| Viśvabhū Buddha | |
| Sanskrit Name: | विश्वभू Viśvabhū |
| Pali Name: | Vessabhū |
| Chinese Name: | 毗舍婆佛 (Pinyin: Píshèpó Fó) |
| Japanese Name: | (romaji: Bishafu Butsu) |
| Tibetan Name: | ཐམས་ཅད་སྐྱོབ་ Wylie: thams cad skyob |
| Korean Name: | 비사부불 (RR: Bisabu Bul) |
| Sinhala Name: | වෙස්සභු Wessabhu |
| Thai Name: | พระเวสสภูพุทธเจ้า Phra Wetsaphu Phutthachao |
| Vietnamese Name: | Phật Tỳ Xá Phù |
| Veneration: | Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana |
| Preceded By: | Śikhī Buddha |
| Succeeded By: | Krakucchanda Buddha |
According to the Buddhavaṃsa, Vessabhū is believed to be the 24th Buddha. He was born in the pleasance of Anoma (Commentary, Anūpama), his father being the khattiya Suppatita (Supatita) and his mother Yasavatī.* [1] [2] He is venerated by the Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana traditions.
He is believed to have lived for six thousand years as a householder in three palaces: Ruci, Suruci and Vaddhana (Rativaddhana); his wife was Sucittā, and their son Suppabuddha. He left home in a golden palanquin, practiced austerities for six months, was given kheera (a milk-rice pudding) by Sirivaddhanā of Sucittanigama, and grass for his seat by the Nāga king Narinda, and attained Enlightenment under a sāla tree. He preached his first sermon at Anurārāma to his brothers, Sona and Uttara, who became his chief disciples.[1] [2]
. Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera. Dictionary of Pāli proper names. Buddha. 294–305. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Private Limited. Delhi, India. 2007. 978-81-208-3020-2.
. Davids. TWR. Davids. R. Thomas William Rhys Davids. Buddhist birth-stories; Jataka tales. The commentarial introduction entitled Nidana-Katha; the story of the lineage. The successive bodhisats in the times of the previous Buddhas. 115–44. George Routledge & Sons. London. 1878. https://archive.org/stream/buddhistbirth00daviuoft#page/n132/mode/1up.