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The question of the Ten Points raised by the Vajjiputta monks was settled in this [[Sangharama]] during the Second Buddhist Council. The Council at Valukarama was attended by 700 bhikkus from all over India and was presided by Thera Revata and Thera Yasa Sangiti. Thera Sabbakamin from Kosambi was the senior most monk<ref>[https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Along_the_Path/zQmsAAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=valukarama&pg=PA207&printsec=frontcover Valukarama] Along the Path: The Meditator's Companion to the Buddha's Land. Kory Goldberg, Michelle Decary (2012) - Page 207. Retrieved 2023-08-08</ref>. Thera Revata asked Thera Sabbakamin on each of the ten points raised by the heretic Vajjiputta monks and the great Elder judged each of them to be unlawful<ref>[https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Mah%C4%81va%E1%B9%83sa_the_Great_Chronicle_of_Sri/WMsKAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=valukarama&dq=valukarama&printsec=frontcover Valukarama] Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka by Ananda W. P. Guruge (1989) -Page 1068. Retrieved 2023-08-08</ref>. | The question of the Ten Points raised by the Vajjiputta monks was settled in this [[Sangharama]] during the Second Buddhist Council. The Council at Valukarama was attended by 700 bhikkus from all over India and was presided by Thera Revata and Thera Yasa Sangiti. Thera Sabbakamin from Kosambi was the senior most monk<ref>[https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Along_the_Path/zQmsAAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=valukarama&pg=PA207&printsec=frontcover Valukarama] Along the Path: The Meditator's Companion to the Buddha's Land. Kory Goldberg, Michelle Decary (2012) - Page 207. Retrieved 2023-08-08</ref>. Thera Revata asked Thera Sabbakamin on each of the ten points raised by the heretic Vajjiputta monks and the great Elder judged each of them to be unlawful<ref>[https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Mah%C4%81va%E1%B9%83sa_the_Great_Chronicle_of_Sri/WMsKAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=valukarama&dq=valukarama&printsec=frontcover Valukarama] Mahāvaṃsa, the Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka by Ananda W. P. Guruge (1989) -Page 1068. Retrieved 2023-08-08</ref>. | ||
Valukarama was serene and secluded [[sangharama]]<ref>[https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Poya_Days/IJ89Utqn5H0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Valukarama&pg=PA41&printsec=frontcover ‘Valukarama’] Poya Days M Musæus-Higgins - 1999. Retrieved 2023-07-17</ref>. This was the dwelling place of [[Upāli]], Dāsaka’s teacher<ref>[https://www.palikanon.com/english/pali_names/va/vaalikaaraama.htm ‘Vālikārāma’]. Dictionary of Pali Proper Names. Pali Canon. Retrieved 2023-07-19</ref> | Valukarama was serene and secluded [[sangharama]]<ref>[https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Poya_Days/IJ89Utqn5H0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Valukarama&pg=PA41&printsec=frontcover ‘Valukarama’] Poya Days M Musæus-Higgins - 1999. Retrieved 2023-07-17</ref>. This was the dwelling place of [[Upāli]], Dāsaka’s teacher<ref>[https://www.palikanon.com/english/pali_names/va/vaalikaaraama.htm ‘Vālikārāma’]. Dictionary of Pali Proper Names. Pali Canon. Retrieved 2023-07-19</ref> | ||
Balukaram<ref>[https://news.abplive.com/pincode/bihar/vaishali/balukaram-pincode-844113.html Balukaram] Balukaram Pin Code 844113. ABP Live. Retrieved 2023-08-08</ref> | Perhaps, Balukaram<ref>[https://news.abplive.com/pincode/bihar/vaishali/balukaram-pincode-844113.html Balukaram] Balukaram Pin Code 844113. ABP Live. Retrieved 2023-08-08</ref>, <ref>[https://schools.org.in/vaishali/10181511001/ums-balukaram.html] UMS BALUKARAM. Belka, (Vaishali), Bihar. Retrieved 2023-09-22</ref> name in the present day Vaishali district of [[Bihar]] is the reminiscent of the ancient Vakukarama sangharam in the collective memory of the local people. | ||
Similarly, the name of '''Walukarama Maha Vihara''' of Sri Lanka<ref>[https://www.presidentsoffice.gov.lk/index.php/2022/09/24/the-president-participates-in-the-esala-maha-perahera-traditional-rituals-at-the-walukarama-maha-viharaya-kollupitiya/ ‘The President participates in the Esala Maha Perahera traditional rituals at the Walukarama Maha Vihara’]. Presidential Secretariat Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2023-07-17</ref> and several other [[Buddhist temple|Buddhist temples]] in [[Sri Lanka]] seems to be inspired by the ancient '''Valukarama''' Vihara of Vesali. | Similarly, the name of '''Walukarama Maha Vihara''' of Sri Lanka<ref>[https://www.presidentsoffice.gov.lk/index.php/2022/09/24/the-president-participates-in-the-esala-maha-perahera-traditional-rituals-at-the-walukarama-maha-viharaya-kollupitiya/ ‘The President participates in the Esala Maha Perahera traditional rituals at the Walukarama Maha Vihara’]. Presidential Secretariat Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2023-07-17</ref> and several other [[Buddhist temple|Buddhist temples]] in [[Sri Lanka]] seems to be inspired by the ancient '''Valukarama''' Vihara of Vesali. | ||