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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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“Is there any reference in the Pāli Canon to Maitreya, the next Buddha’s aspiration being made to the Buddha Gotama?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro and Ajahn Kaccāna. [Tipiṭaka] [Metteyya Bodhisatva] [Buddha/Biography] // [Āgama]

Sutta: DN 26.25: The Pāli Nikaya’s only reference to Metteyya Bodhisattva.

Āgama: MĀ 66: Two aspirants make vows to the Buddha Gotama.

Readings from The Island [2025], Session 11, Excerpt 5