Ānanda
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Ānanda was the primary attendant of the Buddha and one of his ten principal disciples. Among the Buddha's many disciples, Ānanda stood out for having the best memory. Most of the texts of the early Bu
Head of Ānanda, once part of a limestone sculpture from the northern Xiangtangshan Caves. Northern Qi dynasty, 550–577 CE.
Chinese statue, identified as likely being Ānanda
18th-century Burmese sculpture of Ānanda
Sculpture of Ānanda from Wat Khao Rup Chang, Songkhla, Thailand
Buddhist councils
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Since the death of the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, Buddhist monastic communities, the "sangha", have periodically convened for doctrinal and disciplinary reasons and to revise and correct t
A mural depicting the first Buddhist Council near Rajagaha, Nava. Jetavana temple, Nava Jetavana Park, Shravasti, Uttar Pradesh.
Emperor Asoka and Moggaliputta-Tissa at the Third Buddhist Council, at the Nava Jetavana, Shravasti
The minor pillar edict of Sarnath discusses divisions in the sangha and how the sangha was unified through the aid of the emperor Ashoka. Three 'Minor Pillar Edicts' (at Sarnath, Sāñchī, and Kosambi) discuss the divisions and unification.
Aluvihara Temple in Matale, where the Fourth Theravāda Buddhist Council was held (1896)