The first Council was that held at Rajagriha, shortly after Buddha's death, under the presidency of Kasyapa;--say about B.C.410.

The second was that spoken of here;--say about B.C.
300.

In Davids' Manual (p.

216) we find the ten points of discipline, in which the heretics (I can use that term here) claimed at least indulgence.

Two meetings were held to consider and discuss them.
At the former the orthodox party barely succeeded in carrying their condemnation of the laxer monks; and a second and larger meeting, of which Fa-Hsien speaks, was held in consequence, and a more emphatic condemnation passed.