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first sermon. The Buddha's first sermon delivered at the Deer Park, known in the commentaries as the Dhamma-cakkappavattana Sutta (Pāli) or Dharma-cakra-pravartana Sūtra (Skt.), meaning ‘The Discourse of Setting in Motion the Wheel of the Law’. In this discourse the Buddha sets out the basis principle of the middle way (madhyamā-pratipad), and the teaching of the Four Noble Truths. It was said to be delivered on the full-moon night of the month of Āsāḷha.

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First Sermon

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First Sermon. Of the Buddha, preached at Benares. It expounded the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path (aṣṭangika-mārga). It is known as ‘the first turning of the dharmacakra (wheel of dharma)’: see DHAMMA CAKKAPPAVATTANA SUTTA.

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