Uruvelā

Uruvelā

The Bodh Gaya area, Bihar

Modern Location References

Approximate reference

The original text maps it to the Bodh Gaya area; the Mahabodhi Temple heritage site is used as a nearby regional reference and does not mean the boundaries of the Uruvelā settlement have been reconstructed.

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Region: Magadha (the Rājagaha area)

Related Events (16)

The Buddha at 29 to 35 · The Quest and the Austerities

Arrives at Uruvelā, and five ascetics come to attend him

The Buddha at 29 to 35 · The Quest and the Austerities

Six years of austerities

The Buddha at 35 · The Eve of the Awakening

Gives up the austerities and takes food again; the five leave him

The Buddha at 35 · The Eve of the Awakening

The five great dreams before the Awakening

The Buddha at 35 · The Eve of the Awakening

Bathes in the river and accepts an offering of milk-rice

The Buddha at 35 · The Eve of the Awakening

Accepts the auspicious grass and makes his vow beneath the Bodhi tree

Year 1 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 35

The Buddha awakens beneath the Bodhi tree

Year 1 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 35

A brahmin asks what makes a brahmin

Year 1 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 35

A group of discourses given beneath the banyan tree soon after the Awakening

Year 1 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 35

The nāga king Mucalinda shelters the Buddha with his body

Year 1 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 35

Two merchants offer the Buddha his first meal after the Awakening

Year 1 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 35

A spirit offers a medicinal fruit, and the Buddha converts villagers on his alms round

Year 1 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 35

Brahmā entreats the Buddha, who decides to teach

Year 1 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 35

The Buddha chooses the five ascetics as the first to hear the Dhamma

Year 2 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 36

The two daughters of the headman of Senānigama take refuge

Year 2 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 36

The Buddha converts Uruvela Kassapa and his five hundred disciples