1956: A year of national and religious awakening -- Senaka Weeraratna -
... An abridged English version of the Report was published under the title, ‘The Betrayal of Buddhism’, which set out in detail both the injustices suffered by the Buddhists and the remedies, particularly in the education sphere. The Schools Takeover in the early sixties was an outcome of the recommendations made in the Buddhist Commission Report...
Buddha Jayanti in India
The Buddha Jayanti in 1956 attracted the attention of almost the entire world as several countries such as India, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Sri Lanka put into effect elaborate programs to celebrate the event. The Government of India celebrated the event as one of great cultural significance for the country. Though born in Lumbini, Nepal, the Buddha delivered his Dhamma discourses mostly in India...
Sixth Buddhist Council in Rangoon in 1954
The Sixth Buddhist Council (Chattha Sangayana or sixth synod) was opened in Rangoon on May 17 1954. It was sponsored by the Burmese Government under Prime Minister U Nu. A Maha Pasana Guha Cave, a great artificial cave built from the ground up and completed in 1952, served as the gathering place, much like India’s Rajgiri’s Sattaparni Cave that had housed the First Council immediately after the passing away of the Buddha.
Like the preceding councils, its chief objective was to recite, affirm and preserve the genuine wording of the Vinaya, Suttas and Abhidhamma – the ‘pariyatti’ – as related by the Buddha and his principal disciples. This Council was unique in that the 2,500 learned Theravada monks who participated came from eight countries - Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, India and Nepal - unlike previous councils which had included monks from the host countries only.
Ven. Nyanatiloka and Ven. Nyanaponika, two German monks then residing in Sri Lanka, figured prominently in the Sixth Buddhist Council. Scholar-monks of Sri Lanka played a significant role and the general editor with overall authority was a Sri Lankan settled in Myanmar. The complete traditional recitation of the Theravada Canon at this Council took two years, from 1954 to 1956. The Council closed on the full moon day of May 1956, exactly two and a half millennia after the Buddha attained Parinibbana. The version of the Tripitaka which the Sixth Buddhist Council produced is
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With the mass-DMTing of the entire world, Russia has been particularly badly hit, as northern winds swept the chemical gas over the entire population. In the space of a day most of the country were exposed to the highly hallucinogenic chemical.
The current death penalty stands at over a thousand, mostly from car accidents, or falling off bridges/buildings, but the number is still rising.
The primary effect of the DMT chemwave is that the population has suddenly had a 'national awakening', with a sudden outbreak of 4chan tier meme ideologies. Previously restricted to only 14 year old instagram and reddit users, ideologies like "Aryanism", "Russo-Fascism", "National Bolshevism", "Islamo-Communism" and so on have become incredibly popular.
Incidentally, the Presidential nominee Ramzan Kadyrov has seen the biggest political boost, with all the weirdly aligned voters now rallying behind him. He himself seems to be remarkably unaffected by the chemwave, and many believe it is because he is such a powerful and energetic figure that he has already experienced the revelations of the chemical simply through power of his personality itself.
United Russia has confirmed Kadyrov as the nominee for the party, though Acting President Mishustin still intends to run as the 'last sane man'.
The election is scheduled to be soon.
