Naked Ascetic Kassapaperson

The aged Venerable Bakkula recounts to his former friend, the naked ascetic Kassapa, his eighty years without ill will, sensual thought, or village rains residence—and Kassapa ordains and quickly attains awakening.

The Buddha teaches dependent origination by the middle—rejecting eternalism and annihilationism while explaining how consciousness and name-and-form are mutually dependent.

The householder Citta of Macchikāsaṇḍa teaches mendicants and visitors on with kassapa, the naked ascetic, displaying the learning and direct knowledge of an exemplary lay disciple.

The naked ascetic Kassapa challenges the Buddha on ascetic practices; the Buddha delivers the lion's roar, distinguishing true austerity from self-torment and teaching the middle practice of the noble path.