Buddhist Councils for RAS/RTS (Rajasthan) Prelims and Mains Examination

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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