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Mahakasyapa was one of the Buddha’s earliest disciples, entering the monastic order three years after the Buddha had attained enlightenment. Mahakasyapa was born into a Brahmin family, the aristocracy. Even before he became a disciple of the Buddha, he was known for his noble bearing. He was aloof to worldly desires and material pursuits. When his parents pressured him into marrying, he and his wife agreed to have a celibate relationship and slept in separate beds. Later on, Mahakasyapa overheard the Buddha propagating the Dharma at the Bamboo Grove Monastery. At the moment, faith arose and he became a Buddhist.
After the Buddha entered final nirvana, Mahakasyapa inherited the Buddha’s robes and alms bowl and organized the First Buddhist Council. Afterwards, he handed the Dharma transmission to Ananda and travelled to Kukkutapada Mountain, where he entered a deep state of meditative concentration to await the arrival of Maitreya Buddha. Among the Buddha’s disciples, he was known as foremost in austerities.
 

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  The Charismatic Ananda, and his Enduring Legacy

  Mar Ngok Summer Teachings Day 8

  “Ananda was handsome in appearance and naturally gentle. These characteristics made him attractive to many people, especially women.”

  Speaking on the third topic of early Buddhism, His Holiness Karmapa focused on Ananda and his attitude toward women, quoting a sutra from his in-depth research.

  In the “Sutra of the Buddha’s Skillful Means in Repaying Kindness” (Mahopāya-kauśalya-buddha-pratyupakāraka-sūtra), a Mahayana sutra translated into Chinese during the Han dynasty, it says:

  Ananda was the condition for women to enter the Buddha’s teaching. Gautamī, (King Suddodhana’s second wife, also known as Mahāprajāpatī or Prajāpatī), in the future, bhikshunis, laywomen, and women should always think of Ananda and pray to him one-pointedly. Venerate and respect him, call him by name, and continually be grateful to him. Or else do not forget him in the six times day and night; remember him. Gautamī, instruct the bhikshunis and women thus: ask the teacher Ananda for protection. Any woman who wants hap

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  Mahākāśyapa

  Principal disciple of Gautama Buddha and leader at the First Council

  "Mahakassapa" redirects here. For other uses, see Kassapa.

  The elder Mahākāśyapa
  Mahākāśyapa holding a reliquary, sixth century CE, Hebei province, China
  Born	Pippali c. 603 BC or 520 BC Mahātittha, Magadha (present-day Bihar, India)
  Died	c. 460 BC or 380 BC In Kukkuṭapāda Mountain, Magadha. According to many hagiographic accounts, still alive there
  Nationality	Magadha
  Parent(s)	Father Nyagrodha, Kapila or Kosigotta; mother Sumanādevī
  Education	Brahmin caste education
  Known for	Leader of the First Buddhist Council; foremost in ascetic practices (Pali: dhutavādānaṃ)
  Other names	Dhutaraja
  Religion	Buddhism
  School	all, but most honored in Theravāda and Chan Buddhism
  Teacher	Gautama Buddha
  Successor	Ānanda
  Students Śroṇa-Koṭikarṇa; Bhadra-Kapilānī

  Mahākāśyapa (Pali: Mahākassapa) was one of the principal disciples of Gautama Buddha. He is regarded in Buddhism as an enlightened disciple, being f