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This Life Next Life 'Neither is there any other world, nor are there beings reborn otherwise than from parents, nor is there fruit or result of deeds well done or ill done. 'Now the brahmins and householders of Setavya heard the news:- 'They say that the wanderer Master Kassapa, disciple of the wanderer Gotama, walking on tour with a great company of bhikkhus, to the number of about five hundred, has arrived at Setavya and is staying there to the north of the town, in the Simsapa - tree Grove. Now regarding that Master Kassapa, such is the excellent reputation that has been raised abroad: - Wise and expert is he, abounding in knowledge and learning, eloquent and excellent in discourse, venerable too and an Arahant. And good is it to interview Arahants like him. ' Then the brahmins and householders of Setavya, coming out from the town in companies and bands from each district so that they could be counted³, went by the north gate, to the Simsapa - tree Grove. 3. Now at that time Payasi, the chieftain, had gone apart to the upper terrace of his house for siesta. And seeing the people thus go by he said to his doorkeeper : - 3 The expression is somewhat ambiguous. See the note on 1, 145.