Arrange the events related to Buddha in chronological order.

(A) Renunciation of the world
(B) Enlightenment
(C) Sutta Pitaka
(D) First Sermon
(E) Birth

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(E), (A), (B), (D), (C)

The correct answer is Option (4) → (E), (A), (B), (D), (C)

Events:

• (E) Birth – Siddhartha Gautama was born in Lumbini.

• (A) Renunciation of the world – He left his princely life in search of truth.

• (B) Enlightenment – He attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree at Bodh Gaya.

• (D) First Sermon – Delivered at Sarnath after his enlightenment.

• (C) Sutta Pitaka – A collection of Buddha’s teachings compiled later by his disciples.

"Buddhist literature mentions several chaityas. It also describes places associated with the Buddha’s life – where he was born (Lumbini), where he attained enlightenment (Bodh Gaya), where he gave his first sermon (Sarnath) and where he attained nibbana (Kusinagara). Gradually, each of these places came to be regarded as sacred. We know that about 200 years after the time of the Buddha, Asoka erected a pillar at Lumbini to mark the fact that he had visited the place."

Note: None of the Buddha’s speeches were written down during his lifetime. After his death (c. fifth-fourth century BCE) his teachings were compiled by his disciples at a council of “elders” or senior monks at Vesali (Pali for Vaishali in present-day Bihar). These compilations were known as Tipitaka – literally, three baskets to hold different types of texts. The three Tripitakas were Vinaya Pitaka, Suta Pitaka and Abhidhamma Pitaka.