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The Buddha's House

Buddha's house acquires a larger-than-life status, it is not because of the house itself but because of the stature of the dweller of the house, the Buddha. The purpose of this essay is to draw the outline of that house.1 Why should one be interested in the Buddha's house other than the reason that the house belonged to a world-moving teacher? If Buddhism and its various practices are ascetical in nature, dwelling is a key locus in that tradition.2 If an architectural exegesis is sought in that ascetical culture, it must begin with the house of the Buddha. The Buddha's house appears in manifold ways within the Buddhist traditions, depending on the various schools that emerged since the First Council held immediately after the passing away of the Buddha, and the various accounts and concepts of the Buddha that developed soon after.3 The conversations in the traditions are not so much about the literal