Q. Which of the following statements are correct with regard to Buddhism?

1. It is believed that soon after the Buddha’s death a council was called at Rajagriha where Upali recited the Sutta Pitaka and Ananda recited the Vinaya Pitaka.
2. It considered the world as full of misery.
Man’s duty is to seek liberation from this painful world.
3. It strongly criticised blind faith in the traditional scriptures like the Vedas.
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Explanation by: Harikesh

It is believed that soon after the Buddha’s death a council was called at Rajagriha where Upali recited the Vinaya Pitaka (rules of the order) and Ananda recited the Sutta Pitaka (Buddha’s sermons or doctrines and ethics).

Sometime later the Abhidhamma Pitaka consisting of the Buddhist philosophy came into existence. Buddhism stood between the two extremes: unrestrained individualistic self-indulgence and equally individualistic but preposterous ascetic punishment of the body.

Hence it’s a steady rise and its name ‘The Middle Way’.