On the day he leaves Kosambī the Buddha walks alone to a village where the venerable Bhagu is living; Bhagu comes out to meet him, prepares a seat and washes his feet. The Buddha asks whether he is living at ease; Bhagu replies that he is energetic and unflagging, and the Buddha teaches him. The commentary on the Dhammapada of the says that what the Buddha taught Bhagu was the method of solitary practice. Pali Canon
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Different Accounts
How he went: the says the Buddha went on foot; the Chinese Madhyama Āgama says the Buddha rose into the air by supernormal power (powers beyond those of ordinary people) and departed.
More differences between accounts (1)
The village's name: the spellings in the sources of the Southern tradition differ slightly; the Chinese Madhyama Āgama has Poluolouluo village, and says Bhagu was of Sakyan birth and practised energetically without sleeping day or night. Taishō Canon
Dating
Year 10 after the Awakening, the Buddha aged forty-four, before the ; inferred from the sequence of events, after the ninth retreat (Kosambī) and before the tenth (the Pārileyyaka forest); the year is uncertain.
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Research Notes: Reliability, Dating and Sources
- How Reliability Is Assessed
Recorded in the sutras and Vinayas of two schools. Recorded by two schools.
- 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 uncertain.
Sources
- Pali Canon巴利律 Kd 10:4.1.1–4.1.11
- Pali Canon巴利 MN 128:7.1–7.11
- 大正藏大正藏 T01 no.26 p.535c
- 巴利註解書巴利註釋 Dhp-a，§5
- 巴利註解書巴利註釋 MN-a，§236
- Pali Canon巴利律 Kd 10:4.1.11