Sāvatthī｜The Life of the Buddha

Modern Location References

Approximate reference

Uses the approximate centre of the Saheth-Maheth site group as submitted by the Archaeological Survey of India to UNESCO; it does not represent the full extent of ancient Sāvatthī.

Sāvatthī

Modern Location References

Related Events (52)

Mahāpajāpatī goes forth, and the community of nuns is founded

Mahāpajāpatī attains arahantship and is named foremost in seniority

The “sixth year” as recorded in the Shi'er you jing

Anāthapiṇḍika takes refuge and builds the Jetavana monastery

The second to fourth of the gravest rules as recorded in the Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya

The Buddha performs the Twin Miracle at Sāvatthī and defeats the non-Buddhists

Those who went forth on seeing the Twin Miracle

The Buddha teaches the verses on “One Fortunate Night” in the Heaven of the Thirty-three

The god Kassapa visits the Buddha and speaks of the instruction for monastics

Moggallāna goes up to heaven to ask the Buddha to return to the human world

King Udena and King Pasenadi make images of the Buddha

The Buddha leaves the Pārileyyaka forest and returns to Sāvatthī

The quarrelling monks of Kosambī come to Sāvatthī to admit their fault

The asura king Pahārāda comes to see the Buddha

The retreat ends, and the Buddha takes leave of the brahmin and accepts his offering

Rāhula hears the Greater Discourse of Advice to Rāhula at the age of eighteen

The Buddha keeps his 14th rains retreat at the Jetavana at Sāvatthī

Rāhula receives full ordination and attains arahantship on hearing a teaching

From now on the Buddha keeps the rains retreat permanently at Sāvatthī

The Buddha keeps his 21st rains retreat at Sāvatthī

The Buddha keeps his 22nd rains retreat at Sāvatthī

The Buddha keeps his 23rd rains retreat at Sāvatthī

The Buddha keeps his 24th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

The Buddha keeps his 25th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

The Buddha keeps his 26th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

The Buddha keeps his 27th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

The Buddha keeps his 28th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

The Buddha keeps his 29th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

The Buddha keeps his 30th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

The Buddha keeps his 31th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

The Buddha keeps his 32th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

The Buddha keeps his 33th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

The Buddha keeps his 34th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

The Buddha keeps his 35th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

The Buddha keeps his 36th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

The Buddha keeps his 37th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

The Buddha keeps his 38th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

The Buddha keeps his 39th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

The Buddha keeps his 40th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

The Buddha keeps his 41th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

The Buddha keeps his 42th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

The Buddha keeps his 43th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

The Buddha keeps his 44th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

Sāriputta and Moggallāna pass away before the Buddha

King Suddhodana sends envoys, and Kāḷudāyī urges the Buddha to return home

The bandit Aṅgulimāla is won over and goes forth

The Buddha ceases to recite the rules himself

The Buddha first lays down the rains retreat

Two battles between Ajātasattu and King Pasenadi

The death of Devadatta

The timing of the permission for the kaṭhina robe

Ānanda attends the Buddha for twenty-five years