Can anybody provide a full translation of Lord Buddha's First teaching. I am referring to a Sutta called "Dhamma chakka pawaththana".
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5Why are you asking this question? There are several English translations of Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta available at accesstoinsight.org.– kamiCommented Nov 10, 2015 at 22:18
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2Apparently he was searching for the terms given in his question 'Dhamma chakka pawaththana' and couldn't locate anything. This has happened to me as well. Since these are long names I think google also struggles if you don't search the correct word.– dmspCommented Nov 11, 2015 at 7:37
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I get the link to Access to Insight on the first page when I google "Dhamma chakka pawaththana" (without quotes).– kamiCommented Nov 11, 2015 at 11:23
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No need to be rude,it just came to mind and i thought a good friend would help! : ( that's it and thanks for the link @michau : )– TheravadaCommented Nov 11, 2015 at 22:51
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Thank you for being reasonable @dmsp , i did not searched for it just asked from this group.– TheravadaCommented Nov 11, 2015 at 22:52
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If you know the name of the sutta, and if it's a famous sutta, then I find you can easily find it using Google, for example:
- This search (Google)
Wikipedia too has many articles about Buddhism, and one of them describes this sutta:
- Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (Wikipedia)
At the end of the Wikipedia article are "External links" to translations and commentaries and so on:
- External links (from Wikipedia)
This Buddhism.SE site's Help page includes a list of "Useful resources", one section of which is "Buddhist Texts", which includes several anthologies of suttas.
Looking in each of the collections mentioned in our list of "Useful resources", I found the following (seven) links to the sutta you asked for:
Setting in Motion the Wheel of the Dhamma (SuttaCentral)
Four translations, on Access to Insight:
Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (Buddha Vacana)
The Discourse on the Turning of the Wheel of Truth (Dharmafarer, PDF)