References – SN 12.4: Vipassī 
Sutta / Saṁyutta Nikāya / SN 12: Nidānasaṁyutta / SN 12.4: Vipassīsutta

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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