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❄️❄️Buddhist Councils❄️❄️
❄️There were four Buddhist Councils. ❄️These Buddhist Councils are considered as the four milestones in the history of Buddhism. In order to address the issues during that period in Buddhism. They are as follows
❄️First Buddhist Council ( 486 BC) at Rajgriha (the modern city of Rajgir
• King: Ajatasatru, son of King Bimbisara (Haryanka Dynasty).
• Took place 3 months after the Buddha’s Passing.
• The First Buddhist Council collected together and arranged the Buddhist Scriptures known as the Pali Tipitaka.
❄️Second Buddhist Council ( 386 BC) at Vaishali.
• King: Kalasoka (Shisunaga Dynasty).’
❄️Third Buddhist Council (250 BC) at : Pataliputra
• King: Ashoka (Maurya Dynasty).
• Its objective was to reconcile the different schools of Buddhism and to purify the Buddhist movement, particularly from opportunistic factions which had been attracted by the royal patronage.
• The responses to doctrinal questions and disputes formulated at the Third Council were recorded by Moggaliputta Tissa in the Kathavatthu, one of the books of the Abhidhamma Pitaka.
❄️Fourth Buddhist Council (72 AD) at kashmir
• King: Kanishka (Kushan Dynasty) ,was a patron of Buddhism and was instrumental in spreading the religion in north-western borders of India.
Final division of Buddhism into Mahayana & Hinayana sects.
Note: The Theravada Buddhist council in 1871 and Theravada Buddhist council in 1954 are known as Fifth and Sixth Buddhist Councils respectively
Abhidhamma pitaka, dealing with Buddhist philosophy written in Pali.
❄️There were four Buddhist Councils. ❄️These Buddhist Councils are considered as the four milestones in the history of Buddhism. In order to address the issues during that period in Buddhism. They are as follows
❄️First Buddhist Council ( 486 BC) at Rajgriha (the modern city of Rajgir
• King: Ajatasatru, son of King Bimbisara (Haryanka Dynasty).
• Took place 3 months after the Buddha’s Passing.
• The First Buddhist Council collected together and arranged the Buddhist Scriptures known as the Pali Tipitaka.
❄️Second Buddhist Council ( 386 BC) at Vaishali.
• King: Kalasoka (Shisunaga Dynasty).’
❄️Third Buddhist Council (250 BC) at : Pataliputra
• King: Ashoka (Maurya Dynasty).
• Its objective was to reconcile the different schools of Buddhism and to purify the Buddhist movement, particularly from opportunistic factions which had been attracted by the royal patronage.
• The responses to doctrinal questions and disputes formulated at the Third Council were recorded by Moggaliputta Tissa in the Kathavatthu, one of the books of the Abhidhamma Pitaka.
❄️Fourth Buddhist Council (72 AD) at kashmir
• King: Kanishka (Kushan Dynasty) ,was a patron of Buddhism and was instrumental in spreading the religion in north-western borders of India.
Final division of Buddhism into Mahayana & Hinayana sects.
Note: The Theravada Buddhist council in 1871 and Theravada Buddhist council in 1954 are known as Fifth and Sixth Buddhist Councils respectively
Abhidhamma pitaka, dealing with Buddhist philosophy written in Pali.