CONTENTS: * Preface * Acknowledgements * Life of Buddha * The First Buddhist Synod of Rajagrha * The Second Buddhist Synod of Vaisali * Third Buddhist Synod of Pataliputra * Mahayanic Buddhist Synod of Kaniska * First Buddhist Synod in Ceylon * Second Buddhist Synod in Ceylon * Other Buddhist Synods in Ceylon * Buddhist Synods in Thailand (Siam) * Buddhist Synods in Burma * Epilogue
DESCRIPTION
This book gives a comprehensive account of the history of the various Buddhist synods (councils) which were held from time to time ever since the time of Buddha through the present century, due to the changing nature of the ideological, philosophical and practical foundation of Buddhism, so well laid by Lord Buddha himself in the 6th century B.C. The book will be of much interest to the students, researchers and general readers of the history of Buddhism.
