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the Dhamma recitation was completed; For the welfare of all the world, by them for the welfare of all the world. By Elder Mahākassapa, this teaching of the Fortunate One; For five thousand years, was made capable of enduring. With great joy arisen, with tears flowing; At the conclusion of the recitation, the great earth quaked six times. And many wonders occurred, in the world in various ways; And because it was done by the Elders, this tradition is called 'Theriya'. Having made the first compilation, much for the welfare of all the world; They, having lived out their lives, all the Elders attained Nibbāna. Those Elders, who with the lamp of wisdom dispelled darkness, great lamps in dispelling the darkness of the world; Were extinguished by the terrible great wind of death, Therefore, the wise should abandon the intoxication of life. In the Mahāvaṃsa, made for the joy and spiritual urgency of good people, The Third Chapter, named The First Dhamma Recitation. Fourth Chapter The Second Recitation His son, Ajātasattu, having killed him, gave it (the kingdom) to Bhaddaka; He ruled the kingdom for sixteen years, a betrayer of friends. 1. one. 2. Udayabhadda's son, having killed him, Anuruddhaka; Anuruddha's son, having killed him, Muṇḍanāmaka. 3. Traitors, evil-minded, they too ruled the kingdom; In the reigns of both of them, eight years passed. 4. Muṇḍa's son, having killed his father, Nāgadāsaka; For twenty-four years, the wicked one ruled the kingdom. 5. This parricidal lineage, the citizens, enraged, having removed King Nāgadāsaka, came together. 6. Susunāga, known as a minister, well-approved, they anointed him to the kingdom, with the welfare of all in mind. 7. He, the king, ruled the kingdom for eighteen years; His son, Kāḷāsoka, ruled for twenty-eight. 8. In the tenth year past, of King Kāḷāsoka; From the Buddha's Parinibbāna, thus a hundred years had passed. 9. Then in Vesālī, bhikkhus, many Vajjiputtakas; Salt in a horn, two fingers' width, and also between villages. 10. Approved residences, customary, unchurned, and water too; A mat without a border, gold and so forth. 11. They declared ten points, saying they were allowable, shameless ones; Hearing that, Thera Yasa, thus journeyed among the Vajji. 12. Endowed with six supernormal powers, strong, Yasa, son of Kākaṇḍaka; Eager to settle that, he went there to the Great Forest. 13. Having placed a bronze bowl with water at the Uposatha hall, "Give coins and so forth to the Saṅgha," they told the lay followers. 14. "That is not allowable, do not give it," thus the Thera forbade; They performed an act of reconciliation against Thera Yasa. 15. Having requested an accompanying messenger, he went with him to the city; Having made known his adherence to the Dhamma, he went to the ocean. 16. Hearing the messenger's words, they came to expel him; The bhikkhus surrounded and stood, remembering the Thera. 17. The Thera, rising into the sky, went from there to Kosambī; Quickly to the bhikkhus of Pāveyyaka and Avantī. 18. He sent a messenger, and he himself went to Gaṅgapabbata; He told Thera Sambhūta, that sa from the Sāṇavāsī. 19. Sixty elders from Pāva, and eighty from Avanti, all great Arahants, descended to Ahogaṅga. 20. The monks gathered, all from here and there; they were ninety thousand, and all of them deliberated. 21. Knowing the elder Revata from Soreyya, who was learned and undefiled, to be the chief at that time, they went forth to see him. 22. The elder, hearing their counsel, wishing to go to Vesālī, and desiring an easy journey, departed immediately. 23. The place from which that great one departed early in the morning, they saw Sahajāti as they arrived in the evening. 24. There, the elder Yasa was appointed by the elder Sambhūta, to approach that excellent elder Revata at the end of the Dhamma discourse. 25. Approaching him, the elder asked about the ten points; he rejected them. Hearing that dispute, he said, “We will suppress it.” 26. Even the wicked, looking for a party, approached the excellent elder Revata; they prepared many monastic requisites. 27. Going quickly by boat, they reached Sahajāti; they offered a meal when mealtime arrived. 28. The elder Sāḷha, dwelling in Sahajāti, reflected and saw that the Pāveyyakas were Dhamma-speakers, being undefiled. 29. Approaching him, Mahābrahmā said, “He is established in the Dhamma.” He told him of his own constant establishment in the Dhamma. 30. Taking those requisites, they saw the elder Revata; the elder did not accept them, and dismissed the disciple who took their side. 31. From there they went to Vesālī, then they went to Pupphapura; they spoke to Kāḷāsoka, the shameless king. 32. “We, guarding the Teacher’s Perfumed Chamber, reside in the Mahāvana monastery, in the land of the Vajjians. 33. The monks from the villages are coming to seize the monastery, O great king, stop them!” 34. Having misled the king, they came to Vesālī; but here, at Sahajāti, at the root of the elder Revata, 35. One hundred and eleven thousand monks were assembled; Ninety thousand, were for that matter's peace. 36. Without the root-standers, he did not approve the matter's settlement; The Elder, and all those bhikkhus, then went to Vesāli. 37. That king, having ill-conceived, sent ministers there; Bewildered by divine power, they went elsewhere. 38. Having sent them, the king, that night in a dream; Saw himself, thrown into an iron pot. 39. The king became extremely frightened, then his sister came; The Elder Nandā, his sister, taintless, through the sky. 40. "A grave deed has been done by you, ask forgiveness from the righteous ones; Becoming their side, you, support the Dispensation." 41. "If done thus, welfare will be yours," she said, and departed; Immediately, the king set out to go to Vesāli. 42. Having gone to the Great Wood, he assembled the Sangha of bhikkhus; And having heard the dispute of both, he approved the side of Dhamma. 43. Having asked forgiveness from those righteous bhikkhus, all of them, the king; Stating his own adherence to the Dhamma side, "As you wish, 44. Carry out the support of the Dispensation," he spoke; And having given them protection, he went to his own city. 45. To decide those matters, the Sangha then assembled; Unsuitable speeches arose there, in the midst of the Sangha. 46. Then that Elder Revata, having announced in the midst of the Sangha; Made the decision to settle that matter by a committee of arbitration. 47. Four from the Easterners, and four from the Westerners; He appointed bhikkhus for the arbitration, for the pacification of that matter. 48. Sabbakāmī and Sāḷha, and one named Khujjasobhita; And Vāsabhagāmika, these are the Elders from the East. 49. Revata, Sāṇasambhūta, Yasa, son of Kākoṇḍaka; And Sumana, these four, These are the Elders from the West. 50. To settle those matters, quietly and without confusion; The eight taintless Elders went to the Vālukārāma. 51. There, by the younger ones, on the fine seats arranged; The Great Elders sat, the great sage. of those who know the meaning. 52. In each of those matters, in order, the great Revata; The Elder, skilled in questions, asked Elder Sabbakāmī. 53. The Great Elder Sabbakāmī, then, being asked by him, declared; "All those matters are not allowable," from the Sutta. 54. Having settled the dispute, they, there, in due order; Even in the midst of the Saṅgha, made question and answer. 55. The censure of the evil monks, the exposition of the ten points; Of those ten thousand, the Great Elders made. 56. Sabbakāmī, on earth, was then the Saṅgha's Elder; He was then a hundred and twenty years in ordination. 57. Sabbakāmī and Sāḷha, Revata, Khujjasobhita; Yasa, son of Kākaṇḍaka, Sambhūta, Sāṇavāsika. 58. These Elders were co-residents of Elder Ānanda; And Vāsabhagāmika, and Sumana, these two. 59. These Elders were co-residents of Elder Anuruddha; All eight Elders were blessed, having seen the Tathāgata before. 60. A hundred thousand monks, twelve were assembled; Of all the monks, Elder Revata was then the chief. 61. Then that Elder Revata, for the long duration of the True Dhamma; To cause the Dhamma Council to be held, from the whole assembly of monks. 62. Of those with knowledge of the analytical meanings, holders of the Three Piṭakas; Seven hundred monks, Arahants, he selected. 63. All of them, in the Vālukārāma, protected by Kālāśoka; With Elder Revata as chief, performed the Dhamma compilation. 64. What was done before, just so, and the Dhamma spoken later; Taking it, they completed it, this, in eight months. 65. Thus, having held the Second Council, those glorious ones; Elders, having attained the destruction of defilements, attained Nibbāna in due time. 66. This, of those with supreme wisdom, who have attained what should be attained, Who bring benefit to the three existences, the Elders, leaders of the world; Remembering their death, that which is conditioned, its essence, One should be heedful, considering all without remainder. In the Mahāvaṃsa, made for the delight and spiritual urgency of good people, The chapter named "The Second Council". a Fourth chapter. Fifth chapter The Third Dhamma Council 1. Which by Mahākassapa and others, by the great elders at first; The Dhamma Council was held, is called Theriyā. 2. That Theravāda was one, in the first hundred years; Other teacher-traditions, arose thereafter. 3. By those who held the Council, by the second elders, they; The wicked monks were suppressed, all ten thousand of them. 4. They made a teacher-tradition, named Mahāsaṃgīti; From that arose the Gokulikas, and also the Ekabbohārikas. 5. From the Gokulikas, the Paṇṇattivādas, and also the Bāhulikas; The Cetiyavādas among them, these six are Samatāsaṅghikas. 6. Again from the Theravādas, the Mahiṃsāsaka monks; And the Vajjīputtaka monks, these two indeed arose. 7. Then arose the Dhammuttariyas,