At the Deer Park the Buddha teaches the five monks the Discourse on the Characteristic of Not-Self (Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta), which says that the five aggregates that make up body and mind are not “self”, and are impermanent and suffering. Hearing it, the five are liberated in mind from the defilements and attain ; together with the Buddha there are now six arahants in the world. Taishō Canon
Pali Canon
More sources (1)
Different Accounts
The Chinese and Tibetan Mūlasarvāstivāda Vinaya say Koṇḍañña had already attained arahantship before this, and this discourse brought only the other four to it.
More differences between accounts (2)
The Buddha biography Zhong benqi jing says the five attained realization after hearing the story of the Buddha's past life as the sage of forbearance (Khantivādī), and does not mention not-self; the Luomo jing in the Chinese Madhyama Āgama also does not mention not-self.
The Chinese Ekottarika Āgama says only that all five became arahants, without recording the discourse; another discourse on the same theme in the Chinese Saṃyukta Āgama is set in the country of Sāvatthī.
Dating
Year 1 after the Awakening, the Buddha aged thirty-five, during the ; the later commentaries say the fifth day after the first sermon; on the commentaries' account it can be fixed to the day.
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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 Dharmaguptaka Vinaya (Sifen lü), the Chinese Mahīśāsaka Vinaya (Wufen lü) and the Chinese Saṃyukta Āgama. Attested across multiple schools.
- Dating Evidence and Precision
Commentarial dating (the canonical texts give no date; later commentaries record it). Time precision: fixed to the day.
Sources
- Pali Canon巴利 SN 22.59:1.1–1.2
- Pali Canon巴利律 Kd 1:6.38.1–6.47.5
- 大正藏大正藏 T02 no.99 p.7c
- 大正藏大正藏 T02 no.99 p.7b
- 大正藏大正藏 T02 no.102 p.499c
- 大正藏大正藏 T22 no.1428 p.789a–b
- 大正藏大正藏 T22 no.1428 p.789b
- 大正藏大正藏 T22 no.1421 p.105a
- 大正藏大正藏 T24 no.1450 p.128b–c
- 大正藏大正藏 T03 no.189 p.645a
- 巴利註解書巴利註釋 AN-a，I 147
- 藏譯（德格版）德格版 D1 nga 44b6–45b5
- 大正藏大正藏 T24 no.1450 p.128b
- 大正藏大正藏 T04 no.196 p.149a
- 大正藏大正藏 T02 no.125 p.619b
- 大正藏大正藏 T01 no.26 p.778a
- 藏譯（德格版）德格版 D1 nga 45b5
- 梵文原典梵文《普曜經》第 26 品
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