Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.855
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.855
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1. Kappina Sutta.—Mahā-Kappina visits the Buddha who, seeing him from afar, tells the monks that Mahā-Kappina is highly gifted and of wondrous power, a gifted preacher and radiant; one of those who had gained the object of renunciation. The Buddha proceeds to say how one, clothed in wisdom and virtue, is best among beings, and how the Noble One is best of shining objects in that he shines always.¹ The verses of this sutta are also quoted elsewhere.²