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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 and redited by
Ānandajoti Bhikkhu
Version 1.2, August 2024

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Pm = Pāṭimokkha
Vin Pār = Vinaya Pārajika (PTS Page Number)
Vin Pāc = Vinaya Pācittiya (PTS Page Number)
Vin Mv = Vinaya Mahā-vagga (PTS Page Number)
Vin Cv = Vinaya Cūḷa-vagga (PTS Page Number)
Vin Khand = Vinaya Khandaka (PTS Page Number)
Vin Pv = Vinaya Parivāra (PTS Page Number)

DN = Dīgha-nikāya (Name and Sutta Number)
MN = Majjhima-nikāya (Name and Sutta Number)
SN = Saṁyutta-nikāya (Name, Saṁyutta and Sutta Number, sometimes Saṁyutta Name)
AN = Aṅguttara-nikāya (Name, Nipāta and Sutta Number)
Khp = Khuddaka-pāṭha (Sutta Number)
Dhp = Dhammapada (Verse Number, sometimes Vagga Name)
Ud = Udāna (Section and Sutta Number)
Iti = Iti-vuttaka (Section and Sutta Number)
Snp = Sutta-nipāta (Section and Sutta Number)
Vv = Vimāna-vatthu (Vatthu Name and Number)
Pv = Peta-vatthu (Vatthu Name and Number)
Th = Thera-gāthā (Verse Number)
Thī = Therī-gāthā (Verse Number)
Th-ap = Thera-apadāna (Verse Number)
Thī-ap = Therī-apadāna (Verse Number)
Bv = Buddha-vaṁsa (Verse Number)
Cp = Cariyā-piṭaka (Verse Number)
Ja = Jātaka (Jātaka Number)
MNidd = Mahā-niddesa (PTS Page Number)
CNidd = Cūḷa-niddesa (PTS Page Number)
Paṭis = Paṭisambhidā-magga (PTS Page Number)
Mil = Milinda-pañha (PTS Page Number)
Netti = Nettippakaraṇa (PTS Page Number)
Peṭak = Peṭakopadesa (PTS Page Number)

Dhs = Dhamma-saṅgaṇī (PTS Page Number)
Vibh = Vibhaṅga (PTS Page Number, sometimes Vibhaṅga Name)
Dhātu = Dhātu-kathā (PTS Page Number)
Pp = Puggala-paññatti (PTS Page Number)
Kv = Kathā-vatthu(PTS Page Number)
Yam = Yamaka (PTS Page Number)
Paṭ = Paṭṭhāna (PTS Page Number)


Other Texts:
DsA = Aṭṭha-sālinī
Vism = Visuddhi-magga (PTS Page Number, sometimes Nidessa Name)
Jināl = Jinālaṅkāra (Verse Number)
Abhidhammattha-saṅgaha
Abhidhammattha-vibhāvanī
Paritta-ṭīkā
Maṇi-dīpa-ṭīkā
Terasa-kaṇḍa-ṭīkā
Abhidhānappadīpikā
Amara-kosa-abhidhāna
Mahā-vaṁsa
Cūḷa-vaṁsa
Rāja-vaṁsa
Dīpa-vaṁsa
Nāma-rūpa-pariccheda
Chidda-pidhānānī
Kappa-vinicchaya
Kappa-vinicchaya-pāṭha-nissaya
Mahā-satipaṭṭhāna-nissaya
Tathāgata-udāna-dīpanī
Paṭicca-samuppāda-dīpanī
Paramattha-sarūpa-bhedāni
Vipassanā-dīpanī
Terasa-kaṇḍa-ṭīkā
Mahā-suta-kārī-magha-deva-laṅkā

Hatthipāla Pyo
Pāramidawgan Pyo
Hsutauṅggan Pyo
Canda-kinnarī Pyo
Dhammarasi Pyo

Sacca-vādī
Mālālaṅkāra-vatthu

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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

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

1: The Birth of the Bodhisatta

2: The Bodhisatta’s Youth

3: The Renunciation of the Prince

4: The Early Days of the Renunciation

5: Praticing Meditation

6: The Practice of Austere Striving

7: The Attainment of Buddhahood

The Buddha Treasure

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, His Family and Friends

13: The Buddha sends out the 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: The Buddha and His Immediate Family

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 (Abhidhamma)

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: The 12th Year (Rāhula)

32a: The 13th Rains Retreat (Meghiya)

32b: The 14th Rains Retreat (Rāhula)

33a: The 15th Rains Retreat (Sakyans)

33b: The 15th Year (Sakka)

33c: The 16th Rains Retreat (Āḷavaka)

34a: The 17th Rains Retreat (Beauty)

34b: The 18th Rains Retreat (Delaying)

34c: The 19th Year (Conversions)

34d: The 20th Rains Retreat (Sudinna)

35a: List of Rains Retreats

35b: Stories about Wrong View

35c: More Stories about Wrong View

35d: Ambaṭṭha and His Pupil Pokkharasāti

36: King Pukkusāti and Others

37a: Devadatta

37b: Ajātasattu

38a: The Buddha’s Parents in a Previous Existence

38b: The Destruction of the Sakyans

39a: The Discourse about Āṭānāṭiya

39b: Sakka’s Questions

40a: The Last Days 1, In Magadha

40b: The Last Days 2, In Vajji

40c: The Last Days 3, In Malla

41a: After the Passing of the Buddha

41b. Buddha Metteyya

The Dhamma Treasure

42: The Attributes of the Three Treasures

The Saṅgha Treasure

The Life Stories of the Monks

1. Ven. Koṇḍañña

2-3. Ven. Sāriputta and Ven. Moggallāna

4. Ven. Mahā Kassapa

5. Ven. Anuruddha

6. Ven. Bhaddiya

7. Ven. Lakuṇḍaka Bhaddiya

8. Ven. Piṇḍola Bhāradvāja

9. Ven. Mantāṇiputta Puṇṇa

10. Ven. Kaccāyana

11-12. Ven. Mahā Panthaka and Ven. Cūḷa Panthaka

13. Ven. Subhūti

14. Ven. Khadiravaniya Revata

15. Ven. Kaṅkhā Revata

16. Ven. Soṇa Koḷivisa

17. Ven. Soṇa Kuṭikaṇṇa

18. Ven. Sīvali

19. Ven. Vakkali

20-21. Ven. Rāhula and Ven. Raṭṭhapāla

22. Ven. Kuṇḍadhāna

23. Ven. Vaṅgīsa

24. Ven. Upasena Vaṅgantaputta

25. Ven. Dabba

26. Ven. Pilinda Vaccha

27. Ven. Bāhiya Dārucīriya

28. Ven. Kumāra Kassapa

29. Ven. Mahā Koṭṭhita

30. Ven. Ānanda

31. Ven. Uruvelā Kassapa

32. Ven. Kāḷudāyī

33. Ven. Bākula

34. Ven. Sobhita

35. Ven. Upāli

36. Ven. Nandaka

37. Ven. Nanda

38. Ven. Mahā Kappina

39. Ven. Sāgata

40. Ven. Rādha

41. Ven. Mogharāja

The Life Stories of the Nuns

1. Ven. Mahā Pajāpati Gotamī

2. Ven. Khemā

3. Ven. Uppalavaṇṇā

4. Ven. Paṭācārā

5. Ven. Dhammadinnā

6. Ven. Nandā

7. Ven. Soṇā Bahuputtika

8. Ven. Sakulā

9. Ven. Bhaddā Kuṇḍalakesā

10. Ven. Bhaddā Kāpilānī

11. Ven. Bhaddā Kaccānā

12. Ven. Kisā Gotamī

13. Ven. Siṅgālakamātu

The Life Stories of the Male Lay Disciples

1. Tapussa and Bhallika

2. Anāthapiṇḍika the Rich Man

3. Citta the Householder

4. Hatthaka Āḷavaka, the Kind Prince

5. Mahānāma, the Sakyan Prince

6. Ugga the Householder

7. Uggata the Householder

8. Sūrambaṭṭha the Householder

9. Jīvaka the Physician

10. Nakulapitu the Householder

The Life Stories of the Female Lay Disciples

1. Sujātā, Wife of the Householder of Bārāṇasī

2. Visākhā, Builder of Pubbārāma Monastery

3-4. Khujjuttarā and Sāmāvatī

5. Uttarā Nandamātā

6. Princess Suppavāsā the Koliyan

7. Suppiyā, who attended the Sick

8. Kātiyānī of Unshakable Conviction

9. Nakulamātu

10. Kāḷī, the Disciple of Kuraraghara

Rich Men with Inexhaustible Resources

1. Jotika, the Rich Householder

2. Meṇḍaka, the Householder

3. Jaṭila, the Treasurer

4. Kāḷavaḷiya, a Rich Man

Further Explanations

Foreword

Miscellaneous Topics

The Commentarial Classification of Teachers

Supplement to IX

On 1: The Birth of the Bodhisatta

On 1: The Thirty-Two Major Marks

On I-III: Further Explanation of Words and Phrases

On IV: The Renunciation of Sumedha

On V: The Prophecy

Two Kinds of Meditation

The Frightful Nature of Sensual Desires

Dependent Origination

More Reflections

The First Treatise on the Perfections

1. What Are the Perfections? and
2. Why Are they called Perfections?

3. How Many Perfections Are There? and
4. In What Sequence Are the Perfections Arranged?

5. What Are the Characteristics, Functions etc.?

6. What Are the Basic Conditions of the Perfections?

7. What Are The Factors That Defile the Perfections?
8. What are the Factors that Purify the Perfections?
9. What Are the Factors That Oppose the Perfections?

10. What is the Method for Practising the Perfections?

11. What is the Classification of the Perfections?

12. What is the Synopsis of the Perfections?

13. What Factors Accomplish the Perfections?

14. How Long to Accomplish the Perfections?
15. What Advantages Accrue from the Perfections?
16. What is the Fruit of the Perfections? The Second Treatise on the Perfections

The Second Treatise on the Perfections

Miscellany

1. The Perfection of Generosity

2. The Perfection of Morality

3. The Perfection of Renunciation

4. The Perfection of Wisdom

5. The Perfection of Energy

6. The Perfection of Forbearance

7. The Perfection of Truthfulness

8. The Perfection of Resolution

9. The Perfection of Loving-Kindness

10. The Perfection of Equanimity