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A FIVE-STAGE CHRONOLOGY OF THE SPLIT INTO SCHOOLS AND A DIFFERENT NARRATIVE OF MAHĀDEVA’S ROLE IN IT: A Detailed Analysis of the Original Split into Two Main Buddhist Schools and re-assessing Mahādeva’s Five Points as being the cause of the split, Northern and Southern Accounts considered (17th Karmapa, Day Four, Summer 2026)

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"The claim that the original split occurred because of Mahādeva’s Five Points does not appear to be entirely correct. The reason is that the Five Points associated with Mahādeva may have developed within the Caitika or Caitika-related traditions, which were later sub-schools of the Mahāsāṃghikas.  If that is so, the controversy concerning the Five Points… Continue reading A FIVE-STAGE CHRONOLOGY OF THE SPLIT INTO SCHOOLS AND A DIFFERENT NARRATIVE OF MAHĀDEVA’S ROLE IN IT: A Detailed Analysis of the Original Split into Two Main Buddhist Schools and re-assessing Mahādeva’s Five Points as being the cause of the split, Northern and Southern Accounts considered (17th Karmapa, Day Four, Summer 2026)