“You shouldn’t give the going forth to a boy less than fifteen years old. If you do, you commit an offense of wrong conduct.” At that time there was a family with faith and confidence that was supporting Venerable Ānanda. Then most of its members died from a deadly and contagious disease, and only two boys were left behind. When they saw the monks, they ran up to them, as they had done before. When the monks dismissed them, Ānanda thought, “The Buddha has laid down a rule that a boy less than fifteen years old shouldn’t be given the going forth, which applies to these boys. How then can I make sure that these boys don’t perish?”