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'''The Sūtra of the Wheel of Dharma''' (Skt. ''Dharmacakrasūtra'', Tib. ཆོས་ཀྱི་འཁོར་ལོའི་མདོ་, ''chö kyi khorlö do'', [[Wyl.]] ''chos kyi ’khor lo’i mdo'') is found in the General Sūtra (''[[mdo sde]]'') section of the Tibetan [[Kangyur]] ([[Toh]] 337). | '''The Sūtra of the Wheel of Dharma''' (Skt. ''Dharmacakrasūtra'', Tib. ཆོས་ཀྱི་འཁོར་ལོའི་མདོ་, ''chö kyi khorlö do'', [[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, who became known as the [[Five first excellent disciples]]. | ||
==English Translation== | ==English Translation== | ||
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The Sūtra of the Wheel of Dharma (Skt. Dharmacakrasūtra, Tib. ཆོས་ཀྱི་འཁོར་ལོའི་མདོ་, chö kyi khorlö do, 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, who became known as the Five first excellent disciples.
