Acela Kassapa: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Acela Kassapa - A naked ascetic. He visited the Buddha at Ujunna in the Kanna katthala deer park and asked him if it were true that he disparaged all penance and reviled ascetics. Their conversation is recorded in the Kassapa Sihanada Sutta (D.i.161ff). After the usual four months probation, he joined the Order and in due course became an arahant (D.i.177; but according to DA.i.363 he was ordained forthwith).
In the Majjhima Nikaya (M.iii.124ff.; also AA.i.171) we are told that he was an old friend of Bakkula Thera, and that after a conversation with him obtained his ordination (under him).
See also Acela Kassapa (3).
2. Acela Kassapa - An old family friend of Cittagapahati. Having been for thirty years a paribbajaka, he admits to Citta that he had thereby obtained no particular excellence of knowledge. Citta tells him of his own attainments and Kassapa expresses a desire to enter the Order. He is duly ordained, and shortly afterwards becomes an arahant. S.iv.300ff.
3. Acela Kassapa - The Kassapa mentioned in the Acela Sutta (S.ii.18f.; see also SA.ii.26f), probably to be identified with Acela Kassapa (1), though the stories of their conversions are different.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
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Partial matches: Kassapa, Acela.
Full-text: Acela Sutta, Kannakatthala, Kassapasihanada Sutta, Macchikasanda, Citta.
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