sn16.11:8.1 and he said to Ānanda,
sn16.11:8.2 “Indeed, Reverend Ānanda, the nun Thullanandā spoke rashly and without reflection.
sn16.11:8.3 Since I shaved off my hair and beard, dressed in ocher robes, and went forth from the lay life to homelessness, I don’t recall acknowledging any other teacher apart from the Blessed One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha.
sn16.11:8.4 Formerly when I was still a layman, I thought:
sn16.11:8.5 ‘Life at home is cramped and dirty, life gone forth is wide open.
sn16.11:8.6 It’s not easy for someone living at home to lead the spiritual life utterly full and pure, like a polished shell.
sn16.11:8.7 Why don’t I shave off my hair and beard, dress in ocher robes, and go forth from the lay life to homelessness?’
sn16.11:8.8 After some time I made an outer robe of patches and, in the name of the perfected ones in the world, I shaved off my hair and beard, dressed in ocher robes, and went forth from the lay life to homelessness.