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Mahākāśyapa (Pali: Mahākassapa) was one of the principal disciples of Gautama Buddha. He is regarded in Buddhism as an enlightened disciple, being foremost in ascetic practice. Mahākāśyapa assumed leadership of the monastic community following the parinirvāṇa (death) of the Buddha, presiding over the First Buddhist Council.
Mahākāśyapa (P. Mahākassapa; T. 'od srung chen po འོད་སྲུང་ཆེན་པོ་; C. mohejiashe 摩訶迦葉), or Kāśyapa, was one of the ten principal disciples of Gautama Buddha, who was foremost in ascetic practice. According to tradition, Mahākāśyapa assumed the leadership of the Sangha following the death of the ...
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According to Buddhist tradition, Mahakasyapa was born into a wealthy Brahmin family in Magadha, which in ancient times was a kingdom in what is now northeast India. His original name was Pipphali. From his childhood, he wished to be an ascetic, but his parents wanted him to marry. He relented and took a very beautiful wife named Bhadda Kapilani. Bh...
Buddhist tradition says that when Bhadda and Pipphali parted with each other to walk separate roads, the earth trembled with the power of their virtue. The Buddha felt these trembles and knew that a great disciple was coming to him. Soon Pipphali and the Buddha met and recognized each other as disciple and teacher. The Buddha gave Pipphali the name...
Yongjia Xuanjue, a disciple of the great Chan patriarch Huineng (638-713) recorded that Bodhidharma, the founder of Chan (Zen), was the 28th dharma descendant of Mahakasyapa. According to a classic text attributed to Japanese Soto Zen Master Keizan Jokin (1268-1325), The Transmission of the Light (Denkoroku), one day the Buddha silently raised a lo...
After the death and Parinirvanaof the Buddha, estimated to have been about 480 BCE, the assembled monks were grief-stricken. But one monk spoke up and said, in effect, that at least they wouldn't have to follow the Buddha's rules anymore. This remark alarmed Mahakasyapa. Now that the Buddha was gone, would the light of the dharma go out? Mahakasyap...
Mahakasyapa was a wealthy Brahmin who became a monk and a leader of the sangha after the Buddha's death. He is also a patriarch of Chan (Zen) Buddhism and the first dharma heir of the Buddha, according to some traditions.
Mahākāśyapa is one of the most revered of the Buddha's early disciples, foremost in ascetic practices. He is often depicted in statuary together with Ananda, each standing to one side of the Buddha.
Mahakashyapa (Skt. Mahākāśyapa; Wyl. 'od srung chen po) — one of the principles disciples of Buddha Shakyamuni and the first of the seven patriarchs who upheld the Dharma and succeeded to the Buddha as heads of the Buddhist community.
Mahākāśyapa (Pāli, Mahākassapa), a disciple of the Buddha, was of Brahmin descent. According to Buddhist legend, the Buddha was aware of a karmic connection between himself and Mahākāśyapa, and waited for him as his most distinguished disciple to accept him into the order.
Mahakashyapa (Skt. Mahākāśyapa; Tib. འོད་སྲུང་ཆེན་པོ་, Ösung Chenpo, Wyl. 'od srung chen po) — one of the principle disciples of Buddha Shakyamuni and the first of the seven patriarchs who upheld the Dharma and succeeded to the Buddha as heads of the Buddhist community.
