<b> <c c="#a00149">Pūraṇa Kassapa</c> </b> <br>One of the six well known teachers, contemporaneous with the Buddha. He is said to have taught the doctrine of non-action, denying the result of good or bad actions. <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.i.52f.</c> <br>Elsewhere, <c c="#3b6bd3">SN.iii.69</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">SN.v.126</c> however, he is mentioned as denying condition and cause—i.e., the efficacy of kamma—which teaching, in the Sāmmaññaphala Sutta, <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.i.53</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">AN.iii.383</c> is attributed to Makkhali Gosāla.<br>His gotta name was Kassapa. He had a following of five hundred, among whom was the devaputta Asama. <c c="#3b6bd3">SN.i.65</c> He was consulted by the Licchavis Abhaya <c c="#3b6bd3">SN.v.126</c> and Mahāli <c c="#3b6bd3">SN.iii.68</c> and by the wanderer Vacchagotta. <c c="#3b6bd3">SN.iv.398</c> He claimed to be omniscient. <c c="#3b6bd3">AN.iv.428</c> <br> <br> </deftext>