Buddhist councils: First Buddhist Council, Second Buddhist council, Third Buddhist Council, Fourth Buddhist Council, Fifth Buddhist Council, Sixth Buddhist Council, Parinirvana
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! According to the scriptures of all Buddhist schools, the first Buddhist Council was held soon after the parinirvana of the Buddha, dated by the majority of recent scholars around 400 BCE, under the patronage of king Ajatasatru with the monk Mahakasyapa presiding, at Rajagaha (now Rajgir). Its objective was to preserve the Buddha's sayings (suttas) and the monastic discipline or rules (Vinaya). The Suttas were recited by Ananda, and the Vinaya was recited by Upali. According to some sources, the Abhidhamma Pitaka, or its matika, was also included. Also the Sangha made the unanimous decision to keep all the rules of the Vinaya, even the lesser and minor rules.
