, do they obtain the precepts or not?" The answer is: "They do not." ○ The Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra states: "If parents do not allow it, one may not leave the household."