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One hundred
years later (i.e. in B.E. 100) there occurred an untoward incident. There
was in the city of Ves l a number of Bhikkhus called Vajjputta misinterpreting the
Buddha's Words and thus distorting the truth thereof, to the detriment of
the Buddha's Dispensation as a whole. To counteract their misdeeds Venerable
Yasa Kkandakaputta, chief of the then Order of Bhikkhus,
called a meeting of 700 Arahants and once again managed to standardize the
Buddha's Techings and rid the Order of Sa gha
of its harmful elements. The locality where the meeting was held was the
Monastery of Valikrma, in the city of Vesl. |
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