Early Buddhism

With Kassapa, the Naked Ascetic

Acelakassapasutta

Language
Pāli
Period
Early Buddhist Texts
Tradition
Early Buddhism
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A naked ascetic named Kassapa approaches the Buddha while he is on alms round and asks whether suffering is created by oneself, by another, by both, or by chance. Explaining why he rejects all these options, the Buddha asserts that suffering arises due to conditions.

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