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    as a monk, named Kāśyapa, but later called Mahākāśyapa to distinguish him from other disciples. Mahākāśyapa became an important disciple of the Buddha...
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    of Mahākāśyapa and Gautama Buddha's robe, which covered Mahākāśyapa's remains. In Chan Buddhism, this account was less emphasized, but Mahākāśyapa was...
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    Sermon except Mahākāśyapa, who smiles. Within Zen, the Flower Sermon communicates the ineffable nature of tathātā (suchness) and Mahākāśyapa's smile signifies...
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    One of the Buddha's disciples, Mahākāśyapa, gazed at the flower and smiled. The Buddha then acknowledged Mahākāśyapa's insight by saying the following:...
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    archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2013 Welter, Albert. "Mahakasyapa's smile. Silent Transmission and the Kung-an (Koan) Tradition". In Heine...
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    Gaya. The mountain is said to be the site where the Buddha's disciple, Mahākāśyapa, is said to have died while waiting for the future Buddha, Maitreya to...
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    Buddha Japheth Suryavansha Ikshvaku dynasty Aditi Danu (Asura) Diti Mahākāśyapa Kāśyapīya House of Suren Vasudeva Kasyapa is mentioned in RV 9.114.2...
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  • written that Bodhidharma was the 28th patriarch in a line of descent from Mahākāśyapa, a disciple of Śākyamuni Buddha, and the first patriarch of Chán Buddhism...
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    Buddhist disciple, Mahākāśyapa, who prioritized collecting alms from the poor. According to Chinese Buddhist monk Hsing Yun, Mahākāśyapa prioritized receiving...
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    Buddhism, in a line of descent from Gautama Buddha via his disciple Mahākāśyapa: Mahakashyapa was the first, leading the line of transmission; Twenty-eight...
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    Prebish 2005, pp. 225–6. Buswell & Lopez 2013, Mahākāśyapa. Buswell & Lopez 2013, Īryāpatha; Mahākāśyapa. Filigenzi 2006, p. 271. Buswell & Lopez 2013...
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    completed. Originally, Amitabha Buddha and two Buddhist saints, Ānanda and Mahākāśyapa, were enshrined in the structure until the Meiji reformation. Then, the...
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    On the left: Mahākāśyapa meets an Ājīvika ascetic and learns of the Buddha's parinirvana (seen on right)....
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    originated in ancient India, when Gautama Buddha held up a flower and Mahākāśyapa smiled. With this smile he showed that he had understood the wordless...
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    Early sangha Gautama Buddha Sāriputta Mahāmoggallāna Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī Mahakasyapa Ānanda Upāli Mahākātyāyana Devadatta Anāthapiṇḍika Pre-sectarian Buddhism...
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    On the left: Mahākāśyapa meets an Ājīvika and learns of the parinirvana....
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    to local lore, the cave at the pagoda holds the preserved remains of Mahākāśyapa (Maha Kathapa in Burmese), a principal disciple of Gautama Buddha. The...
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    meet Mahakasyapa, who has been in samadhi on top of mount Kukkutapada since the passing of Shakyamuni. According to some accounts, Mahakasyapa will then...
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  • explicitly mention the Abhidharma, although it reports that on this occasion Mahākāśyapa recited the mātṛkā(s)." Analayo thinks that this reflects an early stage...
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    āneja-flowers and obtained a happy rebirth (J.vi.227). The cause of Mahākāśyapa's golden complexion was his gift of a golden brick to the building of...
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    exemplified in the story of Śākyamuni Buddha holding up a flower silently, and Mahākāśyapa smiling as he understood. A traditional formula of this is, "Chán points...
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  • Nezha Wong Tin-dok as Earth Deity Chan Chung-kin as Manjusri Ron Ng as Mahākāśyapa Yau Biu as Duke of Thunder Suen Yan-ming, Doi Siu-man, Siu Cheuk-yiu...
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  • the same council, however, he is chastised by Mahākassapa (Sanskrit: Mahākāśyapa) and the rest of the Saṅgha for allowing women to be ordained and failing...
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    (難提蜜多羅 Nántímìduōluó) and origins are said to derive from a Buddhist monk Mahākāśyapa. The legendary Chan Buddhist monk Ji Gong, was widely recognised by people...
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  • Arhats (十八羅漢) Master Puti (菩提祖師), might be based on Subhuti Ananda (阿難) Mahākāśyapa (伽葉) Mahamayuri (孔雀明王) Ratnadhvaja (寶幢光王佛), might be based on Amitābha...
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    Chapter 4: Belief and Understanding Four senior disciples including Mahākāśyapa address the Buddha. They tell the parable of the poor son and his rich...
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  • Sanskrit grammar Siddhartha Gautama (c. 563–483 BCE) – founder of Buddhism Mahākāśyapa – Most Venerable Mahā Kāshyapa Maha Thero Bṛhaspati – Founder of Cārvāka...
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  • have been held just after Buddha's final nirvana, and presided over by Mahākāśyapa, one of his most senior disciples, at a cave near Rājagṛha (today's Rajgir)...
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  • the Buddha Khemā, a chief of the women disciples Kisā Gautamī Koṣṭhila Mahākāśyapa Mahākauṣṭhila, foremost in eloquence Mahānāman, one of the first five...
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    buddhahood. In the Lotus Sutra, Buddha's close followers, such as Śāriputra, Mahākāśyapa, Subhuti, Maudgalyāyana and Buddha's son Rāhula are also predicted to...
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