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“Please explain what gave rise to the 28 Buddhas Protection Discourse (Amaravati Chanting Book Volume 2, p. 54). Is this a sutta? It didn’t start with ‘Thus have I heard.’ Did Buddha ever mention or acknowledge the existence of other Buddhas?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno, Ajahn Karuṇadhammo and Ajahn Yatiko. [Protective chants] [Sutta] [Previous Buddhas] // [Metteyya Bodhisatva] [Culture/Thailand] [Ghost] [History/Sri Lankan Buddhism] [Children] [Fear]

Sutta: DN 14: Descriptions of six previous Buddhas.

Sutta: DN 26.25: The future Buddha Metteyya.

Sutta: DN 32: The Āṭānāṭiya Protection.

Suttas: SN 12:4-10 mention six previous Buddhas who understood Dependent Origination.

Thanksgiving Retreat 2012, Session 4, Excerpt 15

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The story of the Bodhisattva seeing the old person, the sick person, and the dead person isn’t in the scriptures. Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [Buddha/Biography ] [Tipiṭaka] [Stories] // [Jātaka Tales] [Postulants]

Sutta: DN 14.2 ascribes this story to the previous Buddha Vipassī. [Previous Buddhas]

Sutta: Snp 3.1 describes the Bodhisattva’s going forth.

Devotion and Ritual: Becoming the Buddha [2017], Session 1, Excerpt 10