The next day Ambapālī offers a meal to the Buddha and the Sangha, and donates the mango grove to the Sangha with the Buddha at its head; the Buddha accepts the park and teaches her. The Chinese Youxing jing and the Mahīśāsaka Vinaya say that after hearing the teaching she attained the , and took the five precepts. Pali Canon
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Different Accounts
The donation: the Chinese Mūlasarvāstivāda Vinaya, the Tibetan Vinaya, the Sanskrit Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra and the Chinese Fo bannihuan jing and Bannihuan jing have no donation of the park; the Chinese Fo bannihuan jing says only that the Buddha urged her to keep the five precepts well.
More differences between accounts (2)
The Chinese Mahīśāsaka Vinaya records the Buddha saying: if it is given to the Sangha, I am within the Sangha.
Where the Buddha went after the meal: the Pali Vinaya says to the Great Wood; the Pali canon of the Southern tradition says he stayed on in Ambapālī's grove.
Dating
Year 45 after the Awakening, the Buddha aged seventy-nine to eighty, before the , on the day after Ambapālī came to see the Buddha; the “next day” is stated in the canonical text; known only to be a certain day in this year.
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Research Notes: Reliability, Dating and Sources
- How Reliability Is Assessed
The episode of “the meal” is recorded by five schools: the Pali canon of the Southern tradition, the Chinese Dīrgha Āgama, the Sanskrit Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, the Chinese Mahīśāsaka Vinaya (Wufen lü) and the Chinese Fo bannihuan jing and Bannihuan jing. Attested across multiple schools. The “donation of the park” within it is recorded by three schools; “seeing the Dhamma and taking refuge” by two schools, the Chinese Dīrgha Āgama and the Chinese Mahīśāsaka Vinaya.
- 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 245a3–245b2
- 梵文原典梵文《大般涅槃經》（Waldschmidt）§12.1–12.10
- 大正藏大正藏 T22 no.1421 p.136a
- 梵文原典梵文《大般涅槃經》§12
- Pali Canon巴利 DN 16:2.19.1–2.19.9
- Pali Canon巴利律 Kd 6:30.6.3–30.6.8
- 大正藏大正藏 T01 no.1 p.14b–c
- 大正藏大正藏 T01 no.1 p.14b
- 大正藏大正藏 T01 no.5 p.164b
- 大正藏大正藏 T01 no.6 p.179c
- 大正藏大正藏 T24 no.1451 p.386c
- 轉引自現代整理本轉引自現代整理本
- 大正藏大正藏 T22 no.1421 p.135a–136a
- Pali Canon巴利律 Kd 6:30.1.0–30.6.10
- 大正藏大正藏 T01 no.1 p.14c