A century after the Buddha's death in the traditional count, elders at Vaishali judge ten points of relaxed discipline unlawful; the defeated party's withdrawal is remembered as the first great division of the sangha, between the Elders and the Great Assembly.
Tagged: Councils Buddhist Theravada
The Event
- Date
- c. 383 BCE (traditional) (traditional)
- Era
- Early Buddhism; Standard periodization of Buddhist history
- Location
- Vaishali; today Vaishali, Bihar, India
- Traditions
- Buddhism
- Streams
- Theravada
- Key figures
- Yasa, Revata
- Key texts
- Cullavagga, chapter 12
Connections
- First Council at Rajagaha; followed
Primary Sources
- Cullavagga (Vinaya Pitaka)
Secondary Sources
- Gombrich, Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo (Routledge, 2nd ed. 2006)
- Harvey, An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices (Cambridge, 2nd ed. 2013)
Provenance: HIST-0403; confidence 0.8; accessed 2026-10-27.
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