{"product_id":"1731","title":"Maha Kaccana","description":"\u003cp\u003eMahā Kaccāna was one of the Buddha's foremost disciples with a special skill of being able to explain in detail the meaning of brief utterances of the Buddha. This 46-page booklet offers a short biography of the Ven. Mahā Kaccāna, followed by a survey of the discourses ascribed to him in the Pāli Canon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It was on the basis of such skills that the Enlightened One named him the foremost master of doctrinal exposition, and it is this that constitutes his outstanding contribution to the Buddha's Dispensation.\" (p. 46)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBhikkhu Bodhi is a Buddhist monk of American nationality and former editor of the Buddhist Publication Society in Kandy, Sri Lanka. This is one of the original BPS Wheel Publications now collected into one book, \u003cstrong\u003eGreat Disciples of the Buddha\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 1958 and 2002, a total of 334 individual physical Wheel Publication booklets were published by the Buddhist Publication Society (BPS). Those 334 booklets included 468 essays, tracts, and monographs; many were published as double or triple volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThese classic Wheel booklets are not being reprinted; many are no longer available as single issues. We have the last print run in stock—the last existing physical booklets! If this specific Wheel No. is out of stock, please note that it won’t be restocked.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSee also: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/collected-wheels\"\u003eCollected Wheel Publications series (BPE)—Pariyatti Edition\u003c\/a\u003e (Free PDF available per volume)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFree PDF copies of individual booklets are available from the BPS website; some are \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bps.lk\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003elisted\u003c\/a\u003e, while others can be found via the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bps.lk\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGoogle search feature\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bodhi, Bhikkhu","offers":[{"title":"$10","offer_id":42108792307806,"sku":"BPS:403405","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$15","offer_id":42108792340574,"sku":"BPS:403405","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$25","offer_id":42108792373342,"sku":"BPS:403405","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$50","offer_id":42108792406110,"sku":"BPS:403405","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$75","offer_id":42108792438878,"sku":"BPS:403405","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$100","offer_id":42108792471646,"sku":"BPS:403405","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$5","offer_id":42108792504414,"sku":"BPS:403405","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$0","offer_id":42108792537182,"sku":"BPS:403405","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/3677\/0142\/files\/403405.jpg?v=1760547816","url":"https:\/\/pariyatti.org\/products\/1731","provider":"Pariyatti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}