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Mahākāśyapa
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Mahākāśyapa was one of the principal disciples of Gautama Buddha. He is regarded in Buddhism as an enlightened disciple, being foremost in ascetic practice. Mahākāśyapa assumed leadership of the monas
Mahākāśyapa holding a reliquary, sixth century CE, Hebei province, China
Mahākāśyapa holding a reliquary, sixth century CE, Hebei province, China
Pippala Cave in Rajgir, where Mahākāśyapa is recorded to have stayed
Pippala Cave in Rajgir, where Mahākāśyapa is recorded to have stayed
A young Mahākāśyapa, wood, eighteenth century, Korea
A young Mahākāśyapa, wood, eighteenth century, Korea
Mahākāśyapa
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Buddhist councils
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Since the death of the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, Buddhist monastic communities, the "sangha", have periodically convened for doctrinal and disciplinary reasons and to revise and correct t
Mahākāśyapa
…in ascetic practice. Mahākāśyapa assumed leadership of the monastic community following the parinirvāṇa (death) of the Buddha, presiding over the First Buddhist Council. He was considered to be the first patriarch in a number of Early Buddhist schools and continued to have an important role as patriarch in the Chan/Zen…
A mural depicting the first Buddhist Council near Rajagaha, Nava. Jetavana temple, Nava Jetavana Park, Shravasti, Uttar Pradesh.
A mural depicting the first Buddhist Council near Rajagaha, Nava. Jetavana temple, Nava Jetavana Park, Shravasti, Uttar Pradesh.
Emperor Asoka and Moggaliputta-Tissa at the Third Buddhist Council, at the Nava Jetavana, Shravasti
Emperor Asoka and Moggaliputta-Tissa at the Third Buddhist Council, at the Nava Jetavana, Shravasti
The minor pillar edict of Sarnath discusses divisions in the sangha and how the sangha was unified through the aid of the emperor Ashoka. Three 'Minor
The minor pillar edict of Sarnath discusses divisions in the sangha and how the sangha was unified through the aid of the emperor Ashoka. Three 'Minor Pillar Edicts' (at Sarnath, Sāñchī, and Kosambi) discuss the divisions and unification.
Aluvihara Temple in Matale, where the Fourth Theravāda Buddhist Council was held (1896)
Aluvihara Temple in Matale, where the Fourth Theravāda Buddhist Council was held (1896)