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Nyanatiloka and Nyanaponika were the only Western born monks to attend the 6th Council. I am curious to know the composition of the 6th council and how the delegates were chosen.

Wikipedia says:

The council was attended by 2,500 monastics from eight Theravada Buddhist countries.

Clearly there would have been more countries involved than the 8 Buddhist countries. Also the delegates from countries which were not predominantly Buddhist sponsored by a Buddhist country they lived in. Also how come Nanamoli Bhikkhu and Ven. Ñāṇavīra Thera did not make it as delegates?

yuttadhammo
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Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena
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  • May be you can contact the owner of this website, http://www.aathaapi.net/AboutMentor.php He has a record of events from the 6th council. I remember he mentioned, monks from even Pakistan participated in the council. Monks from Japan have also been there. – dmsp Sep 26 '14 at 16:55
  • http://store.pariyatti.org/Cha77897789ha-Sa7749g257yana-Souvenir-Album--PDF_p_4427.html a download of this PDF shall probably help you. – user3743672 Sep 26 '14 at 23:27
  • @SumindaSirinathSalpitikorala Reference : The Six Dhamma Councils – iCrazybest Nov 17 '14 at 14:31

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I have been asking around and done some research, but got nothing specific to answer your questions. Some years ago I spoke with an elder Norwegian Buddhist, who said that no less than 12 countries(to his knowledge) was present, plus a number of schools from each country. He said that extra invitations were sent out by the original invited and that this was allowed. A bit like how the Buddhist UN conferences work - just without all the fancy food... :)

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