Parinibbana

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As we learn from the well-known references to the existence of the bhanaka tradition existing until later periods and from several other sources, oral tradition continued to exist side by side with written scriptures for many centuries to come. This, the so-called writing down of the scriptures[8] was only the biginning of a new form of tradition, and the innovation was probably opposed by the more conservative monks. As with many other innovations, it was only after some time that it was generally accepted. Therefore, it was much later that the records of this event were transformed into an account of a “council” (sangayana or sangiti) which was held under the patronage of King Vattagamani. So when we say that the texts were “spoken by the Buddha”, we mean it in this non-literal sense.[7] According to A. K. Warder, the Tibetan historian Bu-ston said that around or before the 1st century AD there were eighteen schools of Buddhism each with their own Tripiṭakas transcribed into written form.[10] However, except for one version that has survived in full and others, of which parts have survived, all of these texts are lost to history or yet to be found.[10] About disagreement on vinaya and sutta According to several accounts, after the recitation had concluded, a group of five hundred monks returned from the south, led by a monk named Purāṇa. When he was asked to approve of the dharma and vinay a that had been codified by the cou[...x]