Controverted PointNa vattabbaṁ—Theravādin:But are there not shrines, parks, settlements, villages, towns, kingdoms, countries mentioned by the Buddha?And was he not born at Lumbinī, super-enlightened under the Bodhi tree? Was not the Norm-wheel set rolling by him at Benares? Did he not renounce the will to live at the Chāpāla shrine? Did he not complete existence at Kusinārā?“buddho bhagavā manussaloke aṭṭhāsī”ti? Moreover, was it not said by the Exalted One:Āmantā. “Bhikkhus, I was once staying at Ukkaṭṭhā in the SubhagaWood by the King's-Sāl Tree … I was once staying at Uruvelā by the Goatherds' Banyan before I was super-enlightened … I was once staying at Rājagaha in the Bamboo Wood at the Squirrels' Feeding-ground … I was once staying at Sāvatthī in Jeta's Wood, Anāthapiṇḍaka's Park … I was once staying at Vesālī in the Great Wood at the Gable House Hall”?Nanu atthi buddhavutthāni cetiyāni ārāmavihāragāmanigamanagarāni raṭṭhāni janapadānīti? Surely then the Exalted Buddha lived among men.Āmantā. Vetulyaka:But did not the Exalted One say,Hañci atthi buddhavutthāni cetiyāni ārāmavihāragāmanigamanagarāni raṭṭhāni janapadāni, tena vata re vattabbe—Vetulyaka:“buddho bhagavā manussaloke aṭṭhāsī”ti.

“born in the world, enlightened in the world, live, having overcome the world, undefiled by the world”?Na vattabbaṁ—Hence it is surely not right to say “The Exalted Buddha lived in the world of mankind”.“buddho bhagavā manussaloke aṭṭhāsī”ti? Shwe Zan AungĀmantā. This SuttaCentral edition was prepared byManfred WierichandVen. Vimalaand proofread byJosephine Tobin. Some changes were introduced:Nanu bhagavā lumbiniyā jāto, bodhiyā mūle abhisambuddho, bārāṇasiyaṁ bhagavatā dhammacakkaṁ pavattitaṁ, cāpāle cetiye āyusaṅkhāro ossaṭṭho, kusinārāyaṁ bhagavā parinibbutoti? Manfred WierichĀmantā. Ven. VimalaHañci bhagavā lumbiniyā jāto …pe… kusinārāyaṁ bhagavā parinibbuto, tena vata re vattabbe—Josephine Tobin“buddho bhagavā manussaloke aṭṭhāsī”ti.

Abbreviations, i.e., those of cited works and the participants in the controversies, were expanded.Cross-references were linked.Some typographic changes were introduced, among others, i.e.: the phonetic symbol “ŋ” was changed to the Pāli diacritical letter “ṃ”, “ô” to “o”, single quotes to double quotes, and “:—” to “:”.Letter-spacing with fixed spaces was replaced with bold font.The corrigenda were merged into the text. Some could not be resolved, though.Na vattabbaṁ—Abbreviations, i.e., those of cited works and the participants in the controversies, were expanded.“buddho bhagavā manussaloke aṭṭhāsī”ti? Cross-references were linked.Āmantā. Some typographic changes were introduced, among others, i.e.: the phonetic symbol “ŋ” was changed to the Pāli diacritical letter “ṃ”, “ô” to “o”, single quotes to double quotes, and “:—” to “:”.Nanu vuttaṁ bhagavatā—Letter-spacing with fixed spaces was replaced with bold font.“ekamidāhaṁ, bhikkhave, samayaṁ ukkaṭṭhāyaṁ viharāmi subhagavane sālarājamūle”ti; The corrigenda were merged into the text. Some could not be resolved, though.“ekamidāhaṁ, bhikkhave, samayaṁ uruvelāyaṁ viharāmi ajapālanigrodhe paṭhamābhisambuddho”ti; This electronic version is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 3.0 licence (CC BY-NC 3.0) as found here:http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/“ekamidāhaṁ, bhikkhave, samayaṁ rājagahe viharāmi veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe”ti; All copyright is owned by the Pali Text Society. See also the statement under http://www.palitext.com/ → Publications → Copyright Announcement. For non-commercial use only.“ekamidāhaṁ, bhikkhave, samayaṁ sāvatthiyaṁ viharāmi jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme”ti; “ekamidāhaṁ, bhikkhave, samayaṁ vesāliyaṁ viharāmi mahāvane kūṭāgārasālāyan”ti. Attheva suttantoti? Āmantā. Tena hi buddho bhagavā manussaloke aṭṭhāsīti.

Buddho bhagavā manussaloke aṭṭhāsīti? Āmantā. Nanu bhagavā loke jāto, loke saṁvaḍḍho, lokaṁ abhibhuyya viharati anupalitto lokenāti? Āmantā. Hañci bhagavā loke jāto, loke saṁvaḍḍho, lokaṁ abhibhuyya viharati anupalitto lokena, no ca vata re vattabbe—“buddho bhagavā manussaloke aṭṭhāsī”ti.

Manussalokakathā niṭṭhitā.