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

Jeta's Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika's Park

Jetavana Anāthapiṇḍikārāma

Saheth

Modern Location References

Approximate reference

The original text maps it to present-day Saheth; this version uses the approximate centre of the Saheth-Maheth site group for now, not yet narrowed to the Jetavana precinct.

View Jeta's Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika's Park on the modern map
Region
Kosala (the Sāvatthī area)

Related Events (30)

Year 5 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 39

Mahāpajāpatī goes forth, and the community of nuns is founded

Year 5 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 39

Mahāpajāpatī attains arahantship and is named foremost in seniority

Year 7 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 41

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

Year 7 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 41

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

Year 11 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 45

The Buddha leaves the Pārileyyaka forest and returns to Sāvatthī

Year 11 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 45

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

Year 13 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 47

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

Year 14 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 48

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

Year 14 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 48

Rāhula receives full ordination and attains arahantship on hearing a teaching

Year 20 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 54

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

Year 33 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 67

The Buddha keeps his 33th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

Year 34 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 68

The Buddha keeps his 34th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

Year 35 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 69

The Buddha keeps his 35th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

Year 36 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 70

The Buddha keeps his 36th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

Year 37 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 71

The Buddha keeps his 37th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

Year 38 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 72

The Buddha keeps his 38th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

Year 39 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 73

The Buddha keeps his 39th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

Year 40 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 74

The Buddha keeps his 40th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

Year 41 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 75

The Buddha keeps his 41th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

Year 42 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 76

The Buddha keeps his 42th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

Year 43 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 77

The Buddha keeps his 43th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

Year 44 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 78

The Buddha keeps his 44th rains retreat at Sāvatthī

Year 45 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 79 to 80

Sāriputta and Moggallāna pass away before the Buddha

Events of uncertain year

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

Events of uncertain year

The bandit Aṅgulimāla is won over and goes forth

Events known only to fall within a span of years

The Buddha ceases to recite the rules himself

Events known only to fall within a span of years

The Buddha first lays down the rains retreat

Events known only to fall within a span of years

Two battles between Ajātasattu and King Pasenadi

Events known only to fall within a span of years

The death of Devadatta

Events known only to fall within a span of years

The timing of the permission for the kaṭhina robe

Back to Places

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。