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初轉法輪

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Basic Meaning: first turning of the wheel of the Dharma

Senses:

  • Śākyamuniʼs first sermon, delivered at the Deer Park 鹿野苑, to his five original companions 五比丘. The content of this first teaching was the Four Noble Truths 四諦 concerning suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the way to achieve that cessation through the Eightfold Path 八正道. This is one of the eight major junctures of Śākyamuniʼs teaching career 八相成道 (Skt. dharmacakra-pravartana, *prathama-dharmacakra-pravartana; Pāli dhamma-cakka-pavattana). 〔法華經 T 262.9.12a16〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Hirakawa, Iwanami]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 453

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 680a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 2793

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0188

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)2124a,3821a

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    Entry created: 1997-09-15

    Updated: 2011-09-04