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	History
		At that time in Vaishali, many shameless bhikkhus of the Vajji clan were practising the Ten Points, which were not in conformity with the Vinaya or monastic rules.
		Although the decision was accepted unanimously by the Council, the Vajjian monks did not accept the verdict.
		This resulted in a schism in the Sangha and the secession of the Mahasanghika (Vajji monks), who held a great assembly of their own called the Mahasangiti, from which the sect derived its name, and decided matters according to their own light.
	www.buddhistpilgrimage.info /history7.htm (696 words)

	Mahajanapadas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Vajjians or Virijis included eight or nine confederated clans of whom the Lichchhavis, the Vedehans, the Jnatrikas and the Vajjis were the most important.
		Mithila (modern Janakpur in district of Tirhut) was the capital of Vedeha which became the important center of political and cultural activities of northern India.
		The Vaisali, the headquarters of the powerful Vajji republic and the capital of Lichchavis was defeated by king Ajatasatru of Magadha.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mahajanapadas (3701 words)

	buddhism
		According to the Mahaparinibbna sutta, eight countries clammed, on various ground, a portion of the ashes of the Buddha, which shows that he had already gained many ardent devotees in these states.
		About a century later, in the fourth century B.C during the time of King Kalasoka of Pataliputta, a group of monks known under the generic name of Vajji bukkhus, residing at the Mahavana monastery in Vesali raised ten new points of indulgence which perturbed the orthodox authorities.
		Under the guidance of Yasa, Revata and Sabbakami three leading theras of the day, a great council was held at Vasali and the ten joints raised by the Vajji bhikkus were condemned as false and heretic.
	www.angelfire.com /bc/janake/buddhism.html (448 words)

	WELCOME: WWW.JAINSAMAJ.ORG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Two of these republic were quit well-known, the Republics of the Vajji or Licchavis and that of the Mallas.
		Although it was an autonomous political unit, its Gananayakas were the members of the powerful Vajji Republic.
		The centre of the Vajji Republic lay in Videha in the Ganges which divided the Vajji from Magadha.
	jainsamaj.org /literature/adventofmahavira.htm (1689 words)

	Vaishali
		Vesali or Vaishali is located around the village of Basrah in the Muzaffapur district of Bihar, 55 km north of Patna across the Ganges River.
		Vesali or Vaishali, capital of the Licchavis or Vajjis, was the headquarters of the powerful Vajjian confederacy of eight clans, of whom the Licchavis and Videhans were the most important.
		It was the first republic in the world modelled on the Aparihaniya Dhamma, or the seven conditions leading to welfare, which the Buddha taught to the Vajjians when he was dwelling at the Saranda shrine in Vaishali.
	www.buddhistpilgrimage.info /vaishali.htm (2335 words)

	Buddhism in a Nutshell - The Second Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A group of "liberal" Bhiksus of the Vajji tribe from the prosperous city of Vaishali put forward a new interpretation of the "Ten Precepts", which were the basic rules of discipline for the Bhiksus in the
		As the issue was becoming acute and serious, a council was call upon to discuss the meaning of Vinaya, and consider the validity of the new interpretation of the "Ten Precepts".
		However, the Vajji Bhiksus disputed and stressed the original intent of the teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha be allowed for all people in society (lay community), not just one special class of people (monastic community).
	www.buddhistdoor.com /passissue/9708/sources/teach38.htm (1084 words)

	kusinagar
		In trying to expand his kingdom, Ajatasatru sought to conquer the Vajji confederacy which was a tribal grouping.
		He said that the Vajji held frequent public meetings, lived peacefully, were respectful of the law, displayed respect for the aged and for women, were king towards saints and venerated sanctuaries.
		What he was saying was that the Sangha too could remain strong as long as it was united and in concord.
	www.buddhistpilgrimage.20m.com /Kusinagar.htm (2592 words)

	WWW Virtual Library: Did Buddha die of mesenteric infarction?
		The sutta begins with King Ajatasattus' plot to conquer a rival state, Vajji.
		The Buddha had journeyed to Vajji to enter his last rainy- season retreat.
		It was during this retreat that he fell ill. The symptoms of the illness were sudden, severe pain.
	www.lankalibrary.com /Bud/buddha_death.htm (2885 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Hence, one might be able to peep at the brief history and mode of administration, which the Lichchavis implemented in their kingdom about 2,700 years ago.
		The kingdom of Lichchavis was known as Vajji and it comprised of number of rulers.
		The unity among the rulers was the main force behind the unity and integrity of the Vajji kingdom.
	www.dailynews.lk /2001/12/31/fea01.html (636 words)

	Buddhism and War
		On the one hand, the `prediction' as to how the Vajji will fare does not concern itself with the relative strength of any other state, most significantly that of Ajatasattu.
		If the Vajji princes were to be concerned with the threat, already they would be suffering in anticipation and uncertainty, on the path to decline.
		They would have entered upon the same course of action as Ajatasattu and Pasenadi, where even if they succeed in a defensive war, only "spoiling" their enemy so far as necessary for their own security, nonetheless will most likely face the same prospect in the near future, and will not necessarily always be the victor.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~stroble/BUDDWAR.HTM (5477 words)

	Online edition of Sunday Observer - Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		"As long as they meet in concord, conclude their meetings in concord, and carry out their policies in concord, so long may they be expected not to decline, but to flourish," observed Lord Buddha, referring to the Vajji tribal federation in his famous discussion of governance and social order with his chief disciple, the Ven.
		This discussion, recorded in the Digha Nikaya, is notable because it is one of the very few direct dealings with politics and governance by the Buddha.
		It is something that I have referred to often in these columns because of its continuing relevance to the crisis in governance of our society today.
	www.sundayobserver.lk /2002/04/21/fea03.html (1911 words)

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		Ananda, so long as the Vajji princes assemble and disperse in harmony and unity, and carry out in harmony and unity the affairs of the Vajji country, the furtherance of their welfare and prosperity is to be expected, not their decline.
		Ananda, so long as the Vajji princes refrain from ordaining what has not been ordained before, refrain from abolishing what has been ordained before, and act in conformity with the ancient, established Vajji practices, customs and institutions, the furtherance of their welfare and prosperity is to be expected, not their decline.
		Ananda, so long as the Vajji princes show respect, esteem, venation and reverence towards their shrines, within and without the city, and cause appropriate offerings and oblations to be made to those shrines as formerly, without neglect or omission, the furtherance of their welfare and prosperity is to be expected, not their decline.
	www.triplegem.plus.com /tipitaka/mahapri1.htm (2437 words)

	Pali Chronicles
		Both of them expounded them in detail and the Theras repeated what they had said, The work of the First Council took seven months to be completed, and the Council rose after it had finished compilation of the Dhamma, and the canon came to be known as Thera Tradition.
		A century after the parinibbaana of the Buddha when Kaalaasoka was the reigning king, there were at Vai`saali many Bhikkhus of the Vajji clan who used to preach the ten points of Buddhism.
		But the Theras of Paavaa and Avantii with their leader, the great Thera Revata, declared that these ten points were unlawful, and wanted to bring the dispute to a peaceful end.
	ccbs.ntu.edu.tw /FULLTEXT/JR-BORI/law.htm (13696 words)

	Buddhism & The Soldier
		Buddha knew that both States did have strong armies and that they are needed for the protection of their people.
		Buddha did not advice minister Vassakara that the concept on 'Army' is against Buddhism and that he should advice the king not to declare war against Vajjis but to desolve the army.
		Further, by having a conversation with Venerable Ananda Buddha indicated to minister Vassakara that even though king Ajasasattu has a mighty strong army, and have conquered several states he will not be able to defeat Licchavis so long as they adhere to the said noble policies.
	www.beyondthenet.net /thedway/soldier.htm (2824 words)

	Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Buddha is reported to have predicted the future greatness of the place, which is an important passage for determining the time in which the account of Buddha’s sojourn in Pataliputra was written.
		Vajji, p., Vriji, skt., name of a people living in the neighborhood of
		Magadha, XLII, LXXXVIII; assemblies of the Vajji, LXXXVIII.
	www.russbo.com /Foundations/gospelgloss.htm (4584 words)

	Money Makes the World Go Round (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		One hundred years after the Buddha passed away, the Vajji monks began to store up salt for use with meals the next day.
		The virtuous and learned monks ruled that this was not allowable, as it contravenes the rule regarding storing food.
		The Vajji monks also accepted money by putting a bowl in the midst of the Sangha and asking lay people to donate money for the Sangha’s needs.
	www.aimwell.org /Books/Library/Pesala/Money/money.html (3699 words)

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		Since ancient times, India has been nurturing various forms of Parliamentary democracy such as the Republican State of the Vajjis of Vaishali and the Andhaka-Vrishni confederation of two republics headed by Lord Krishna himself, or the Panchayat system in vogue till the modern age.
		Lord Krishna used to be harassed by his co-president and all forms of voting now prevalent in our Parliament and State Legislatures were in vogue in the Vajji Republic of Vaishali.
		Then, as also now, debates were and are the only means of creating public opinion in favour of or against any issue connected with the national life of the citizens.
	www.bjp.org /today/apl_0104/Editorial%20apl_0104.htm (410 words)

	Vajji's Democracy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		However, more systematic and more or less modern methods were adopted by Vajjis, who were composed by powerful Licchavis, Videhas and Mallas.
		King Cetaka, the head of Lichhavi republic, was a powerful and influential head of the Vajji confederation.
		His upbringing in the greatly democratic atmosphere of the Vajji's must have been helpful in inculcating in him the idea of equality and fraternity, which made him popular with the masses.
	www.jainworld.com /JWFrench/jainworld/jainbooks/arhat/vajjidemcy.htm (252 words)

	dhammapada22
		It is better for one to eat a red-hot iron ball burning like a flame than to eat alms food offered by the people, if one is without morality (sila) and unrestrained in thought, word and deed.
		Once there was a famine in the country of the Vajji.
		The Buddha specially asked the bhikkhus from Vajji whether they had any difficulty in getting alms food on account of the famine.
	www.geocities.com /ekchew.geo/dhammapada22.html (2426 words)

	Online edition of Sunday Observer - Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Buddha, in his observations made over 2,500 years ago, held up the political system of the confederacy Vajji communities as a desirable form of governance and decision-making.
		He was pointing to the element of consensus inherent in the Vajjian system which was crucial to the integrity of their political structure.
		Of course, an essential feature of such consensual politics were the "frequent public assemblies" of the Vajji community to which the Buddha referred in the first part of that passage of the Digha Nikaya.
	www.sundayobserver.lk /2001/08/05/fea05.html (1351 words)

	It is not about Splitting - it is all about Cleaning, Uniting and Purifying
		As a result of that the Second Dhamma Sangayana (Second Council) was conducted and the practices of Vajji Puttaka Bhikkus were rejected.
		Then these Vajji Puttaka Bhikkus formed another party of Buddhism called Maha Sangika and continued their practices.
		This was the first time the Bhikkus split into two parties as Therawada and Maha Sanghika.
	www.shamika.50g.com /paramithaperahara/articles/24march2004.html (1116 words)

	Lying (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Unity between friends and allies could be disrupted by someone dropping a few words, quite politely, hinting at something that could create misunderstanding.
		At the time of the Buddha, King Ajātasattu wanted to invade the Vajji kingdom where the Licchavi princes were reigning.
		The disruption of their unity was so great that no prince would look at the face of another.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /pesala/aimwell/Books/Library/Mahasi/Hemavata/Lying/lying.html (2542 words)

	Miracles Forbidden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		When the Blessed One heard what had happened, he went to Kassapa, and, breaking the bowl to pieces, forbade his disciples to perform miracles of any kind.
		Soon after this it happened that in one of the rainy seasons many bhikkhus were staying in the Vajji territory during a famine.
		When the Blessed One heard it, he told Ananda to call the bhikkhus together, and he asked them: "Tell me, O bhikkhus, when does a bhikkhu cease to be a bhikkhu?"
	www.sacred-texts.com /bud/btg/btg43.htm (339 words)

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		It is recorded in the Cullavagga that the monks of the Vajji country were in the habit of practising the ten Points (dasa vatthuni) which were regarded as unorthodox by Yasa, the son of Kakandaka.
		The Vajji monks, however, pronounced the penalty of patisaraniyakamma upon him.
		This necessitated the offender’s apologizing to the laity who had been forbidden by Yasa to carry out the precepts of the Vajji monks.
	www.quangduc.com /English/history/032500years04.html (6194 words)

	Indraprastha,History Of Indraprastha
		Of course it might have been trimmed and embellished over the centuries, but the essential story reflects the very real political unrest prevailing at that time in the areas of northern and central India.
		According to the Anguttara Nikaya, the Buddhist text, at the time of the Buddha a great battle of supremacy was happening between the existing states (known as mahajanapadas): Anga, Assaka (Asmaka), Avanti, Chedi, Gandhara, Kasi, Kosala, Kuru, Kamboja, Magadha, Matsya, Malla, Panchala, Surasena, Vajji and Vamsa (Vatsa).
		All of them were of varying size and strength; most were either conquered or swallowed up by the bigger fishes and the eventual survivors were Avanti, Kosala, Magadha and Vatsya (Vatsa with its moons).
	www.indiasite.com /delhi/history/indraprastha.html (601 words)

	Mahavamsa - 04 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		When this came to the ears of the thera Yasa, the son of the brahman Kakandaka, gifted with the six supernormal powers,' who was wandering about in the Vajji country, he betook himself to the Mahavana (vihära) with the resolve to settle the matter.
		In the uposatha-hall those (monks) had placed a vessel made of metal and filled with water and had said to the lay-folk: 'Bestow on the brotherhood kahapanas and so on.' The thera forbade them with the words 'This is unlawful; give nothing!' Then did they threaten the thera
		They went thence to Vesali, shameless they went from there to Pupphapura, and told king Kalasoka: 'Guarding our Master's perfumed chamber we dwell in the Mahävana-vihära in the Vajji territory; but bhikkhus dwelling in the country are coming, great king, with the thought: We will take the vihara for ourselves.
	www.budsas.org /ebud/mahavamsa/chap004.html (1363 words)

	Vipassana Newsletter October 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Being born and raised in the S±kya republic, he understood the inherent advantages and disadvantages of a republic.
		Therefore, for the security of the Vajji republic, he gave seven practical instructions which would make them unassailable.
		The members of the state parliament of the Vajji republic (called r±j±s) would meet in the assembly hall regularly and discuss the security of the country.
	www.vri.dhamma.org /newsletters/pnl9910.html (3592 words)

	ECIT Ecology
		The Maha-parinibbana-suttanta is the story of the "great decease of the Buddha" and as such includes both colorful anecdotes and important last-minute instructions to his followers.
		The Pali Canon uses both the term Vajji (Vriji in Sanskrit) and Licchavi to designate a republican polity based at Vesali.
		Scholars believe that the Licchavi were the people who lived at Vesali, while Vajji was the name of a confederation that they headed.
	www.infinityfoundation.com /ECITdemocracyindiaframe.htm (8196 words)

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