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	Maha Kassapa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Maha Kassapa possessed to the highest degree the ten "qualities that inspire confidence."2 He was also a model of a disciplined and austere life devoted to meditation.
		Kassapa's reply has therefore to be seen as the earnest advice of a taint-free arahant to one who had not yet reached that state.
		In the canonical "Verses of the Elders" (Theragatha), forty verses (1051-1091) are ascribed to the venerable Maha Kassapa.
	www.accesstoinsight.org /lib/authors/hecker/wheel345.html (9421 words)

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		Maha Kassapa was said to gain at will the 4 fine material and 4 immaterial meditative absorptions, the cessation of perception and feeling and could attain the six supernormal knowledges.
		Maha Kassapa cautioned Ananda not to be too involved in the ministering of the nuns.
		Maha Kassapa is regarded as the first patriach of Ch’an or Zen Buddhism due to his personality and his ascetic life.
	www.mangalavihara.org.sg /maha_kassapa.doc (1048 words)

	MAHA KASSAPA: FATHER OF THE SANGHA by Hellmuth Hecker Revised and enlarged translation fro
		Maha Kassapa possessed to the highest degree the ten "qualities that inspire confidence." [**] He was also a model of a disciplined and austere life devoted to meditation.
		Kassapa's reply has therefore to be seen as the earnest advice of a taint-free Arahat to one who had not yet reached that state.
		The Verses of Maha Kassapa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the canonical "Verses of the Elders" (//Theragatha//), forty verses (1051-1091) are ascribed to the venerable Maha Kassapa.
	www.skepticfiles.org /mys5/kassapa.htm (9170 words)

	Personality Differences of Arahants
		The behaviour of Maha Kassapa in this context is not typical of a disciple of the Buddha.
		Maha Kassapa’s position as the head of the Sangha is highlighted at the instance of the parinirvana of the Buddha.
		Although Maha Kassapa, who climbed the mountain every day and enjoyed in being in jhana [33], seems to be the ‘extreme’ example we have from the time of the Buddha, he himself was not without social engagements in his own way[34].
	www.buddhanet.net /budsas/ebud/ebsut061.htm (11047 words)

	Maha Kassapa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		On a later occasion, Kassapa was said by the Buddha to be foremost among the bhikkhus who observed the austere practices (Anguttara, Ones).
		Maha Kassapa praises again and again the peace of the jhanas (meditative absorptions).
		forty verses (1051-1091) are ascribed to the venerable Maha Kassapa.
	www.bps.lk /wheels_library/wh_345.htm (9374 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Kassapa, indeed, actually took upon himself those thirteen austere practices allowed by the Buddha for the purpose of cultivating contentedness, renunciation, and energy.[10] On a later occasion, Kassapa was said by the Buddha to be foremost among the bhikkhus who observed the austere practices (Anguttara, Ones).
		No less than six times Kassapa had been the Bodhisatta's father (J. 509, 513, 524, 540), twice he was his brother (J,488, 522), and often his friend or teacher.
		Ananda, however, at that time had not yet succeeded in reaching that final attainment, but as he excelled in remembering a large number of the Buddha's discourses, he too was admitted to complete the five hundred members of the First Council.[11] All other monks were to leave Rajagaha for the duration of the council.
	www.abhidhamma.org /Mahakassapa.htm (9260 words)

	readings
		This 0, Kassapa, is well expounded by me, cultivated and much developed by me, and when cultivated and much developed, it conduces to full realization, perfect wisdom, to Nibbana.
		Thus spoke the Buddha, and the Venerable Maha Kassapa rejoicing, welcomed the utterances of the Worthy One.
		And the Venerable Maha Kassapa rose from that illness.
	www.seattleinsight.org /sutta.aspx?id=8 (1192 words)

	Kassapa Sutta: About Maha Kassapa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying in Rajagaha at the Bamboo Grove, the Squirrels' Sanctuary.
		Maha Kassapa was staying at the Pipphali Cave, afflicted, in pain, and seriously ill. Then, at a later time, he recovered from his illness.
		Maha Kassapa, ignoring those 500 devatas, early in the morning put on his robes and, carrying his bowl and outer robe, went into Rajagaha for alms along the streets of the poor, the streets of the indigent, the streets of the weavers.
	www.vipassana.com /canon/khuddaka/udana/ud1-6.php (194 words)

	SBE 20: Eleventh Khandhaka: Chapter 1
		And the Bhikkhus said to the venerable Mahâ Kassapa: 'Lord, this venerable one, Ânanda, although he have not yet attained [to Nirvâna], yet is he incapable of falling into error through partiality, or malice, or stupidity, or fear, and thoroughly have the Dhamma and the Vinaya been learnt by him from the Blessed One himself.
		Thus did the venerable Mahâ Kassapa question the venerable Upâli as to the matter, as to the occasion, as to the individual concerned, as to the (principal) rule, as to the sub-rule
		Thus did the venerable Mahâ Kassapa question the venerable Upâli as to the matter, and as to the occasion, and as to the individual concerned, and as to the (principal) rule, and as to the sub-rule, and as to who would be guilty, and as to who would be innocent of the second Pârâgika.
	www.sacred-texts.com /bud/sbe20/sbe20119.htm (3230 words)

	A Study Guide
		Maha Kassapa was staying in the Pepper Tree Cave, diseased, in pain, severely ill.
		Maha Kassapa, "I hope you are getting better, Kassapa.
		Maha Kassapa delighted in the Blessed One's words.
	www.purifymind.com /StudyGuide12.htm (2056 words)

	A female deva attends to Maha Kassapa
		At one time, Venerable Maha Kassapa stayed in the Pipphali cave and maintained sustained absorption in concentration (samapatti) for seven days.
		The deva realised that she was reborn in Tavatimsa because she had offered almsfood to Kassapa and felt very grateful to him.
		The Buddha heard her cries and sent forth his radiance and consoled her saying that although meritorious deeds are very important, as a young girl it is not advisable for her to come alone and do all the activities in the monastery.
	members.tripod.com /~suttanta/khuddhaka/dhammapada/dha096.html (314 words)

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