Hand-drawn Buddha symbol and buddha chronicle wordmark
Based on the sutras, the Vinaya and later commentaries
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The Prince

Birth to age 29

The years of growing up in as a prince of the Sakya clan, up to the going forth at twenty-nine.

Key Events

Start this period · Birth

Descends from the Tusita heaven and enters his mother's womb

Birth

Born in Lumbinī Park

The Buddha at 14

Riding out through the four gates: he sees an old man, a sick man, a corpse and a renunciant

The Buddha at 16

Takes a wife

Read by Year

BirthThe Buddha at 7The Buddha at 14The Buddha at 16

Source text

日期怎麼讀

成道第幾年
從佛陀成道開始，每經過一次雨季安居算一年，每一年算到安居結束為止；所有年歲一律依二十九歲出家、三十五歲成道推算。
年份依據
區分經文自己明記、後世註解書記載、先後順序推定及年歲換算。
時間精確度
分別說明確定到日、月、年，或只能放入某幾年之間。
可信度
多派共傳、兩派記載、單派記載與後世補述，表達記載的共傳範圍；與時間及位置是否確定分開閱讀。