Solving the Buddhists’ Questions: How Many Buddhas Are There in Buddhism?

Solving the Buddhists’ Questions: How Many Buddhas Are There in Buddhism?

This question may sound simple, but in Buddhist terms, the answer does not refer to the one Buddha we know today (Phra Samana Gotama or Prince Siddhattha), but to many other Buddhas who appear in the life and teachings of Buddhism.

Today we have found information to solve the doubts and questions of many Buddhists: How many Buddhas are there in Buddhism? Let’s find out the answer together.

Solving the Buddhists’ Questions: How Many Buddhas Are There in Buddhism?

Past Buddhas

In the Tripitaka and Buddhist scriptures, there are 28 Buddhas mentioned in the past who were born before the Samana Gotama. The first Buddha is Tanhangkara Buddha and the last Buddha on the list is Gotama Buddha (the present Buddha).

Future Buddha

In Buddhist prophecy, it is believed that after the teachings of Lord Buddha Gotama disappear from this world, a new Buddha will appear, namely Lord Sri Ariya Maitreya, who will attain enlightenment to help mankind escape from suffering in the new era.

List of Buddhas

In the Buddhavaṃsa, the section of the Buddhapakinnakaka, which deals with miscellaneous matters concerning the Buddha, mentions 28 Buddhas, 3 of whom are pre-Buddhavaṃsa and 25 of whom are in the Buddhavaṃsa, totaling 28 Buddhas.

If divided by kalpa, by counting the asankheyya kalpa here, the first asankheyya kalpa will be counted starting from the time when the past life of the Lord Buddha, Gautama, began to build up merit by praying in his mind that he wanted to become the Lord Buddha for the first เว็บพนันออนไลน์ UFABET สมัครง่าย โปรโมชั่นมากมาย time. There will be Buddhas in the past as stated in the Tripitaka as follows:

One kappa in the infinite kappa 1-16

1. The Omniscient Buddha (The Omniscient Buddha)

Four hundred thousand aeons ago was Saramandakappa, an aeon with four Buddhas:

1. Tanhankara Buddha
2. Lord Methangkorn Buddha
3. The Buddha Saranangkorn
4. Dipankara Buddha (the first Buddha who prophesied that Gotama Buddha would attain enlightenment as a Buddha while he was a Bodhisattva)

*Then another 1 asamkhyeyya (that is, three asamkhyeyyas and a hundred thousand kappas ago) is a sarakappa, that is, a kappa with one Buddha, namely

1. Lord Kondañña Buddha

Then another 1 asamkhyeyya (two asamkhyeyya hundred thousand kappas ago) was Saramandakappa, which is the kappa with 4 Buddhas.

1. Lord Buddha
2. Lord Buddha Sumana
3. Lord Revata Buddha
4. The Sobhita Buddha

Then another 1 asamkhyeyya (i.e. one asamkhyeyya hundred thousand kappas ago) was a vara kappa, i.e. a kappa with 3 Buddhas.

1. Anomatattha Buddha
2. Lord Buddha
3. Lord Narat Buddha

A hundred thousand aeons ago

In one kalpa there is one Buddha. Some books say it is a Mandakalpa, while others say it is a Sarakalpa.

1. Lord Buddha Padumuttha

Lost Kalpa (Kalpa in which no Buddha is born) 30,000 Kalpas

Seventy thousand kappas later (30,000 kappas ago) it became Mandakappa, meaning there were two Buddhas.

1. Lord Sumedha Buddha
2. Sujata Buddha

Another kappa (1,800 kappas ago) was the Varakappa, which means there were three Buddhas.

1. Lord Piyathatsi Buddha
2. Atthadatta Buddha
3. Dharmadatta Buddha

Another 1,706 kappas (94 kappas ago) was the Sarakappa, meaning there was one Buddha.

1. Lord Siddhattha Buddha

One kappa later (92 kappas ago) was the Mandakappa, where there were two Buddhas.

1. Lord Tissa Buddha
2. Lord Buddha

One kappa later (91 kappas ago) was Sarakappa, meaning there was one Buddha.

Vipassī Buddha

Another 59 kappas (31 kappas ago) is the Mandakappa, where there are two Buddhas.

1. Lord Sikhi Buddha
2. Lord Vessabhu Buddha

29 kappas later, the present kappa is the Bhadrakappa, which means there are 5 Buddhas.

1. Kakusandha Buddha
2. Lord Konakamana Buddha
3. Lord Kassapa Buddha
4. Gautama Buddha (the present Buddha, 80 years before the time of the Buddha)
5. Maitreya Buddha (millions of years from the passing of Lord Sakyamuni Gautama Buddha)