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'''Buddha Kashyapa''' (Skt. ''Kāśyapa''; [[Wyl.]] '' 'od srung'') is the [[supreme nirmanakaya]] [[buddha]] immediately preceding [[Buddha Shakyamuni]] in this [[Fortunate Aeon]]—the third of the [[1002 buddhas of this Fortunate Aeon]]. According to the [[Basic vehicle]], he is also the sixth of the [[seven heroic buddhas]].  
'''Buddha Kashyapa''' (Skt. ''Kāśyapa''; [[Wyl.]] '' 'od srung'') is the [[supreme nirmanakaya]] [[buddha]] immediately preceding [[Buddha Shakyamuni]] in this [[Fortunate Aeon]]—the third of the [[1002 buddhas of this Fortunate Aeon]]. According to the [[Basic vehicle]], he is also the sixth of the [[seven heroic buddhas]].  
==Further Reading==
*''The Fortunate Aeon: How the Thousand Buddhas Became Enlightened'' (Berkeley: Dharma Publishing, 1986), volume 2, page 521.


[[Category: Buddhas and Deities]]
[[Category: Buddhas and Deities]]

Revision as of 15:34, 2 July 2010

Buddha Kashyapa (Skt. Kāśyapa; Wyl. 'od srung) is the supreme nirmanakaya buddha immediately preceding Buddha Shakyamuni in this Fortunate Aeon—the third of the 1002 buddhas of this Fortunate Aeon. According to the Basic vehicle, he is also the sixth of the seven heroic buddhas.

Further Reading

  • The Fortunate Aeon: How the Thousand Buddhas Became Enlightened (Berkeley: Dharma Publishing, 1986), volume 2, page 521.