Three Jewels - Gotama Buddha - 24 Buddha Life Record Sequentially. Currently we are living in the period of the Buddha Gotama's teachings, although the Buddha passed away Nirvana 2,560 years ago, but the Buddha's teachings are still handed down. in the world for up to 5,000 years, then it will be completely lost, because at that time there will be no one who has the wisdom to maintain and maintain the righteous Dharma of Gotama Buddha. Gotama Buddha's Past Lives Gotama Buddha is the Perfectly Enlightened Buddha with transcendent wisdom, therefore, Gotama Buddha's countless past lives is the Righteous Bodhisattva- Enlightenment has transcendent wisdom means that the Bodhisattva has wisdom more powerful than faith and diligence. In the Jinakālamālī and the Commentary, Buddhavaṃsa explains about the supremely wise Bodhisattva of Perfect Enlightenment who is the previous life of Gotama Buddha, who practiced fully and completely cultivated all the dharmas- The perfection of practice goes through 3 periods: * The first period: the period when the Bodhisattva of Right Enlightenment had transcended wisdom, which was the previous life of Gotama Buddha. -aspiration in mind, has the wish to become a Buddha of Right Enlightenment in order to save sentient beings from the sea of ​​sufferings and samsara, liberated from suffering, birth and death, samsara in the 3 precepts and 4 species , and then the Bodhisatta practiced the perfection of conduct for a period of seven astnights, and then in the middle period. * During that 7 long period of time, 125,000 Buddhas of Perfect Enlightenment successively each appeared in the world. * Interval: That supremely wise Bodhisattva of Perfect Enlightenment made a verbal vow to let sentient beings hear and know his wish to become a Buddha. The bodhisattva, then the bodhisattva continued to practice the perfection of conduct for a period of nine aeons. * During the period of 9 long as-a-sang period there were 342,000(1) Buddhas of Perfect Enlightenment, each of which successively appeared in the world. Through the above two periods, the Bodhisattva of Perfect Enlightenment with transcendental wisdom is still the Bodhisattva of Indeterminacy (aniyatabodhisatta), that is, the Bodhisattva of Perfect Enlightenment. Having such superior intelligence, he can change his will not to become the Buddha of Perfect Enlightenment, but only to become a Solitary Buddha, or a Saint. . But the Bodhisattva of Perfect Enlightenment, whose wisdom transcended the previous lives of the Buddha Gotama, kept his will and continued to practice the perfection of conduct. it will lead to the end times. * The last period: The Bodhisattva of Perfect Enlightenment with transcendent wisdom is the Taoist Sumedha, the Buddha Gotama's previous life met all 8 factors, so he was blessed by the Buddha. Buddha Dīpaṅkara is the first fully Enlightened Buddha to predict, determine that the remaining time is 4 asanāyas and 100,000 earth kalpas, the next life of the Taoist Sumedha will become He became the Buddha of Perfect Enlightenment with the title Gotama Buddha. From that life, Bodhisattva-ascetic Sumedha who was the previous life of Gotama Buddha officially became a fixed Bodhisattva (niyatabodhisatta) and will definitely become the Buddha of Perfect Enlightenment. in future times. The Buddha Gotama's wisdom transcending past lives, the Bodhisattva of Perfect Enlightenment, continues to practice and accumulate the perfections of conduct in the heart from this life. to the next life in the period of 4 asanyas and 100,000 earth kalpas, to fully complete the 30 perfections of dharma conduct, to become the Buddha of Perfect Enlightenment. During the period of four asanyas and one hundred thousand aeons of earth, the supremely wise Bodhisattva, the supremely wise, was Gotama Buddha's previous incarnation, practiced rebirth. To fully complement the 30 perfections of conduct, whenever a Buddha of Perfect Enlightenment appears in the world, the Bodhisattva of Perfect Enlightenment is his past life. Gotama Buddha all came to pay homage to that Perfectly Enlightened Buddha and was predicted by that Buddha to determine the remaining time, including 24 Perfectly Enlightened Buddhas in sequence each. Buddha as follows: 24 The Buddha's Life Record Sequentially 1- The Buddha Dīpaṅkara appeared in the world in the human age with a lifespan of about 100 thousand years. At that time, the ascetic Sumedha had attained the rupa-element jhānas and attained the five knowledges (1) in the three worlds, which was the supremely wise Bodhisattva of Perfect Enlightenment. used to practice the perfection of conduct through 2 periods including 16 asananas with the aspiration to become the fully-enlightened Buddha in the future. The Bodhisattva-Major Fully Enlightened Daoist Sumedha came to make offerings to Buddha Dīpaṅkara. At that time, Buddha Dīpaṅkara, who had future wisdom (anāgataṃsañāṇa), considered that the Bodhisattva Sumedha had fully attained the eight factors of dharma that were predicted, so he -Buddha Dīpaṅkara predicts the remaining time that: "In the future time, there will be four more astral periods (1) and one hundred thousand earth kalpas (2), this Sumedha ascetic will become the Fully Enlightened Buddha with the title of Gotama Buddha." The Bodhisattva Sumedha was first predicted by Buddha Dīpaṅkara to determine that the remaining time of 4 asanyas and 100,000 more aeons of earth would surely become The Buddha of Right Enlightenment had the title of Gotama Buddha, so the Bodhisattva of Perfect Enlightenment Taoist Sumedha was extremely happy. From that life onward, the Bodhisattva of Perfect Enlightenment officially became a fixed Bodhisattva (niyata-bodhisatta) and continued to persevere in the practice of cultivating the 30 three-way dharmas. perfection during the four astanks and one hundred thousand earth eons, for the full and complete completion of the thirty perfections of conduct, in order to become the fully enlightened Buddha with the title of Buddha. is the Buddha Gotama in the future. Buddha Dīpaṅkara lived to be 100 thousand years old, then passed away from Nirvana, and the Buddha's teachings gradually disappeared completely. Later on, the earth was destroyed and after that time went through an aeon of countless aeons of earth becoming-to-be-perishing without the appearance of a single Perfectly Enlightened Buddha. on the world. Those earth kalpas are called Suññakappa (earth eons without the appearance of the fully enlightened Buddha), until the earth kalpa called Sārakappa when a Buddha Koṇḍañña appeared in the world. 2-Buddha-Buddha Koṇḍañña appeared in the world in the earth life called Sārakappa, in the age of man with a lifespan of about 100 thousand years. At that time, Bodhisattva Gotama Buddha's previous life, the Holy King Vijitāvī, came to pay respects to Buddha Koṇḍañña and was predicted by the Buddha to determine the remaining time. said, "In the future time, there will be three more astral times and one hundred thousand earth eons, This Wheel-turning-Holy King Vijitāvī will become the Fully Enlightened Buddha with the title of Gotama Buddha." Vijitāvī, the Bodhisattva of Perfect Enlightenment, was extremely happy to continue to cultivate the 30 perfections of Dharma. Later, the Bodhisattva Vijitāvī relinquished his throne and came to pay homage to Buddha Koṇḍañña asking for permission to become a monk in the Buddha's teachings. Koṇḍañña Buddha lived to be 100,000 years old, then passed away from Nirvana, and the Buddha's teachings gradually disappeared completely. Later, the earth was destroyed and after that time went through a period of countless aeons the earth became-pervading-vanishing-empty, without the appearance of a fully enlightened Buddha. on the world. Until the earth life called Sāramaṇḍakappa, there were 4 Buddhas: Buddha Maṅgala, Buddha Sumana, Buddha Revata and Buddha Sobhita, Each Buddha-Buddha appeared in the world sequentially in that earthly life. 3-Buddha Maṅgala appeared in the world in the human age with a lifespan of about 90,000 years. At that time, Bodhisattva Gotama Buddha's previous life, the Brahmin Suruci, came to pay respects to Buddha Maṅgala and was predicted by the Buddha to determine the remaining time. that: "In the future time, with two astanyas and one hundred thousand great aeons of earth, this brahmin Suruci will become the Fully Enlightened Buddha with the name of Germany. - Gotama Buddha." The Bodhisattva of Perfectly Enlightenment Brahmin Suruci was extremely happy to continue to cultivate the 30 perfections of Dharma. Later, the Bodhisattva Suruci came to pay homage to Buddha Maṅgala, and asked for permission to become a monk Suruci in the teachings of Buddha Maṅgala. Buddha Maṅgala lived 90,000 years and passed away from Nirvana, and the Buddha's teachings gradually disappeared completely. Since then, the evil-dharma has grown more and more, while the good-Dharma has been increasingly degraded. Therefore, human life expectancy is decreasing day by day, decreasing until the end is only 10 years. Then, a terrible disaster happened, people killed each other extremely cruelly, regardless of parents, children, brothers, relatives, ... some people panicked and fled in the mountains to escape. Dear. Knowing that the killing is no more, those people meet again, pledging not to kill each other anymore. At that time, people feared sin, tried diligently to practice all good deeds, good dharmas increased more and more, so human life expectancy was increasing day by day, increasing gradually. until the climax of a-tank period (1). At that time, people lived lazily (unconsciously), evil-dharma arose, so, human life expectancy decreased gradually, decreased gradually until the human age has a lifespan of about 90,000 years. At that time, Buddha Sumana appeared in the world in the same earth life as Sāramaṇḍakappa. 4-Buddha Sumana appeared in the world in the human age with a lifespan of about 90,000 years. At that time, Buddha Gotama's previous life, the Bodhisattva of Perfect Enlightenment, the Dragon King Atula, came to pay respects to Buddha Sumana and was predicted by the Buddha to determine the remaining time exactly as Buddha Maṅgala said: "In the future time, with 2 asanas and 100,000 earth kalpas left, this Dragon King Atula will become the fully enlightened Buddha with the title of Buddha. is Buddha Gotama.” Sumana Buddha lived for 90,000 years and passed away from Nirvana, and the Buddha's teachings gradually disappeared completely. From that, All phenomena occur just like after the period of Buddha-Maṅgala passing away Nirvana. Human life expectancy gradually decreased to the end of only 10 years, then gradually increased to the peak of a-augmentation-year period, then gradually decreased, gradually decreased until the age of human life expectancy of 60,000 years. At that time, the Buddha Revata appeared in the world in the same earth life as Sāramaṇḍa-kappa. 5-Buddha-Buddha Revata appeared in the world in the human age with a lifespan of about 60,000 years. At that time, Bodhisattva Gotama Buddha's previous life, the brahmin Atideva, came to pay homage to Buddha Revata and was predicted by the Buddha to determine the remaining time. Just as Buddha Maṅgala and Buddha Sumana said: "In the future time, there will be two more asanyas and one hundred thousand earth kalpas, This brahmin Atideva will become the Fully Enlightened Buddha with the title of Gotama Buddha." Revata Buddha lived 60,000 years old and passed away Nirvana, and the Buddha's teachings gradually disappeared completely. Since then, all phenomena have occurred just like after the time when Buddha Maṅgala and Buddha Sumana passed away from Nirvana. Human life expectancy gradually decreased to the end of only 10 years, then gradually increased to the peak of a-augmentation-year period, then gradually decreased, gradually decreased until the age of human life expectancy of 90,000 years. At that time, Sobhita Buddha appeared in the world in the same earth life as Sāramaṇḍakappa. 6- Buddha Sobhita appeared in the world in the human age with a lifespan of about 90,000 years. At that time, The Bodhisattva of Right Enlightenment in the past life of Buddha Gotama was the Brahmin Sujāta who came to pay respects to Buddha Sobhita and was predicted by the Buddha to determine the remaining time exactly as he was. -Buddha Maṅgala, Buddha Sumana and Buddha Revata said: "In the future time, there are two astanks and one hundred thousand earth-kalpas left, this brahmin Sujāta will become The Buddha of Perfect Enlightenment is called Gotama Buddha." Sobhita Buddha lived 90,000 years old and passed away Nirvana, and the Buddha's teachings gradually disappeared completely. Later, the earth was destroyed, and after that time went through a period of countless aeons of the earth becoming-indestructible, without a single Fully Enlightened Buddha appearing. present in the world. Until the earth life called Varakappa, there were 3 Buddhas: Buddha Anomadassī, Buddha Paduma and Buddha Nārada, Each Buddha-Buddha appeared in the world in the same earthly life. 7-Buddha Anomadass appeared in the world in the human age with a lifespan of about 100 thousand years. At that time, Bodhisattva Gotama Buddha's previous life, General Yakkha, came to pay respects to Buddha Anomadassī and was predicted by the Buddha to determine the remaining time that : "In the future time, with 1 astank and one hundred thousand great aeons of earth, this Governor General Yakkha will become the Fully Enlightened Buddha with the title of Gotama Buddha. .” Buddha Anomadassī lived to be 100,000 years old and passed away Nirvana, and his teachings gradually disappeared completely. Since then, all phenomena occur in a cycle of decreasing-increasing-decreasing life span just as after the passing away of the Buddhas of the past Nirvana. Human life expectancy is gradually reduced to the extreme only 10 years, then gradually increased to the peak of a-augmentation-year period, and then gradually decreased, gradually decreasing until the age of human life span of about 100,000 years. At that time, Buddha Paduma appeared in the world in that same earth life Varakappa. 8-Buddha Paduma appeared in the world at the time of man with a lifespan of about 100 thousand years. At that time, the Bodhisattva Gotama Buddha's previous life, the Lion King, came to pay respects to Buddha Paduma, and was predicted by the Buddha to determine the remaining time exactly like the Buddha. -Buddha Anomadassī said: "In the future time, with one more asankh and one hundred thousand great aeons of earth, this Lion King will become the Buddha of Perfect Enlightenment with the name of Virtue." Gotama Buddha." Buddha Paduma lived to be 100,000 years old and passed away from Nirvana, and the Buddha's teachings gradually disappeared completely. From that, All phenomena occur similarly after the Buddha Anomadassi's passing away from Nirvana. Human life expectancy is gradually decreasing, decreasing to the maximum of only 10 years; then gradually increased to the peak of a-augmentation-year period, and then gradually decreased, gradually decreasing until the age of man with a lifespan of 90,000 years. At that time, Nārada Buddha appeared in the world in that same Varakappa earth life, 9- Nārada Buddha appeared in the world in the human age with a lifespan of about 90,000 years. At that time, Buddha Gotama Buddha's previous life of Bodhisattva Gotama, who had attained the form-sphere jhānas and the formless jhānas, had the five knowledges, coming to the end of the world. paid homage to Buddha Nārada and was predicted by the Buddha to determine the remaining time just as Buddha Anomadassī and Buddha Paduma said: "In future times, one more asanya and one hundred thousand great aeons of earth, this ascetic will become the fully enlightened Buddha with the title of Gotama Buddha." Nārada Buddha lived 90,000 years old and passed away Nirvana, and the Buddha's teachings gradually disappeared completely. Later, the earth was destroyed, and after that time went through a period of countless aeons of the earth becoming-indestructible, without a single Fully Enlightened Buddha appearing. present in the world. It was not until the earthly life called Sārakappa that the Buddha Padumuttara appeared in the world. 10-Buddha Padumuttara appeared in the world in the human age with a lifespan of about 100 thousand years. At that time, the Bodhisattva of Perfect Enlightenment, the previous life of Buddha Gotama, the Blessed Jaṭila, came to pay respects to Buddha Padumuttara and was predicted by the Buddha to determine the remaining time that : “In future times, With one hundred thousand earth aeons left, this Blessed Jaṭila will become the Fully Enlightened Buddha with the name of Gotama Buddha." The Buddha Padumuttara lived to be 100,000 years old and passed away from Nirvana, and the Buddha's teachings gradually disappeared completely. Later, the earth was destroyed, and after 70,000 aeons the earth became-pervading and decaying without a single fully Enlightened Buddha appearing in the world. Until the earth life called Maṇḍakappa, there were 2 Buddhas: Buddha Sumedha and Buddha Sujāta, each Buddha appeared in the world sequentially in that earth life. 11-Buddha Sumedha appeared in the world in the human age with a lifespan of about 90,000 years. At that time, the Bodhisattva Gotama Buddha's previous life, the brahmin Uttara, came to pay homage to the Buddha Sumedha, asked permission to become a monk in the Buddha's teachings. Later, the monk Uttara was predicted by the Buddha Sumedha to determine the remaining time: "In the future time, there are 30,000 earth aeons left, this monk Uttara will become the Buddha. -The Perfectly Enlightened Buddha has the title of Gotama Buddha." Sumedha Buddha lived 90,000 years old and passed away Nirvana, and the Buddha's teachings gradually disappeared completely. From then on, all phenomena take place in a cycle of decreasing and increasing life span, increasing and decreasing, just as after the passing away of the Buddhas of the past Nirvana. Human life expectancy gradually decreased to the extreme of only 10 years, then gradually increased to the peak of a-augmentation-year period, then gradually decreased, gradually decreased until the age of human life expectancy of about 90,000 years. . At that time, Buddha Sujāta appeared in the world in that same earth life as Maṇḍakappa. 12-Buddha Sujāta appeared in the world in the human age with a lifespan of about 90,000 years. At that time, Bodhisattva Gotama Buddha's previous life, the Holy King, came to pay homage to Buddha Sujata, and asked for permission to leave home to become a bhikkhu in the Dharma. Dharma of Buddha. Later, the Bodhisattva-bhikkhu was predicted by the Buddha Sujata to determine the remaining time exactly like the Buddha Sumedha, saying: "In the future time, there will be 30,000 more earth kalpas, you This bhikkhu will become the Fully Enlightened Buddha whose name is Gotama Buddha." Buddha Sujāta lived 90,000 years old and passed away Nirvana, and the Buddha's teachings gradually disappeared completely. Later, the earth was destroyed and after that time passed 28,200 aeons of earth becoming-perishing-to-zero, without a fully Enlightened Buddha appearing in the world. Until the earth life called Varakappa, there were 3 Buddhas: Buddha Piyadassī, Buddha Atthadassī and Buddha Dhammadassī, each Buddha appeared in the world sequentially in that Varakappa earth life. 13-Buddha Piyadassī appeared in the world in the human age with a lifespan of about 90,000 years. At that time, Bodhisattva Gotama Buddha's previous life, the brahmin Kassapa, came to pay respects to Buddha Piyadassī and was predicted by the Buddha to determine the remaining time. In the future, with 1,800 earth kalpas remaining, this brahmin Kassapa will become the Fully Enlightened Buddha with the name Gotama Buddha. Buddha Piyadassī lived 90,000 years old and passed away Nirvana, and the teachings of the Buddha gradually disappeared completely. From that, All phenomena occur and progress according to a cycle of decreasing and increasing life span, increasing and decreasing, just as after the passing away of the Buddhas of the past Nirvana. Human life expectancy gradually decreases to the end of only 10 years, then gradually increases to the peak of a-augmentation-year period, then gradually decreases, gradually decreases until the time when humans have a lifespan of about 100,000 years. . At that time, Buddha Atthadass appeared in the world in the same earth life Varakappa. 14-Buddha Atthadassī appeared in the world in the human age with a lifespan of about 100 thousand years. At that time, the Bodhisattva of Perfect Enlightenment, the previous life of Buddha Gotama, the ascetic Susīma, came to pay respects to Buddha Atthadass and was predicted by the Buddha to determine the remaining time for him. as the Buddha Piyadassī said: "In future times, there will be 1,800 earth eons left, this ascetic Susīma will become the Fully Enlightened Buddha with the title of Gotama Buddha." Atthadass Buddha lived to be 100 thousand years old and then passed away from Nirvana, and the Buddha's teachings gradually disappeared completely. Since then, all phenomena of similar development have occurred just as after the Buddha-Piyadassī passed away from Nirvana. Human life expectancy gradually decreased until the end was only 10 years; then the human life span increases gradually, increasing gradually until the culmination of a-rise-period year; and then gradually decreased, decreasing until the age of humans with a lifespan of about 100,000 years. At that time, the Buddha Dhamma-dassī appeared in the world in that same earth life Varakappa. 15-Buddha Dhammadassī appeared in the world in the human age with a lifespan of about 100,000 years. At that time, the Bodhisattva of Perfect Enlightenment, Buddha Gotama's past life, the Sakka God of the Thirty-Three Heavens, came to pay homage to Buddha Dhamma dassī and was predicted by the Buddha to determine the remaining time just like the Buddha- Buddha Piyadassī and Buddha Atthadassī said: "In the future time, with 1,800 earth kalpas remaining, this Sakka God King will become the Fully Enlightened Buddha with the name of Gotama Buddha. .” Buddha Dhammadassī lived to be 100,000 years old and passed away Nirvana, and the Buddha's teachings gradually disappeared completely. Later, the earth was destroyed and after that time went through 1,706 aeons of earth becoming-pervading-empty without a single Fully Enlightened Buddha appearing in the world. It was not until the earthly life called Sārakappa that a Buddha, the fully enlightened Buddha Siddhattha, appeared in the world. 16-Buddha Siddhattha appeared in the world in the human age with a lifespan of about 100,000 years. At that time, the Bodhisattva of Perfect Enlightenment, the previous life of Buddha Gotama, a wealthy brahmin who had ordained as a monk Maṅgala, came to pay homage to Siddhattha Buddha and received a gift from him. The Buddha predicted the remaining time that: "In the future time, with 94 earth kalpas remaining, this ascetic Maṅgala will become the Fully Enlightened Buddha with the title of Gotama Buddha." Siddhattha Buddha lived for 100,000 years and passed away Nirvana, and the Buddha's teachings gradually disappeared completely. Later, the earth was destroyed and after that time passed two great aeons of earth without a single fully Enlightened Buddha appearing in the world. Until the earth life called Maṇḍakappa, there were 2 Buddhas: Buddha Tissa and Buddha Phussa, Each Buddha-Buddha appeared in the world sequentially in that earthly life. 17-Buddha Tissa appeared in the world, in the age of man with a lifespan of about 100 thousand years. At that time, the Bodhisattva of Perfect Enlightenment, Buddha Gotama's previous life, the ascetic Sujata, came to pay respects to Buddha Tissa and was predicted by the Buddha to determine the remaining time that : "In the future time, with 92 earth aeons to go, this ascetic Sujāta will become the Fully Enlightened Buddha with the title of Gotama Buddha." Buddha Tissa lived to be 100,000 years old and passed away from Nirvana, and the Buddha's teachings gradually disappeared completely. From then on, all phenomena occur, progressing in a cycle of decreasing and increasing life span, increasing and decreasing, just as after the passing away of the Buddhas of the past, Nirvana. Human life expectancy is gradually reduced to the extreme only 10 years, then gradually increased to the peak of a-augmentation-year-period, then gradually decreased, gradually decreased until the age of man with a lifespan of about 90,000 years. At that time, Buddha Phussa appeared in the world in the same earth life as Maṇḍakappa. 18-Buddha Phussa appeared in the world in the age of man with a lifespan of about 90,000 years. At that time, the Bodhisattva of Perfect Enlightenment, the previous life of Gotama Buddha, the Holy King Vijītāvī, came to pay homage to Buddha Phussa, asking permission to become a monk. in the Buddha's teachings. Later, the monk Vijītāvī was predicted by the Buddha Phussa to determine the remaining time just like the Buddha Tissa that: "In the future time, there are 92 earth aeons left, the monk Vijītāvī This person will become the Perfectly Enlightened Buddha whose name is Gotama Buddha.” Buddha Phussa lived 90,000 years old and passed away Nirvana, and the Buddha's teachings gradually disappeared completely. Later, the earth was destroyed and after that one great kalpa the earth did not have a fully Enlightened Buddha appearing in the world. It was not until the earthly existence called Sārakappa that a Buddha-Buddha Vipassī appeared in the world. 19-Buddha Vipassī appeared in the world in the human age with a lifespan of about 80,000 years. At that time, the Bodhisattva of Perfect Enlightenment, the previous life of Gotama Buddha, the Dragon King Atula, came to pay respects to Buddha Vipassī and received a prediction from the Buddha, determining the remaining time. that: "In the future time, with 91 earth kalpas remaining, this Dragon King Atula will become the Fully Enlightened Buddha with the name of Gotama Buddha." Vipassi Buddha lived 80,000 years old and passed away Nirvana, and the Buddha's teachings gradually disappeared completely. After, the earth was destroyed and after that time passed 60 aeons the earth became-perishable-empty without a single fully-enlightened Buddha appearing in the world. Until the earth life called Maṇḍakappa, there were 2 Buddhas: Buddha Sikhī and Buddha Vessabhū, each Buddha sequentially appeared in the world in that earth life. 20-Buddha Sikhī appeared in the world in the age of man with a lifespan of about 70,000 years. At that time, the Bodhisattva of Perfect Enlightenment, the past life of Buddha Gotama, King Arindama, came to pay homage to Buddha Sikhī and was predicted by the Buddha to determine the remaining time: "In the future time, with 31 earth kalpas remaining, this King Arindama will become the Fully Enlightened Buddha with the title of Gotama Buddha." Buddha Sikh lived 80,000 years old and passed away from Nirvana, and his teachings gradually disappeared completely. From then on, all phenomena occur, progressing in a cycle of decreasing and increasing life span, increasing and decreasing, just as after the passing away of the Buddhas of the past, Nirvana. Human life expectancy gradually decreases to the end of only 10 years, then gradually increases to the peak of a-augmentation-year period, then gradually decreases, gradually decreases until the time when humans have a lifespan of about 60,000 years. . At that time, Buddha Vessabhū appeared in the world in that same earth-life Maṇḍakappa. 21-Buddha Vessabhū appeared in the world in the human age with a lifespan of about 60,000 years. At that time, the Bodhisattva Gotama Buddha's previous life, King Sudassana, came to pay respects to the Buddha Vessabhū, asking permission to become a monk in his teachings. Buddha. After, Bhikkhu Sudassana was predicted by the Buddha Vessabhū to determine the remaining time exactly like the Buddha Sikhī saying: "In the future time, there are 31 more earth kalpas, this bhikkhu Sudassana will become The Perfectly Enlightened Buddha has the title of Gotama Buddha." Buddha Vessabhū lived for 60,000 years and passed away Nirvana, and the Buddha's teachings gradually disappeared completely. Later, the earth was destroyed and after that time passed 31 aeons the earth became-perishable-empty without a single Fully Enlightened Buddha appearing in the world. Until the earth life called Bhaddakappa (the present earth we live on) there were 5 Buddhas: Buddha Kakusandha, Buddha Koṇāgamana, Buddha Kassapa, Buddha Gotama and Buddha. Metteyya, each Buddha-Buddha appears in the world sequentially in this Bhaddakappa earth life. 22-Buddha Kakusandha appeared in the world in the age of man with a lifespan of about 40,000 years. At that time, the Bodhisattva of Perfect Enlightenment, the previous life of Buddha Gotama, King Khema, came to pay respects to Buddha Kakusandha, asking permission to become a monk in the Dharma. of the Buddha. Later, the monk Khema received a prediction from the Buddha Kakusandha that determined the time: "In a future time, in this very earth-life Bhaddakappa, this bhikkhu Khema will become the Chief Buddha- The Enlightened One has the name of Gotama Buddha." Kakusandha Buddha lived for 40,000 years and passed away Nirvana, and the Buddha's teachings gradually disappeared completely. Since then, the evil-Dharma has grown more and more and the good-Dharma has deteriorated more and more, so the life span of people has been decreasing day by day, gradually decreasing until the end is only 10 years. Later, A terrible disaster happened, people killed each other extremely cruelly, regardless of parents, children, brothers, relatives, ... some people panicked and fled in the mountains to escape. When they knew that the killing was no more, those people met again, pledging not to kill each other again. At that time, people feared sin, tried diligently to practice all good deeds, and good dharmas grew more and more, so the life expectancy of people gradually increased and increased. gradually up until the peak a-tan-period five. At that time, people lived leisurely (slightly thinking), evil dharmas arose, so the life span of people gradually decreased, gradually decreasing until the time when people had a lifespan of about 30,000 years. At that time, Buddha Koṇāgamana appeared in the world in this Bhaddakappa earth life. 23-Buddha Koṇāgamana appeared in the world in the age of man with a lifespan of about 30,000 years. At that time, the Bodhisattva Gotama Buddha's previous life, King Pabbata, came to pay respects to Buddha Koṇāgamana and was predicted by the Buddha to determine the remaining time exactly as Buddha Kakusandha said: "In the future time, even in this Bhaddakappa earth life, this King Pabbata will become the Fully Enlightened Buddha named Gotama Buddha." Koṇāgamana Buddha lived 30,000 years old and then passed away from Nirvana, and the Buddha's teachings also gradually disappeared completely. Later, all phenomena occurred similarly as after Kakusandha-Buddha passed away from Nirvana. Human life expectancy gradually decreased to the culmination of only 10 years, and then it gradually increased to the peak a- increase-period, and then gradually decreased to the age of humans with a lifespan of about 20,000 years. At that time, Buddha Kassapa appeared in the world in this Bhaddakappa earth life. 24-Kassapa Buddha appeared in the world in the age of man with a lifespan of about 20 thousand years. At that time, the Bodhisattva Gotama Buddha's previous life, the Brahmin Jotipāla, came to pay respects to the Buddha Kassapa, and asked for permission to become a monk in the teaching. -Dharma of the Buddha-Buddha. Later, the monk Jotipāla was predicted by the Buddha Kassapa to determine the remaining time exactly like the Buddha Kakusandha and the Buddha Koṇāgamana saying: "In the future time, even in this earth life Bhadda-kappa , this bhikkhu Jotipala will become the Fully Enlightened Buddha with the title of Gotama Buddha." Kassapa Buddha lived 20 thousand years old and passed away Nirvana, and the Buddha's teachings also gradually disappeared completely. After that, all phenomena happened similar to after Kakusandha Buddha and Koṇāgamana Buddha passed away from Nirvana.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=BUDDHIST DHARMA WHEEL GOLDEN MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.15/2/2022.