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PALI AND OTHER SOURCES OF “THE BUDDHA AND HIS DHAMMA”
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Jataka-attakatha mentions, Gautama had five dreams on the previous night of the day on which he partook food from Sujata, because the day of partaking food was Vaisakh Purnima day, the day on which he later attained enlightenment.
Note No. (11) 73 4 Anguttara Nikaya iii: 240, Maha-vamsa, Jatakanidan-attakatha states, the bowl of food offered by Sujata at last sank near the abode of Kala, a Naga king and stayed with similar bowls of previous Buddhas at the lowest of them. In Khadawal Jataka, Kala, the king of Nagas is said to have stood before the Tathagata before his contest with Mara. Jataka-nidan attakatha, Ang. iii. 240.
Mahavastu ii 281 (For chronological events of this chapter, see Thomas, p. 71).
Mara first came to Gautama while he was practising austerities on the bank of Nairanjana River. He appeared again before the start of meditation; Padhan Sutta of Sutta-nipata 425-449. Lal. 327(261).
The Lal. Vist. gives detail account of Mara’s war with Gautama.
Note No. (12) 73 7 Enlightenment
Siddhartha attained enlightenment at the age of 36 years. (Vinaya Texts 1.73).
First week meditation was under Bodhi tree (Banyan tree).
Second week meditation was under Nyagrodh tree-(Samyutta Nikaya 1-124).