The two ministers Sunīdha and Vassakāra invite the Buddha and the monks to a meal the next day. After the meal the Buddha speaks a verse, wishing that the gods who guard the dwellings here may share in the merit. Pali Canon
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Different Accounts
The donors: the Chinese Youxing jing says the meal was given by the lay followers of Pāṭaliputta and the ministers merely followed behind the Buddha; all other accounts say it was the ministers.
More differences between accounts (1)
The content of the verse differs between sources: the Chinese Youxing jing has “knowing how to honour those worthy of honour”; the Chinese Fo bannihuan jing has the “five attitudes” counselled to officials; the Chinese Mūlasarvāstivāda Vinaya has a blessing for the gods long resident there. Taishō Canon
Dating
Year 45 after the Awakening, the Buddha aged seventy-nine to eighty, before the , in the morning of the day after the arrival at Pāṭaliputta; the canonical text states “in the morning”; known only to be a certain day in this year.
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Research Notes: Reliability, Dating and Sources
- How Reliability Is Assessed
Recorded by four schools: the Pali canon of the Southern tradition, the Chinese Dīrgha Āgama, the Sanskrit Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra and the Chinese Fo bannihuan jing and Bannihuan jing. Attested across multiple schools.
- Dating Evidence and Precision
Stated in the canonical text (the text itself gives the time). Time precision: fixed to the day.
Sources
- 藏譯（德格版）德格版 D6 da 237b7–238b3
- 梵文原典梵文《大般涅槃經》（Waldschmidt）§6.1–6.14
- 藏譯（德格版）德格版 D6 da 238a3–238b3
- Pali Canon巴利 DN 16:1.29.1–1.31.14
- Pali Canon巴利律 Kd 6:28.9.1–28.11.13
- 大正藏大正藏 T01 no.1 p.12c
- 大正藏大正藏 T01 no.5 p.162c
- 大正藏大正藏 T01 no.6 p.178a
- 大正藏大正藏 T24 no.1451 p.385a
- 轉引自現代整理本轉引自現代整理本
- 梵文原典梵文《大般涅槃經》（Waldschmidt）§6.1–6.14、7.1–7.3