At the bamboo grove (Zhulin cong), a brahmin named Pishatuoye invites the Buddha and the Sangha to accept a meal, and the Buddha speaks a verse on the giving of food. This event is found only in the Youxing jing of the Chinese Dīrgha Āgama. Taishō Canon
Different Accounts
No other account has this passage; the bamboo grove of the Chinese Youxing jing is the place of the Buddha's in the next entry.
Dating
Year 45 after the Awakening, the Buddha aged seventy-nine to eighty, before the rains retreat; inferred from the sequence of events, only the year is known.
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Research Notes: Reliability, Dating and Sources
- How Reliability Is Assessed
Recorded only in the Chinese Dīrgha Āgama. Recorded by one school.
- Dating Evidence and Precision
Inferred from the sequence of events (neither the canonical texts nor the commentaries give the time; the year is worked out from the order of this event and those around it). Time precision: year only.