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Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra (Da banniepan jing)

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Chinese Āgamas

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

The Buddha relinquishes the life force and announces that he will pass away in three months

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

The Buddha explains the eight causes of earthquakes and reproaches Ānanda

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

The Buddha assembles his disciples and announces that he will pass away in three months

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

The Buddha looks back at Vesālī for the last time

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

Bhaṇḍagāma: the Buddha teaches virtue, concentration, wisdom and liberation

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

Five hundred people take refuge at Jiusuo village

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

The Buddha teaches how to tell the genuine word of the Buddha

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

The Buddha comes to Pāvā, and Cunda invites him to a meal

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

Cunda offers the Buddha his last meal

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

Gravely ill after the meal, the Buddha still sets out for Kusinārā

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

Fetching water on the way: the muddy water turns clear

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

Pukkusa the Malla presents robes of cloth of gold

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

The Buddha's body shines, and he foretells that he will pass away this very night

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

The Buddha bathes in the river and lies down to rest

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

The Buddha asks Ānanda to comfort Cunda

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

The Buddha gives instructions that his body be treated as a wheel-turning monarch's

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

The Buddha reaches Kusinārā and lies down between the twin trees

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

The Buddha names the four sacred places worthy of pilgrimage

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

Ānanda asks how monastics should behave towards women

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

Ānanda weeps, and the Buddha praises him

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

The Buddha says Kusinārā was once the capital of King Mahāsudassana

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

The Mallas of Kusinārā come to pay homage to the Buddha

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

The last disciple, Subhadda, goes forth

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

The Buddha's final instructions

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

The Buddha speaks his last words and passes away (final nirvana)

After the passing · After the Buddha's final nirvana

Gods and disciples speak verses, and Anuruddha stops the weeping

After the passing · After the Buddha's final nirvana

Ānanda goes into the city to inform the Mallas

After the passing · After the Buddha's final nirvana

Mahākassapa learns of the Buddha's passing on the road

After the passing · After the Buddha's final nirvana

Mahākassapa pays homage at the Buddha's feet and the pyre ignites by itself

After the passing · After the Buddha's final nirvana

The countries send envoys demanding a share of the relics

After the passing · After the Buddha's final nirvana

What followed: Mahākassapa initiates the First Council

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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。