35a: List of Rains Retreats – 1178
12. He observed the twelfth Rains Retreat near the Margosa (
Pucimanda
)
tree, which was governed by a Yakkha named Nāḷeru, with Verañjā
country as his alms resort.
13. With Jantu village, in the Cāliya country, serving as his alms resort, he
spent the thirteenth Rains Retreat at the Cāliya mountain monastery.
14. The fourteenth Rains Retreat was spent at the Jetavana monastery with
Sāvatthī, in the country of Kosala, as his alms resort.
15. With Kapilavatthu, in the Sakka country, serving as his alms resort, he
spent the fifteenth Rains Retreat at the Nigrodha monastery.
16. He spent the sixteenth Rains Retreat at Aggāḷava shrine, which was a
temple for the spirits, with the country of Āḷavī serving as his alms
resort.
17. The seventeenth Rains Retreat was spent at the Veḷuvana monastery,
where Rājagaha of Magadha became his alms resort. [489].
18-19. The Buddha resided at the Cāliya mountain monastery for two Rains
Retreats – the eighteenth and nineteenth – with his alms resort located
in Jantu village within the Cāliya country.
20. The twentieth Rains Retreat was observed at the Veḷuvana monastery,
in Rājagaha of Magadha, which served as his alms resort.
These are the places where the Buddha spent irregular rains-residence during
the first 20 years after his Awakening (
paṭhama-bodhi
).
21-44. The Buddha observed regular Rains Retreats from the 21
st
to the 44
th
year at Jetavana and Pubbārāma monasteries at Sāvatthī, in the Kosala
country, which served as his alms resort.
45. Then the Buddha spent his last Rains Retreat, the 45
th
in the village of
Veḷuva, in Vesālī country, when on the verge of his Parinibbāna.
Various Works in Myanmar Dealing with the Rains
Retreats
Ven. Monywe Zetawun Sayādaw had composed a verse for easy recollection of
the places where Buddha Gotama had observed the Rains Retreats, in one of his