Yellow Robe - A Real Buddhist's Journal

41. Finding Authentic Teachings
(Teachings/General)

... of the Arahants in each Buddhist Council, none of the Vinaya rules has changed. However, a lot of monks today still change the rules to suit their needs, and this is a serious disrespect to the Buddha ...

42. Where to Find Authentic Teachings
(Teachings/General)

... Some of the monks who had heard the Buddha preach in person were Arahants, and so by definition, 'pure ones' free from passion, ill-will and delusion and therefore, was without doubt capable of retaining, ...

43. Is the teaching in the Pali Canon reliable?
(FAQs/Buddha's Teachings)

... every monk in the Sangha back then. After the Pali Canon was finally written down, it was further reaffirmed and re-examined in the Buddhist Councils led by Great Arahants. Therefore its authenticity ...

44. Sri Lanka Timeline
(History/Sects and Schism)

...  Devanampiya - Tissa: B.C. 307 - 267 Arrival in Ceylon of the Arahant Mahinda bringing Pali Tipitaka with Commentaries; Commentaries translated into Sinhalese; Great Monastery founded. ...

45. The Third Buddhist Council
(History/Buddhist Councils)

... his father's son's save his own brother, Tissa Kumara who eventually got ordained and achieved Arahantship. Asoka was crowned in the two hundred and eighteenth year after the Buddha's Mahaparinibbāna. ...

46. The First Buddhist Council
(History/Buddhist Councils)

... approval he called to council five hundred Arahants. Ananda was to be included in this provided he attained Arahanthood by the time the council convened. With the Elder Mahakassapa presiding, the five-hundred ...

47. What is Buddhism
(History/General)

... in human history till today. The Pali Canon has always been the most well-preserved original teachings of the Buddha because it is maintained by disciples who have faith and reached Arahantship (meaning ...