Buddha First Sermon

 Buddha’s First Sermon 

Date:28/07/2025

Location: Deer Park, Sarnath (near Varanasi, India)

Audience: The five ascetics (former companions of Buddha)

Occasion: After attaining enlightenment, this was the Buddha’s first public teaching.


Core Teachings

1. The Middle Path (Majjhima Patipada)

Avoids both extreme self-indulgence and extreme self-mortification

Leads to wisdom, ethical conduct, and mental discipline


2. The Four Noble Truths

i.Dukkha (Suffering):

Life is marked by suffering – birth, aging, illness, death, sorrow, and dissatisfaction.


ii.Samudaya (Origin of Suffering):

The cause of suffering is craving (tanha), driven by desire, attachment, and ignorance.


iii.Nirodha (Cessation of Suffering):

Ending craving ends suffering – this is nirvana, the ultimate liberation.


iv.Magga (Path to the Cessation of Suffering):

The way to end suffering is the Noble Eightfold Path.


3. The Noble Eightfold Path

Divided into 3 categories:

i.Wisdom (Paññā)

Right View

Right Intention


ii.Ethical Conduct (Sīla)

Right Speech

Right Action

Right Livelihood


iii.Mental Discipline (Samādhi)

Right Effort

Right Mindfulness

Right Concentration


Significance

Marks the beginning of Buddhism as a spiritual tradition

Enligtenment of the first disciple: Kondanna attained stream-entry (sotāpanna)

Symbolic “turning of the wheel of Dharma”(Dhammachakka)


Kenchosum la kheno!

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