Since the death of the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, Buddhist monastic communities ("sangha") have periodically convened to settle doctrinal and disciplinary disputes and to revise and correct the contents of the Buddhist canons. These gatherings are often termed Buddhist "councils" (Pāli and Sanskrit: saṅgīti, literally meaning "reciting together" or "joint rehearsal"). Accounts of these councils are recorded in Buddhist texts as having begun immediately following the death of the Buddha and have continued into the modern era.
The earliest councils are regarded as real events by every Buddhist tradition. However, the historicity and details of these councils remains a matter of dispute in modern Buddhist studies. This is because various sources belonging to different Buddhist schools contain conflicting accounts of these events and the narratives often serve to bolster the authority and prestige of specific schools.
revise and correct the contents of the Buddhist canons. These gatherings are often termed Buddhist "councils" (Pāli and Sanskrit: saṅgīti, literally...
World BuddhistCouncil may refer to: Buddhistcouncils, History of BuddhistCouncils World Buddhist Sangha Council, Ecumenic Organization World Council (disambiguation)...
traditions. The Sangha held a number of Buddhistcouncils in order to reach consensus on matters of Buddhist doctrine and practice. Mahākāśyapa, a disciple...
century ago. Buddhistcouncils First Buddhistcouncil Second Buddhistcouncil Third Buddhistcouncil Fourth Buddhistcouncil Fifth Buddhistcouncil Pāli Canon...
other councils held in Ceylon and Siam between the fourth and sixth, so the total can be made up in other ways. Buddhistcouncils First Buddhistcouncil Second...
there are three main Buddhist Canons: the Pāli Canon of the Theravāda tradition, the Chinese Buddhist Canon used in East Asian Buddhist tradition, and the...
The Buddhist flag is a flag designed in the late 19th century as a universal symbol of Buddhism. It is used by Buddhists throughout the world. The flag...
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world's fourth-largest religion, with over 520 million followers, known as Buddhists, who comprise seven percent of the global population. Buddhism originated...
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notable Buddhists, encompassing all the major branches of the religion (i.e. in Buddhism), and including interdenominational and eclectic Buddhist practitioners...
the arts. Bar council: a professional body that regulates the profession of barristers together with the Inns of Court. Buddhistcouncils: important historical...
It derives mainly from the Tamrashatiya school. During the First BuddhistCouncil, three months after the parinibbana of Gautama Buddha in Rajgir, Ananda...
Pāli Canon for over two millennia. The Pāli Canon is the most complete Buddhist canon surviving in a classical Indian language, Pāli, which serves as the...
Buddhist symbolism is the use of symbols (Sanskrit: pratīka) to represent certain aspects of the Buddha's Dharma (teaching). Early Buddhist symbols which...
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Buddhism. The Buddhist legends credit Ashoka with establishing a large number of stupas, patronising the Third Buddhistcouncil, supporting Buddhist missionaries...
Second Buddhistcouncil, which took place at Vaishali, approximately one hundred years after Gautama Buddha's parinirvāṇa. While the second council probably...
This list of Buddhism by country shows the distribution of the Buddhist religion, practiced by about 535 million people as of the 2010s, representing 7%...
The early Buddhist schools are those schools into which the Buddhist monastic saṅgha split early in the history of Buddhism. The divisions were originally...
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groups. Sri Lankan Buddhists share many similarities with Southeast Asian Buddhists, specifically Myanmar Buddhists and Thai Buddhists due to traditional...
Buddhist monasticism is one of the earliest surviving forms of organized monasticism and one of the fundamental institutions of Buddhism. Monks and nuns...
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the whole of Buddhist traditions. The sectarian and conceptual divisions of Buddhist thought are part of the modern framework of Buddhist studies, as well...
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Thailand has the second largest Buddhist population in the world, after China, with approximately 64 million Buddhists. Buddhism in Thailand has also become...
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