Buddhist councils/Bibliography

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General

• Charles S. Prebish, "Councils, Buddhist", in Macmillan Encyclopedia of Buddhism, 2004 (Volume One), pages 187-9
• ditto, "A review of scholarship on the Buddhist Councils", Journal of Asian Studies, 33, no. 2 (1974), 239-54
• Charles Hallisey, "Councils", in Routledge Encyclopedia of Buddhism, 2007, pages 250-252
• André Bareau, Les Premiers Conciles bouddhiques, Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, 1955
• Etienne Lamotte, Histoire du bouddhisme indien, 1958, English translation History of Indian Buddhism, Peeters Press, Louvain, 1988
• chapter on councils in 2500 Years of Buddhism, ed P. V. Bapat

Second Council

• M. Hofinger, Etude sur le concile de Vaiśāli, Louvain, 1946

Mahāsāṅghika Council and Third Council

• Bhikkhu Sujato in Buddhist Studies Review, volume 25, number 2, pages 210-31

Fifth Council

• Bollée in Pratidanam (Kuiper Festschrift), Mouton, The Hague/Paris, 1968, pages 493-9

Sixth Council

• The Chattha Sangayana Souvenir Album, Union Buddha Sasana Council Press, Yegu, Rangoon [1956]
• The Nation (Rangoon), May 21, 1956: page 1, columns 3 & 4; page 4, column 3