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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Kassapagotta - Apparently the general name given to those belonging to the family of Kassapas. Thus the Ajivaka Guna is addressed as Kassapagotta (J.vi.222) and again as Kassapa (J.vi.224, 229, 235). See also Kassapa (28).
2. Kassapagotta - A monk living in Vasabhagama in the Kasi kingdom. He was in the habit of showing extreme hospitality to the monks who came there from other parts. Once some monks who visited him enjoyed his hospitality and stayed on. After some time, feeling that they had outstayed their welcome, Kassapagotta grew tired of looking after them and was blamed by them for his neglect. He therefore went to Campa, where he laid his case before the Buddha, who declared that no blame attached to him. Vin.i.312ff.
3. Kassapagotta - A monk living in Pankadha in the Kosala country. He heard the Buddha preach a sermon, but was not satisfied with it and kept on thinking: This recluse (meaning the Buddha) is much too scrupulous (adhisallikhatevayam). Later, he was filled with remorse and, having sought the Buddha at Rajagaha, begged forgiveness for his thoughtlessness.
The Buddha praised him for having seen his transgression, and for his confession thereof and determination to practise self restraint. A.i.236f
4. Kassapagotta - A monk, perhaps to be identified with one of the foregoing. He was once staying in a forest tract in Kosala and, seeing a trapper pursuing deer, intervened and protested against the mans earning his living by such cruel means. The trapper was too preoccupied with his quarry to pay much attention to what was said. A deva of the forest drew near the monk and instructed him not to waste his time in preaching to a man who heard but did not understand what was being said. Kassapa was agitated and, according to the Commentary, gave himself up to much striving and became an arahant. S.i.198f; SA.i.223.
5. Kassapagotta - One of the monks who accompanied the Thera Majjhima on his journey to the country of the Himalaya for the purpose of converting it to Buddhism (Dpv.viii.10; Sp.i.68; Mbv.115; MT.317).
In a relic urn, found in Tope No.2 of Sanchi group, were the ashes of this monk, where he is described as Hemavatacariya. Cunningham: Bhilsa Topes, 287.
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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Starts with: Kassapagotta Or Cheta Sutta.
Full-text: Cheta Sutta, Kassapagotta Or Cheta Sutta, Majjhima, Akitti, Gaggara, Himava, Gijjhakuta, Kassapa, Mahanaradakassapa Jataka.
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Vinaya Pitaka (3): Khandhaka (by I. B. Horner)
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Mahavamsa (by Wilhelm Geiger)
Buddhist Monastic Discipline (by Jotiya Dhirasekera)