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'''The Sūtra of the Wheel of Dharma''' (Skt. ''Dharmacakrasūtra'', Tib. | '''The Sūtra of the Wheel of Dharma''' (Skt. ''Dharmacakrasūtra'', Tib. ཆོས་ཀྱི་འཁོར་ལོའི་མདོ་, [[Wyl.]] ''chos kyi ’khor lo’i mdo'') is found in the General Sūtra (''[[mdo sde]]'') section of the Tibetan [[Kangyur]] (Toh. 337). | ||
According to all of the Buddhist traditions, this [[sūtra]] is the first teaching the [[Buddha]] gave, "turning the wheel of [[dharma]]" to explain his awakened insight to others. Here, the [[Buddha]] explains the [[four noble truths]] to his five former spiritual companions. | According to all of the Buddhist traditions, this [[sūtra]] is the first teaching the [[Buddha]] gave, "turning the wheel of [[dharma]]" to explain his awakened insight to others. Here, the [[Buddha]] explains the [[four noble truths]] to his five former spiritual companions. | ||
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The Sūtra of the Wheel of Dharma (Skt. Dharmacakrasūtra, Tib. ཆོས་ཀྱི་འཁོར་ལོའི་མདོ་, Wyl. chos kyi ’khor lo’i mdo) is found in the General Sūtra (mdo sde) section of the Tibetan Kangyur (Toh. 337).
According to all of the Buddhist traditions, this sūtra is the first teaching the Buddha gave, "turning the wheel of dharma" to explain his awakened insight to others. Here, the Buddha explains the four noble truths to his five former spiritual companions.
