The Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra translated by Faxian records: the Buddha comes to Jiusuo village and teaches the brahmin Fuboyudi four things for lay people and four kinds of happiness. Fuboyudi and five hundred others in the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha and take the five precepts; the next day they offer a meal to the Buddha, hear the Dhamma and attain the . Taishō Canon
Different Accounts
No other account has this halt.
Dating
Year 45 after the Awakening, the Buddha aged seventy-nine to eighty, after the , within the three months after the announcement of the passing; the day of taking refuge and the meal the next day are stated in the canonical text, while the position in the journey is inferred from the sequence of events; known only to fall within these three months.
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Research Notes: Reliability, Dating and Sources
- How Reliability Is Assessed
Recorded only in the Chinese three-fascicle Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra. 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: fixed to the day.
Sources
- 藏譯（德格版）德格版 D6 da 252a5–252a7
- 大正藏大正藏 T01 no.7 p.196a–c
- 大正藏大正藏 T01 no.7 p.196a
- 大正藏大正藏 T01 no.7 p.196c