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Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha
The Discourse on Setting the Wheel of the Dhamma in Motion
Traditional attribution
The Discourse on Setting the Wheel of the Dhamma in Motion
Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta
It sets out the middle way between the pursuit of pleasure and self-mortification, the four noble truths—suffering, its origin in craving, its cessation and the eightfold path leading to it—and the "three turnings" in which the Buddha says he understood them. It ends with the understanding of Kondañña, the first disciple. It is the briefest and most complete doctrinal text of early Buddhism.
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Authorship note
A discourse of the Samyutta Nikaya (SN 56.11) that tradition identifies with the Buddha's first sermon at Sarnath. Parallels exist in the Vinaya of several schools and in Chinese; the differences in wording show that the text was standardised by the community.
Editions and translations
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English
Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha
Rolling Forth the Wheel of Dhamma (SN 56.11)
The Conscious LibraryRolling Forth the Wheel of Dhamma (SN 56.11)
SuttaCentral, 2018
Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato
CC0.
Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha
Dhamma-Kakka-Ppavattana Sutta (Buddhist Suttas, Sacred Books of the East, vol. XI)
The Conscious LibraryDhamma-Kakka-Ppavattana Sutta (Buddhist Suttas, Sacred Books of the East, vol. XI)
Clarendon Press, 1881
Translation: T. W. Rhys Davids
Dominio público.
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- Digha Nikaya (The Long Discourses) · 25
- Majjhima Nikaya (The Middle Length Discourses) · 25
- Samyutta Nikaya (The Connected Discourses) · 25
- Anguttara Nikaya (The Numerical Discourses) · 25
- Dhammapada (Verses on the Dhamma) · 25
- Sutta Nipata (The Group of Discourses) · 25
- Udana (Inspired Utterances) · 25
- Vinaya Pitaka (The Basket of Discipline) · 25
- Mahaparinibbana Sutta (The Great Discourse on the Final Extinguishment) · 25
- The Sutra in Forty-Two Sections · 150
- The Lotus Sutra (Saddharmapundarika) · 100
- The Diamond Sutra · 300
- The Heart Sutra · 650
- The Lankavatara Sutra · 400
- Itivuttaka (Thus It Was Said) · 25
- Khuddakapatha (The Minor Readings) · 25
- Jataka (Stories of the Buddha's Former Births) · 25
- Satipatthana Sutta (Discourse on the Foundations of Mindfulness) · 25
- Anattalakkhana Sutta (Discourse on the Characteristic of Not-Self) · 25
- Kalama Sutta (Discourse to the Kalamas) · 25
- Pure Land Sutras (Sukhavativyuha) · 150
- Avatamsaka Sutra (Flower Ornament Sutra) · 400
Sources
- Bodhi, Bhikkhu (trad.). The Connected Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Saṃyutta Nikāya. Wisdom Publications, Boston, 2000 (SN 56.11 Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta). ISBN 9780861713318.
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