I heard thus. At one time the Blessed One was living in the monastery offered by Anaathapindika in Jeta’s grove in Saavatthi. At that time the brahmin householders of Veranjaka were resident in Saavatthi, having come to Saavatthi on some purpose. They heard that .the good recluse Gotama, the son of the Sakyas, who had gone forth from the clan...