►BUDDHIST COUNCILS

✔️ 1st Buddhist Council

// Place: Rajgriha, Bihar Ruler: Ajatshatru

// Accomplishment: Buddha’s teachings were compiled into Sutta Pitaka (Ananda) and Vinaya Pitaka (Upali)

✔️ 2nd Buddhist Council

// Place: Vaishali Ruler: Kalashoka (Shishunaga dynasty)

// Accomplishment: Buddhist sangha was divided into schools i.e. Theravadi or Sthavira and Mahasanghik
or Sarvastivadin.

// Theravadi is the oldest Buddhist school with its main centre in Kashmir. Mahasanghik’s main center was inο Accomplishment: Buddhist sangha was divided into schools i.e. Theravadi or Sthavira and Mahasanghik
or Sarvastivadin.

// Theravadi is the oldest Buddhist school with its main centre in Kashmir. Mahasanghik’s main center was in Magadha.

✔️ 3rd Buddhist Council

// Place: Pataliputra Ruler: Ashoka

// Accomplishment: Compilation of the third pitaka i.e. Abhidhamma Pitaka which explains the tenets of
Dhamma.

✔️ 4th Buddhist Council

// Place: Kashmir Ruler: Kanishka

// Accomplishment: Compilation of Vibhashashastra by Vasumitra, a commentary in Sanskrit on the difficult
aspects of Buddhist texts.

// Buddhists again broke into 2 schools i.e. Theravadi or Sthavira became Hinayana and Sarvastivadin or
Mahasanghik became Mahayana schools.