Vipassī Buddha
Sign in to saveIn Buddhist tradition, Vipassī (Pāli) is the twenty-second of twenty-eight Buddhas described in Chapter 27 of the Buddhavaṃsa. The Buddhavamsa is a Buddhist text which describes the life of Gautama Buddha and the twenty-seven Buddhas who preceded him. It is the fourteenth book of the Khuddaka Nikāya, which in turn is part of the Sutta Piṭaka. The Sutta Piṭaka is one of three pitakas (main sections) which together constitute the Tripiṭaka, or Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism.
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- Buddha.name
- Vipassī Buddha
- Buddha.image
- File:Indian Museum Sculpture - Vipassi and Patali Tree (9220416654).jpg
- Buddha.caption
- Vipassī and pāṭalī tree from the Bharhut Stupa at the Indian Museum, Kolkata.
- Buddha.sanskrit_name
- विपश्यिन्Vipaśyin Buddha
- Buddha.pali_name
- Vipassī Buddha
- Buddha.sinhala_name
- විපස්සී බුදුන් වහන්සේWipassi Budun Wahanse
- Buddha.chinese_name
- 毗婆尸佛(Pinyin: Pípóshī Fó)
- Buddha.japanese_name
- (romaji: Bibashi Butsu)
- Buddha.tibetan_name
- རྣམ་གཟིགས་Wylie: rnam gzigs
- Buddha.korean_name
- 비파시불(RR: Bipasi Bul)
- Buddha.thai_name
- พระวิปัสสีพุทธเจ้าPhra Wipatsi Phutthachao
- Buddha.vietnamese_name
- Phật Tỳ Bà Thi
- Buddha.veneration
- Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana
- Buddha.attributes
- Pure Buddha
- Buddha.preceded_by
- Puṣya Buddha
- Buddha.succeeded_by
- Śikhin Buddha
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- Seven Buddhas of the Past
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- Indian Museum Sculpture - Vipassi and Patali Tree (9220416654).jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- Biography
- Physical characteristics
- Teachings
- See also
- Notes
In Buddhist tradition, Vipassī (Pāli) is the twenty-second of twenty-eight Buddhas described in Chapter 27 of the Buddhavaṃsa. The Buddhavamsa is a Buddhist text which describes the life of Gautama Buddha and the twenty-seven Buddhas who preceded him. It is the fourteenth book of the Khuddaka Nikāya, which in turn is part of the Sutta Piṭaka. The Sutta Piṭaka is one of three pitakas (main sections) which together constitute the Tripiṭaka, or Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism.
The third to the last Buddha of the Alamkarakalpa, Vipassī was preceded by Phussa Buddha and succeeded by Sikhī Buddha.
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