C-08 — The Councils

In Buddhist Literature, the word 'Council' is used to mean which of the following?

Briefly, a Council is best described as which of the following?

How many months after the Great Passing Away (Mahaparinibbana) of Buddha was the first Council held?

According to the legend, how many Councils were held in the history of Buddhism?

According to the Buddhists of South East Asia, how many councils were held altogether?

According to the South East Asian belief, the fourth Council was held in which country?

According to the Mahayana Sutta, the third Council was held at Jalandhara in Kashmir under the patronage of which emperor?

According to the legend of Thailand, the eighth and the ninth Councils were held in which country?

According to the Theravada Buddhists, where were the first three Councils held?

The Theravada Buddhists believe that the fifth and the sixth Councils were held in which country?

The six Councils that are very important in the history of Buddhism are also called what?

Which Council has a great role in compiling the sermons and words of Buddha and in preserving them correctly?

Consider the following statements about the Councils: Which of the following is correct?

What was the main purpose of holding the Councils?

The unruly monk whose behaviour made the Bhikkhus afraid after Buddha's Mahaparinibbana was —

According to which traveller's travelogue did almost all the unruly monks have the same intention?

The first Council was held at which place in order to compile and preserve the sermons of Buddha?

The ten rules introduced by the Vajji Monks, other than the Vinaya Rules, are known as —

The second Council was called at Balukarama of which city to decide whether the 'Dasavatthuni' was according to the Vinaya rules?

The third Council was held to remove the anarchy in the Sangha during the reign of which emperor?

Who established Buddhism in Sri Lanka, as mentioned in the background of the fourth Council?

Which king removed the Tamils with the help of the Sinhalese and began to rule Sri Lanka?

The fourth Council was convened at Alu Vihara in Ceylon mainly for what purpose?

In the fourth Council, the whole Tipitaka along with Atthakatha was written in which material?

In which year was the fifth Council held at Mandalay during the reign of king Mingdonming of Myanmar?

In the fifth Council, the Tipitaka was preserved by engraving it on how many marble stones at the Mandalay mountain?

The sixth Council was convened in Myanmar during which period in order to record the sermons and words of Buddha correctly?

In the sixth Council, the entire text of the Tipitaka was preserved by which method?

Consider the following about the fourth Council: Which of the following is correct?

Mahakassapa Thera heard about the Great Passing Away of Buddha while on his way to Kusinagara from which place?

According to the Buddhist tradition, the first Council was held in the cave of Sattapanni at which place?

Which king patronized the first Council?

Who was selected the President of the first Council unanimously?

Why was Ananda Thera not selected at first as a Councillor of the first Council?

Ananda Thera was known as a 'Srutidhara', which means —

Who was appointed as the questioner in the first Council?

In the first Council, who recited the Vinaya?

How many Parajikas (the gravest transgression of rules for the Bhikkhus) were recited first in the first Council?

In the first Council, who recited the Dhamma (or Sutta)?

Which Sutta was asked about first when the Dhamma was recited in the first Council?

How long did the first Great Council take to complete?

The first Council is also called the 'Pancasatika sangiti' because —

Between Dhamma and Vinaya, which one was collected first in the first Council, as it is the life of Buddhasasana?

In the first Council, after recitation the following were fixed: Which of the following is correct?

Consider the following about the first Council: Which of the following is correct?

The 'Dasavatthuni' (ten points) were introduced by the Bhikkhus of which clan?

How many years after the Great Passing Away of Buddha was the second Council held?

Which Thera forbade the Bhikkhus of the Vajji clan from carrying out practices not related to the Vinaya rules?

The Bhikkhus of the Vajji clan removed Yasa Thera from the Sangha by giving him which punishment?

The second Council was convened during the reign of which king?

The second Council was held at Valukaram of which city?

After being driven out of the Sangha, Yasa Thera first took shelter in his birthplace —

Which Thera, a great logician and scholar staying at Ahoganga Mountain, supported Yasa Thera's opinion about the Dasavatthuni?

How many Arhant Bhikkhus were selected for the second Council?

The Arbitration Council formed in the second Council consisted of how many Bhikkhus?

Who presided over the second Council according to the Cullavagga?

In the second Council, who sat on the Dhammasana (seat of preaching)?

How long did the second Council continue?

The second Council is called 'Sattasatika Mahasangiti' because —

Because Vinaya was the main topic for discussion, the second Council is also called —

After the second Council, the Bhikkhus were divided into which two groups?

According to the Dasavatthuni, the Vajji Bhikkhus claimed they could do which of the following, contrary to the Vinaya rules?

According to the tenth point of the Dasavatthuni, the Bhikkhus claimed they may accept which of the following, contrary to Nissaggiya rule number eighteen?

The members of the Arbitration Council of the second Council included: Which of the following is correct?

Under whose royal patronage did Buddhism spread all over India before the third Council?

Before the third Council, the Bhikkhus were divided into how many Nikayas (groups)?

The third Council was held at Asokarama in Pataliputta, the capital of which kingdom?

Whom did Emperor Asoka send a minister to bring from the Ahoganga mountain in connection with the third Council?

The modest Bhikkhus said unanimously that they were the followers of which doctrine?

How many arrogant monks wearing white dresses were expelled from the Sangha before the third Council?

How many Arhants did Moggaliputta Tissa Thera select for the third Council?

Who presided over the third Council?

Which book did Moggaliputta Tissa Thera write in the third Council to establish the doctrine of the Vibhajjavada?

The 'Kathavatthu' was incorporated into which Pitaka?

How long did the third Council continue?

The words of Buddha were named the 'Tipitaka' and Abhidhamma Pitaka was referred for the first time in which Council?

The officers appointed by Emperor Asoka to propagate the religion were called —

After the third Council, Majjhantika Thera was sent as a missionary to which states?

Sona and Uttara Thera were sent as missionaries to which place?

After the third Council, the sermons and words of Buddha were divided into which three categories that together constitute the Tipitaka?

Consider the following results of the third Council: Which of the following is correct?

Consider the following statements about the cause of the third Council: Which of the following is correct?

The sermons of Buddha retained in the memory of different Bhikkhus were compiled together for the first time in which Council?

Which of the following is a cause for the corruption of an orally circulated topic, as mentioned in the chapter?

Under the patronage of which king were the sermons and words of Buddha written in palm-leaves for the first time?

Who brought Buddhism to Ceylon, where it was propagated orally for a long time?

The fifth and the sixth Councils were convened mainly to —

The causes of corruption of orally-circulated topics include: Which of the following is correct?

Who was the last disciple of the Buddha?

What was the main reason for convening the Second Council?

After the Mahaparinirvana of the Buddha, under the patronage of a famous king, Buddhism spread widely in India and its followers gained special respect; as a result greedy and dishonest people disguised themselves as monks, creating disorder in the Sangha, so the king convened a special council. Which king contributed to the spread of Buddhism in the region mentioned in the passage?

After the Mahaparinirvana of the Buddha, under the patronage of a famous king, Buddhism spread widely in India and greedy, dishonest people disguised themselves as monks creating disorder in the Sangha, so the king convened a special council with leading scholarly monks. The reasons for convening the council mentioned in the passage— Which of the following is correct?

What are the 'Dasavatthuni'?

Why are the Vajji monks considered heretical?

The Buddha's words are compiled and preserved mainly through which of the following?

Why did Emperor Asoka send missionaries to different countries after the third Council?

Which of the following best describes the measure first taken to preserve the Buddha's words in written form?

After the Buddha's Mahaparinirvana most monks behaved arrogantly and the unruly monk Subhadra's comments created fear of distortion and extinction of the Buddha's words; to compile and preserve the scattered sermons, which Council was organized in that situation?

'Monks may eat food even if the shadow of the sun has moved two finger-widths past noon, though the Patimokkha forbids eating after noon' — for such ten commonly practiced rules, about a hundred years after the Buddha's Parinirvana a council was convened; which Council was it?