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1. Sri Lanka Timeline (History/Sects and Schism) According to the Sri Lanka timeline, the Mahayana Canon might have been burnt twice in the course of history. In China, we find that several major sutras have different versions such that they are different ... Sunday, 15 March 2009 2. The Third Buddhist Council (History/Buddhist Councils) The Third Council was held primarily to rid the Sangha of corruption and bogus monks who held heretical views. The Council was convened in 326 B.C. At Asokarama in Patiliputta under the patronage of ... Sunday, 15 March 2009

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" The man who dotes on his children and his herds of cattle, whose mind longs for and is attached to sensual pleasures, is carried away by Death even as a sleeping village is swept away by a great flood. "

The Dhammapada