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[[Image:Dhamekha Stupa.jpg|thumb|240px| | [[Image:Dhamekha Stupa.jpg|thumb|240px|The [[Dhamekha Stupa]] which marks the place where the Buddha gave his first teaching]] | ||
'''Deer Park''' is the place where the [[Buddha]] gave his first teaching, the "First Turning of the Wheel of the [[Dharma]]" (see [[Three Turnings]]), at [[Sarnath]] near Varnasi. Today pilgrims can visit the place where relics of the Buddha are kept. The [[Jataka]] mentions that the Buddha in one of his previous lives was born there as a golden deer who saved the life of a pregnant deer and the name "Deer Park" derives from this occasion when [[Shakyamuni]] was a [[bodhisattva]] leading a herd of deer. | '''Deer Park''' (Skt. ''ṛṣipatana'') is the place where the [[Buddha]] gave his first teaching, the "First Turning of the Wheel of the [[Dharma]]" (see [[Three Turnings]]), at [[Sarnath]] near Varnasi. Today pilgrims can visit the place where relics of the Buddha are kept. The [[Jataka]] mentions that the Buddha in one of his previous lives was born there as a golden deer who saved the life of a pregnant deer and the name "Deer Park" derives from this occasion when [[Shakyamuni]] was a [[bodhisattva]] leading a herd of deer. | ||
[[Category: Places]] | [[Category: Places]] | ||
[[category:India]] | [[category:India]] | ||
Revision as of 08:22, 11 February 2010
Deer Park (Skt. ṛṣipatana) is the place where the Buddha gave his first teaching, the "First Turning of the Wheel of the Dharma" (see Three Turnings), at Sarnath near Varnasi. Today pilgrims can visit the place where relics of the Buddha are kept. The Jataka mentions that the Buddha in one of his previous lives was born there as a golden deer who saved the life of a pregnant deer and the name "Deer Park" derives from this occasion when Shakyamuni was a bodhisattva leading a herd of deer.