What is Buddhism
Today in the world we find many different forms or cults of Buddhism. It is not true that all of them are authentic and represent what Buddhism actually is .
To state what Buddhism is, we have to trace back to the person who found Buddhism more than 2,500 years ago in India:...
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The First Buddhist Council
King Ajatasattu sponsored the First Council. It was convened in 544 B.C. in the sattaparnaguha Cave situated outside Rajagaha three months after the Buddha had passed away. A detailed account of this historic meeting can be found in the Cullavagga of the Vinaya Pitaka.
According to this record the incident which...
Sects of Buddhism
After the Second Buddhist Council, Buddhism had split into two parts: one orthodox (Theravada) and the other unorthodox (Mahayana). Then in the Third Buddhist Council, there were 18 different unorthodox schools. Although the Elder Tissa in the Third Buddhist Council compiled a book called "Points of Controver...
MN 101-120 Published
Thanks so much to Chris Burke’s contribution once again, and the work has been published @ http://www.yellowrobe.com/pali-canon/sutta-piaka/majjhima-ni...
In This Very Life - The Liberation Teachings of the Buddha
An excellent book on the
Buddha
's teachings and detailed information on Vipassana meditation.
Money Rules for Buddhist Monks and Nuns - by Dhamminda Bhikkhu
Information about the Money Rules
This article was written for the many bhikkhus who have asked me questions about the money rules found in the Vinaya. S...
Biography of Venerable Bhikkhu Pesala
Bhikkhu Pesala is the author of www.aimwell.org and the Spiritual Director of the Association for Insight Meditation, which he set up in 1995 with the he...
The Buddha's Life
The Buddha 's Life - A TRUE CONTEMPLATIVE
The source of the Buddha's life here is drawn from the Dhammacakkappavattna Sutta explained by Venerable Mahasi Say...
DN 8 Mahāsīhanāda Sutta - The Great Lion’s Roar
1. THUS HAVE I HEARD. Once the Lord was staying at Ujuññāya in the deer-park of Kaṇṇakatthale. There the naked ascetic Kassapa came to him, exchanged ...
Is this historic account true, correct, and authentic?
It is what most scholars agree upon to be true, correct, and authentic. This is based on the introduction to the Six Buddhist Councils included in the...
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The Sixth Buddhist Council
The Sixth Council was held in Kaba Aye in Yangon (Rangoon) in 1954, eighty-three years ...
The Fifth Buddhist Council
The Fifth Council took place in Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar) in 1871 A.D. in the reign of ...
The Fourth Buddhist Council
The Fourth Council was held in Tambapanni (Sri Lanka) in 29 B.C. under the patronage of...
The Third Buddhist Council
The Third Council was held primarily to rid the Sangha of corruption and bogus monks wh...
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