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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