Buddhist Councils - Haryana PCS Exam Notes

I Buddhist Council	500 BC at	Ajatsataru .	Record the Buddha’s sayings (sutra) and codify
	Rajgaha	Presided by	monastic rules (vinaya). Rajgaha is today’s
		Mahakasyapa	Rajgir
II Buddhist Council	383 BC at	Kalasoka	The conservative schools insisted on monastic
	Vaishali		rules (vinaya). The secessionist Mahasangikas
			argued for more relaxed monastic
			rules.Rejection of the Mahasanghikas
III Buddhist Council	250 BC	Ashoka..	Purpose was to reconcile the different schools of
	Pataliputra		Buddhism. Presided by Moggaliputta Tissa
IV Buddhist Council	100 AD	Kanishka	Division into Hinayana & Mahayana. Theravada
	Kashmir	Presided by	Buddhism does not recognize the authenticity of
		Vasumitra &	this council, and it is sometimes called the
		Asvaghosha	“council of heretical monks”.
V Buddhist Council	1871	King Mindon	recite all the teachings of the Buddha and
	Myanmar		examine them in minute detail to see if any of
			them had been altered
VI Buddhist Council	1954	P.M. U Nu
	Yangoon

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