Dīgha Nikāya 16｜The Life of the Buddha

Category: Pali (Southern tradition)

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Year 1 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 35

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

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

King Ajātasattu sends a minister to ask about attacking the Vajjians

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

The Buddha teaches several sets of conditions for the non-decline of the Sangha

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

At Rājagaha the Buddha often teaches virtue, concentration and wisdom

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

Sāriputta praises the Buddha at Nālandā

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

At Pāṭaliputta the Buddha teaches lay people the benefits of keeping the precepts

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

The Buddha predicts that Pāṭaliputta will become a great city

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

The ministers offer a meal to the Buddha, who speaks a verse of blessing

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

The Buddha crosses the Ganges by supernormal power

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

Nādikā: the Buddha teaches the “Mirror of the Dhamma”

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

At Vesālī the Buddha teaches mindfulness and clear comprehension

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

Ambapālī invites the Buddha to a meal, and the Licchavis compete for the invitation

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

Ambapālī offers a meal and donates her mango grove

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

The Buddha keeps his last rains retreat at Beluva village

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

Gravely ill during the retreat, the Buddha tells his disciples to rely on the Dhamma

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

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 asks Upavāṇa to step aside

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

Members of other sects must serve a probation before going 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 bones remain after the cremation

After the passing · After the Buddha's final nirvana

The countries send envoys demanding a share of the relics

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