| Translations of Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta | |
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| English | Setting in Motion the Wheel of the Dharma, Promulgation of the Law Sutra, The First Turning of the Wheel, The Four Noble Truths Sutra |
| Sanskrit | Dharmacakrapravartana Sūtra धर्मचक्रप्रवर्तनसूत्र |
| Pali | Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta |
| Burmese | ဓမ္မစက္ကပဝတ္တနသုတ် |
| Chinese | 轉法輪經, 转法轮经 |
| Japanese | 転法輪経 |
| Khmer | ធម្មចក្កប្បវត្តនសូត្រ (Thormmachakkappavorttanak Sot) |
| Korean | 초전법륜경 |
| Sinhala | ධම්මචක්ක පවත්තන සූත්රය/ දම්සක් පැවතුම් සුතුර |
| Tibetan | ཆོས་ཀྱི་འཁོར་ལོའི་མདོ། |
| Tamil | தம்மசக்க பவத்தன சூத்திரம் |
| Thai | th:ธัมมจักกัปปวัตนสูตร (RTGS: Thammachakkappavatana Sut) |
| Vietnamese | Kinh Chuyển Pháp luân |
| Glossary of Buddhism | |
The Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (Pali; Sanskrit: Dharmacakrapravartana Sūtra; English: The Setting in Motion of the Wheel of the Dhamma Sutta or Promulgation of the Law Sutta) is a Buddhist scripture that is considered by Buddhists to be a record of the first sermon given by Gautama Buddha, the Sermon in the Deer Park at Sarnath. The main topic of this sutta is the Four Noble Truths, which refer to and express the basic orientation of Buddhism in a formulaic expression.[1][2] This sutta also refers to the Buddhist concepts of the Middle Way, impermanence, and dependent origination.
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| Theravāda Buddhism |
According to Buddhist tradition, the Buddha delivered this discourse on the day of Asalha Puja, in the month of Ashadha, in a deer sanctuary in Isipatana. This was seven weeks after he attained Enlightenment. His audience consisted of five ascetics who had been his former companions: Kondañña, Assaji, Bhaddiya, Vappa, and Mahānāma.
- ^ Gethin 1998, p. 59.
- ^ Norman 2003.