Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s7.t16.3

v1.c7.s7.t16.3

There is not much information on his life and activities. The *Samyuktagama sutra* records in Book 3, “Purana Kassapa is a preacher of heterodox doctrines and surrounded by 500 non-orthodox followers, talking loudly about secular matters”, and in Book 5, “Purana Kassapa is a popular teacher and followed by five hundred disciples, including the wise and the foolish. When he dies, no one can tell where he is.”