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Based on the sutras, the Vinaya and later commentaries
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Year 2 after the Awakening

The Buddha at 36

Year 2 after the Awakening begins when the first ends; the Buddha is thirty-six. Before the rains this year the Buddha returns from to and converts the three Kassapa brothers, who worship the fire god, together with their thousand disciples; he then goes to , the capital of , where and donates the Bamboo Grove, and and (later the Buddha's two chief disciples) also go forth at this time. In the rainy season the Buddha keeps the second rains retreat in the Bamboo Grove at Rājagaha.

The Rains Retreat

According to the later commentaries, the second rains retreat is kept in the Bamboo Grove at Rājagaha (another commentary calls it the Great Monastery of the Bamboo Grove); the Chinese Sengqieluocha suoji jing records it as Lingjiuding Hill, that is, Vulture Peak outside Rājagaha.

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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。