Mahākassapa

Mahākassapa

Foremost in ascetic practices; presided over the First Council; his wife was Bhaddā Kapilānī

Category: Monks (bhikkhus)

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Year 2 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 36

The Buddha converts Uruvela Kassapa and his five hundred disciples

Year 2 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 36

King Bimbisāra meets the Buddha, attains the first fruit and takes refuge

Year 5 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 39

The Sangha without offence for five years after the Awakening (Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya)

Year 7 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 41

The god Kassapa visits the Buddha and speaks of the instruction for monastics

Year 11 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 45

The quarrelling monks of Kosambī come to Sāvatthī to admit their fault

Year 12 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 46

Sāriputta asks the Buddha to lay down rules, and the Buddha says the time has not come

Year 30 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 64

Prince Sujāta of Assaka is born

After the passing · After the Buddha's final nirvana

Mahākassapa learns of the Buddha's passing on the road

After the passing · After the Buddha's final nirvana

Mahākassapa pays homage at the Buddha's feet and the pyre ignites by itself

After the passing · After the Buddha's final nirvana

King Ajātasattu learns of the Buddha's passing

After the passing · After the Buddha's final nirvana

What followed: Mahākassapa initiates the First Council

Events of uncertain year

Mahākassapa meets the Buddha at the Bahuputta shrine and goes forth