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The Great Chronicles of the Buddhas
by
Mingun Sayādaw
(Bhaddanta Vicittasārābhivaṁsa)

A revised edition of the translation of Mingun Sayādaw’s great work, detailing all that is known about the previous 24 Buddhas, our Buddha Gotama and his disciples.

translated by
T. U Ko Lay, U Tin Lwin and U Tin Oo

revised by
Ānandajoti Bhikkhu
First Section, August 2023

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Preface to the Revised Edition
Ānandajoti Bhikkhu

The Author

The Author’s Introduction

The Bodhisatta

I: Salutation and Intention

II: The Rare Appearance of a Buddha

III: Sumedha the Brahmin

IV: The Renunciaton of Sumedha

V: The Prophecy

VI: Sumedha’s Reflection on the Perfections

IX: The Twenty-Four Buddhas

1. The Chronicle of Buddha Dīpaṅkara

2. The Chronicle of Buddha Koṇḍañña

3. The Chronicle of Buddha Maṅgala

4. The Chronicle of Buddha Sumana

5. The Chronicle of Buddha Revata

6. The Chronicle of Buddha Sobhita

7. The Chronicle of Buddha Anomadassī

8. The Chronicle of Buddha Paduma

9. The Chronicle of Buddha Nārada

10. The Chronicle of Buddha Padumuttara

11. The Chronicle of Buddha Sumedha

12. The Chronicle of Buddha Sujāta

13. The Chronicle of Buddha Piyadassī

14. The Chronicle of Buddha Atthadassī

15. The Chronicle of Buddha Dhammadassī

16. The Chronicle of Buddha Siddhattha

17. The Chronicle of Buddha Tissa

18. The Chronicle of Buddha Phussa

19. The Chronicle of Buddha Vipassī

20. The Chronicle of Buddha Sikhī

21. The Chronicle of Buddha Vessabhū

22. The Chronicle of Buddha Kakusandha

23. The Chronicle of Buddha Koṇāgamana

24. The Chronicle of Buddha Kassapa

01: The Birth of the Bodhisatta

02: The Bodhisatta’s Youth

03: The Renunciation of the Prince

04: The Early Days of the Renunciation

05: Praticing Meditation

06: The Practice of Austere Striving

07: The Attainment of Buddhahood

The Buddha

8: The Buddha’s Stay at the Seven Places

9: The Buddha Reflects on the Dhamma

10: The Story of Sātāgiri and Hemavata

11: The Discourse about Nālaka

12: Yasa, Son of a Rich Merchant

13: The Buddha sends out Sixty Arahats

14: Conversion of the Kassapa Brothers

15: The Buddha’s Visit to Rājagaha

16: The Arrival of Upatissa and Kolita

17a: Buddha’s Journey to Kapilavatthu

17b: The Chronicles of the Buddhas

18: A Special Rain at the Royal Assembly

19: Ordination of 1,000 Sakyan Princes

20a: Teaching Ven. Rāhula

20b: Ven. Nanda’s Story

20c: The Wealthy Man Anāthapiṇḍika

21: Sumana, Aggidatta and Jambuka

22a: The Discourse on the Treasures

22b: 500 Monastics become Arahats

23a: The 5th Rains Retreat (Mahā Pajāpatī Gotamī)

23b: The 5th Year (Saccaka)

24: The 6th Rains Retreat (Miracles)

25a: The 7th Rains Retreat (Sāriputta)

25b: The 7th Year (Slander)

26a: The 8th Rains Retreat (Prince Bodhi)

26b: The 8th Rains Retreat (Mahā Moggallāna)

26c: Pañcaggadāyaka

26d: The Buddha’s visits to Śrī Laṅkā

27a: The 9th Rains Retreat (Ghosaka and Māgaṇḍiya)

27b: The 9th Rains Retreat (Schism)

28: The 10th Rains Retreat (Pāḷileyyaka)

29: The 11th Rains Retreat (Kasibhāradvāja)

30: The 12th Rains Retreat (Famine)

31: 31: The 12th Year (Rāhula)

32a: The 13th Rains Retreat (Meghiya)

32b: The 14th Rains Retreat (Rāhula)

33a: The 15th Rains Retreat (Sakyans)

33b: Sakka’s Questions

33c: The 16th Rains Retreat (Āḷavaka)

34a: The 17th Rains Retreat (Sirimā)

34b: The 18th Rains Retreat (The Weaver’s Daughter)

34c: After the 19th Rains Retreat

34d: The 20th Rains Retreat

 

last updated: August 2023