[Buddha-l] Ven Maha Kassapa and the flower

[curt]

M.B. Schiekel wrote:
> Dumoulin is saying, the first occurence of this Kasyapa-story is found
> in the forth Chan chronicle 'Tsung-men lien-teng hui-yao' (1183). For
> more recent information about the development of Chan and especially the
> Chan genealogical system, please have a look at:
> J.R. McRae, Seeing through Zen.
>
>   

Steve Heine's "The Koan: Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism" has a whole 
chapter on this story: "Mahakasyapa's Smile: Silent Transmission and the 
Kung-an (Koan) Tradition" by Albert Welter.

Here are a few links with more information/interpretations about this story:

http://www.buddhistinformation.com/zen/flower_of_no_separation.htm
http://www.ordinarymind.com/koan_honored.html
http://www.kwanumzen.com/primarypoint/v13n1-1995-summer-dgzm-transmissionspeech.html
http://www.everydayzen.org/teachings/talk_mumonkan6.asp

- Curt