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Based on the sutras, the Vinaya and later commentaries
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Year 11 after the Awakening

The Buddha at 45

This year the Buddha is forty-five (reckoning from an awakening at thirty-five); the is kept in the brahmin village of Nāḷa, and no source records what happened during it. Before this retreat the Buddha leaves the Pārileyyaka forest (the forest of his retreat in Year 10) and returns to ; the who had quarrelled so persistently at also come to Sāvatthī to admit their fault, and the is restored to harmony. The Chinese Shi'er you jing further records that in this year the Buddha taught Maitreya beneath the Tree of Fear.

The Rains Retreat

The rains retreat is kept in the brahmin village of Nāḷa; the place is stated explicitly in the given in the later commentaries. The Chinese Sengqieluocha suoji jing records it as the .

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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。