BUDDHIST COUNCILS

BY DR.SWETA ASSISTANT PROFESSOR DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY JAMUNI LAL COLLEGE ,HAJIPUR Buddhist Time Place Ruler Presi Specificity Council -dent First 483 CERajgrihaAjatshatru Maha Held soon after -kassapa the death of Buddha , it was at this council that Buddha’s teachings were divided into 3 categories or ‘baskets’ (pitaka) : discourses , discipline and higher knowledge. *Vinnay Pitaka by Upali *Sutta Pitaka by Ananda Buddhist Time Place Ruler Presi Specificity Council -dent Second 383 Vaish- Kalas- Sabba- The objective was to settle a BCE ali oka kami debate on certain practices of Buddhist monks , specially in western India Division :Sthaviravadins And Mahavasanghikas. The group who stayed called themselves The Elders(Thera in Pali) The other group ,The great community (Mahasanghika in Sanskrit ,interpreted Buddha’s teachings more literally. These two groups would eventually evolve into Theraveda and Mahayana Buddhism. Buddhist Time Place Ruler President Specificity Council Third 250 Patlip Ashoka Magaliputta The objective of the BCE -utra Tissa council was to purify the Buddhist movement from opportunistic factions .Origin of Theraveda school. Tripatika coded in Pali Language. Sent Budhist missionaries to other countries. Buddhist Time Place Ruler President Specificity Councils Fourth 1st Kash- Kanis- Vasumitra Some people believe that Cen- mir hka the Fourth Buddhist -tury council is the name of CE two separate Buddhist Council meetings. The Theraveda had a fourth Buddhist Council in the 1st century BCE in Tambapanni ,i.e., Sri Lanka ,at Aloka Lena (now Alu Vihara)during the time of King Vattagamani-Abaya. *The 2nd one was held by the Sarvastivada School,in Kashmir around the 1st century CE. Tank Yo !