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received the name of "Sixth
Buddhist council", this involved implicitly recognizing the fifth, even though most other nations were not involved in the fifth council, and the results of the fifth council were limited to the Burmese edition of the Pali Canon only. However, there were a number of other
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On the 7th year (6th) month (14th day) of Kyauk
Chettin - 2415 years of the religious year, the 3 pictures of the Pita card placed on the pe leaves were damaged due to the weather and the danger of insects and some variations occurred. (3) Together, they held a synod at the Yadana Pinayi Temple in
845:- After the oral recitation lasted for (5) months and (3) days, the scriptures were engraved on the marble slabs so that they would not be destroyed for as long as the world existed, and a total of (729) white marble slabs were obtained . It was very prominent as a proud landmark of Myanmar.
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The Fifth
Buddhist council was a Burmese affair, and most other Buddhist countries were not involved in it. It is not generally recognized outside Burma. It has been argued that, since the
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In 1871, King Mindon was responsible for the construction in
Mandalay of the world's largest book, consisting of 729 large marble tablets with the
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as part of his transformation of
Mandalay into a royal capital. It was completed in 1878. The text contains the Buddhist canon in the
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and examine them in minute detail to see if any of them had been altered, distorted or dropped. It was presided over by three elder
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inscribed on them in gold. One more was added to record how it all came about, making it 730 stone inscriptions in total.
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994:Tripiṭaka tablets at Kuthodaw Pagoda
891:means 'royal merit') at the foot of
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1132:History of Buddhism in Myanmar
16:1871 meeting of Buddhist monks
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305:Sri Lankan Forest Tradition
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950:Second Buddhist council
649:Varanggana Vanavichayen
386:Seven Aids to Awakening
965:Sixth Buddhist council
955:Third Buddhist council
945:First Buddhist council
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775:Sixth Buddhist council
716:Fifth Buddhist Council
232:Pre-sectarian Buddhism
207:Abhidhammattha-sangaha
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814:= Lord Zagaramathera
654:Dhammananda Bhikkhuni
300:Thai Forest Tradition
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504:Anagarika Dharmapala
411:Enlightenment Stages
396:Noble Eightfold Path
212:Yogāvacara's manual
177:Paracanonical texts
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579:K. Sri Dhammananda
514:Vajirananavarorasa
444:Moggaliputta-Tissa
401:Four Divine Abodes
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78:Theravāda Buddhism
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639:Ajahn Brahm
624:Nyanaponika
614:Nyanatiloka
599:Jayatilleke
574:Pragyananda
469:Buddhadatta
464:Buddhaghoṣa
454:Sanghamitta
438:Key figures
391:Mindfulness
353:Kammaṭṭhāna
1116:Categories
1000:References
972:Pāli Canon
928:kyauksa gu
861:Pali canon
842:Mandalay.
771:Theravadin
756:Pāli Canon
664:Ayya Khema
604:Kalupahana
569:Mahapragya
564:Kripasaran
554:Ajahn Chah
474:Dhammapāla
381:Middle Way
376:Meditation
328:Abhidhamma
257:Mahāvihāra
102:Bangladesh
924:Sinhalese
875:Tripiṭaka
865:Theravada
738:, Burma (
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489:Anawrahta
267:Mahavamsa
262:Dipavamsa
242:Sthaviras
137:Sri Lanka
96:Countries
934:See also
897:Mandalay
889:kuthodaw
868:Buddhism
858:Tipitaka
836:duration
801:Location
764:bhikkhus
736:Mandalay
619:Nanamoli
529:U Nārada
416:Precepts
322:Doctrine
142:Thailand
107:Cambodia
69:a series
67:Part of
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740:Myanmar
720:Burmese
674:Dipa Ma
644:Analayo
509:Mongkut
449:Mahinda
369:Nibbāna
360:Saṃsāra
284:Schools
225:History
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127:Myanmar
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1081:Second
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830:Mindon
812:Leader
780:Ceylon
744:Mindon
426:Vinaya
333:Anattā
58:stupas
1101:Sixth
1096:Fifth
1086:Third
1076:First
748:Burma
459:Tissa
348:Jhana
338:Arhat
165:Texts
132:Nepal
117:India
112:China
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