What was the chronology of events in the Buddha's life?
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This is from Hajimi Nakamura's "Gotama Buddha" vol. 1
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1st 36 varanasi migadayavana
2nd 37 Vulture Peak Veluvana
3rd 38 Vulture Peak Veluvana
4th 39 Vulture Peak Veluvana
5th 40 Vesali Mahavana
6th(1) 41 Mount Mankula Makula mountain
7th 42 Heaven of 33 [Gods] Tavatimsa
8th(2) 43 realm of Yakkhas grove of Tesakala
9th(3) 44 Kosambi Kosambi
10th 45 Cetiyapabbata Palelayaka
11th(4) 46 realm of Yakkhas Dakkhinagiri monastery
12th(5) 47 Magadha Veranja
13th(6) 48 realm of Yakkhas monastery near Tsalia
14th 49 Anathapindika’s Park Jetavana monastery
15th 50 Kapilavatthu Nigrodha monastery
16th 51 Kapilavatthu Alavi
17th(7) 52 Rajagaha Veluvana
18th(8) 53 Rajagaha monastery near Tsalia
19th 54 Mount Calika Veluvana
20th 55 Rajagaha Jetavana
21-24(9) 56-59 Mount Calika
25-43rd 60-78 Savatthi
44th 79 borders of Vajji
45th 80 Veluvana
The Buddha moved from Vaisali to Sravasti, where he spent the sixth retreat. At the end of the retreat he moved to Rajagrha (H. Kern, Manual of Indian Buddhism IStrassburg: Verlag von Karl J. Triibner, 1896], p. 31). As can be seen below as well, Kern makes conclusive statements about the chronology, perhaps based on a South Asian tradition.
Kern states that the eighth retreat was held at Crocodile Hill (Simsumara-giri), a hill in Deer Park of Bhesakalavana in the country of Bharga (Kern, Manual, p. 34).
According to one Southern tradition, the Buddha spent the ninth retreat in Ghositarama in Kausambi (P. Bigandet, The Life or Legend of Caudama, vol. 1 (Rangoon) American Mission Press, 1855], p. 234). However, see Kern, Manual, p. 34.
During the eleventh retreat, the Buddha stayed near Rajagrha (Kern, Manual, p. 35).
Concerning the twelfth through fourteenth retreats, see Bigandet, Life or Legend, pp. 240—41; Kentoku Hori, Bijutsujé no Shaka (Sakyamuni in art; Tokyo: Hakubunkan, 1910), pp. 208—9. During the twelfth retreat, the Buddha stayed at a place near Verafija (Kern, Manual, p. 36).
The thirteenth retreat was spent at sravasti and Calika (Kern, Manual, p. 36).
The Buddha went from Alavi to Rajagrha, and spent the seventeenth retreat in the Bamboo Grove there (Kern, Manual, p. 37).
The eighteenth retreat was spent on a hill near calika, the nineteenth at Venuvana, and the twentieth at Jetavana (Kern, Manual, p. 37).
Concerning Mount Calika, Shinko Mochizuki, “Buddha jodé shijflgonen ni okeru agon no chiten” (The places of vassa during the forty-five years of enlightenment) (Bukkyé kenkyu 1, no. 2 [July-August 1937], p. 8) says: “If we consider calika to be in Savatthi because it was located nearby, this would mean the Buddha spent a total of twenty-five years at Savatthi.” Akanuma does not refer to the mountain in his dictionary.
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The following link provides a better pdf version:
Table 6. Gotama's Age, Years After Enlightenment, and Sites of the Rainy-Season Retreats
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