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May 1954 - May 1956

Sixth Buddhist Council, assembly convened in Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar), from May 1954 to May 1956 to commemorate the 2,500th anniversary (according to the chronology of the Theravada branch of Buddhism) of the Buddha’s parinibbana (entrance into final nibbana [Sanskrit: “nirvana”]). The entire text of the Pali Theravada canon was reviewed and recited by the assembly of monks from Burma, India, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Nepal, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and Pakistan. Buddhist councils are usually convened to settle doctrinal disputes or to accept revisions of texts. Most Theravada Buddhists accept the tradition of the first, second, and third councils ...(100 of 162 words)

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