Turning of the Wheel of Dharma

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Buddhist doctrinal concept Buddhist event religious sermon

Turning of the Wheel of Dharma refers to the Buddha’s first sermon at Sarnath, which inaugurated the formal teaching of Buddhism and set in motion the core doctrines of the Dharma.

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All labels observed (17)

Label	Occurrences
Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta	13
First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma	4
Turning of the Wheel of Dharma canonical	3
Dhamma Day	2
Buddha’s first sermon	1
Buddha’s first sermon to the five ascetics	1
Buddha’s sermon at Deer Park in Sarnath	1
Dhammacakkappavattana	1
Dharmacakrapravartana	1
Dharmachakra Pravartana (First Sermon)	1
First Sermon at Sarnath	1
First sermon of Gautama Buddha	1
First sermon of the Buddha	1
First turning of the Dharma Wheel	1
Setting in Motion the Wheel of Dharma	1
Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma	1
first sermon of the Buddha	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist doctrinal concept ⓘ Buddhist event ⓘ religious sermon ⓘ
associatedNumberOfSpokes	eight spokes symbolizing the Noble Eightfold Path ⓘ
associatedSymbol	Dharma Chakra ⓘ surface form: Dharma wheel
audience	five ascetics ⓘ
audienceMember	Ashvajit ⓘ Bhadrika ⓘ Kaundinya ⓘ Mahanama ⓘ Vashpa ⓘ
category	Buddhist sermon of the Buddha ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Buddhist festivals at Sarnath ⓘ
commemoratedOn	Asalha Puja ⓘ surface form: Asalha Puja in Theravada Buddhism
cosmologicalMeaning	beginning of the turning of the Dharma wheel in the world ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
doctrinalRole	foundation of early Buddhist doctrine ⓘ
givenBy	Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ surface form: Gautama Buddha
hasAlternativeName	First Sermon ⓘ Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ surface form: First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ surface form: Setting in Motion the Wheel of Dharma
hasPaliName	Turning of the Wheel of Dharma self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dhammacakkappavattana
hasSanskritName	Turning of the Wheel of Dharma self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dharmacakrapravartana
languageOfOriginalTeaching	Magadhi Prakrit ⓘ surface form: Magadhi Prakrit (traditionally assumed)
location	Deer Park at Sarnath ⓘ Sarnath ⓘ
near	Varanasi ⓘ
relatedConcept	Lankāvatāra Sutra ⓘ surface form: Second Turning of the Wheel of Dharma Third Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ
religiousTradition	Buddhism ⓘ
result	conversion of the five ascetics to the Buddha’s teaching ⓘ establishment of the first Buddhist sangha ⓘ
scripturalCollection	Sutta Pitaka ⓘ surface form: Samyutta Nikaya Sutta Pitaka ⓘ
scripturalSource	Turning of the Wheel of Dharma self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta
significance	inaugurated the formal teaching of Buddhism ⓘ set in motion the core doctrines of the Dharma ⓘ
speaker	Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ surface form: Gautama Buddha
teachesDoctrine	Four Noble Truths ⓘ Middle Way ⓘ Eightfold Path ⓘ surface form: Noble Eightfold Path cessation of suffering ⓘ origin of suffering ⓘ path leading to the cessation of suffering ⓘ truth of suffering ⓘ
timeAfterEnlightenment	shortly after the Buddha’s enlightenment at Bodh Gaya ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sarnath → associatedWithDoctrine → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta

Sarnath → associatedWithConcept → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ

Shakyamuni Buddha → firstSermonEvent → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ

Four Noble Truths → firstDiscourse → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta

Four Noble Truths → formsPartOf → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Buddha’s first sermon

Middle Way → articulatedIn → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta

Asalha Puja → hasAlternativeName → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dhamma Day

Asalha Puja → commemorates → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta

Eightfold Path → firstTaughtIn → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta

Ashoka Pillar at Sarnath → associatedWith → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dharmachakra Pravartana (First Sermon)

Wheel of Dharma → associatedWith → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Sermon at Sarnath

Wheel of Dharma → associatedConcept → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma

Turning of the Wheel of Dharma → hasAlternativeName → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma

Turning of the Wheel of Dharma → hasAlternativeName → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Setting in Motion the Wheel of Dharma

Turning of the Wheel of Dharma → hasSanskritName → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dharmacakrapravartana

Turning of the Wheel of Dharma → hasPaliName → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dhammacakkappavattana

Turning of the Wheel of Dharma → scripturalSource → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta

Isipatana → siteOf → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ

this entity surface form: First sermon of Gautama Buddha

Isipatana → siteOf → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta

Isipatana → associatedEvent → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ

this entity surface form: First turning of the Dharma Wheel

Isipatana → associatedWithText → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta

Dhamek Stupa → associatedEvent → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma

Dhamek Stupa → dedicatedTo → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Buddha’s first sermon to the five ascetics

Dhamek Stupa → associatedWith → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta

Deer Park → event → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ

subject surface form: Deer Park, Sarnath

this entity surface form: First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma

Deer Park → associatedEvent → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ

subject surface form: Deer Park, Sarnath

this entity surface form: Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta

Mrigadava → associatedWith → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta

Mrigadava → relatedEvent → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ

this entity surface form: First sermon of the Buddha

Mrigadava → relatedConcept → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma

Four Arya Truths → scripturalSource → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta

Catvāri Āryasatyāni → presentedAs → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ

this entity surface form: first sermon of the Buddha

Truth of suffering → scripturallyAttestedIn → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta

Asalha Bucha → alsoKnownAs → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dhamma Day

Asalha Bucha → associatedEvent → Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Buddha’s sermon at Deer Park in Sarnath