Vessabhū Buddha

Vessabhū is the twenty fourth Buddha. He was born in the pleasance of Anoma (Commentary, Anūpama), his father being the khattiya Suppatita (Supatita) and his mother Yasavatī.* [1][2] He is venerated by the Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana traditions.

Viśvabhū Buddha
Sanskrit	विश्वभू Viśvabhū
Pāli	Vessabhū
Burmese	ဝေဿဘူဘုရား
Chinese	毗舍婆佛 (Pinyin: Píshèpó Fó)
Japanese	毘舎浮仏（びしゃふぶつ） (romaji: Bishafu Butsu)
Korean	비사부불 (RR: Bisabu Bul)
Sinhala	වෙස්සභු
Thai	พระเวสสภูพุทธเจ้า Phra Wetsaphu Phutthachao
Tibetan	ཐམས་ཅད་སྐྱོབ་ Wylie: thams cad skyob
Vietnamese	Phật Tỳ Xá Phù
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Venerated by	Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana
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Life

For six thousand years he lived in the household in three palaces: Ruci, Suruci and Vaddhana (Rativaddhana); his wife was Sucittā, and their son Suppabuddha. He left home in a golden palanquin, practiced austerities for six months, was given rice milk by Sirivaddhanā of Sucittanigama, and grass for his seat by the Nāga king Narinda, and attained Enlightenment under a sāla tree. He preached his first sermon at Anurārāma to his brothers, Sona and Uttara, who became his chief disciples.[1][2]

See also

• List of the twenty-eight Buddhas

References

1. Malalasekera, GP (2007). "Buddha". Dictionary of Pāli proper names. Delhi, India: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Private Limited. pp. 294–305. ISBN 978-81-208-3020-2.
2. Davids, TWR; Davids, R (1878). "The successive bodhisats in the times of the previous Buddhas". Buddhist birth-stories; Jataka tales. The commentarial introduction entitled Nidana-Katha; the story of the lineage. London: George Routledge & Sons. pp. 115–44.