Buddhist Councils

Lists and numbering of Buddhist councils vary between and even within schools. The numbering here is normal in Western writings.

Read more about Buddhist Councils:  First Buddhist Council (c. 400 BCE), Second Buddhist Council (c. 4th Century BCE), Third Buddhist Council (c. 247 BCE), The Fourth Buddhist Councils, Theravada Buddhist Council in 1871 (Fifth Buddhist Council), Theravada Buddhist Council in 1954 (Sixth Buddhist Council)

Famous quotes containing the word councils:

    “How many councils and decrees
    Have perished in the simple prayer
    That gave obedience to the knee;”
    —Austin Clarke (1896–1974)