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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).
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| 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]].
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| ==English Translation==
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| *{{84000|http://read.84000.co/translation/UT22084-072-037.html|The Sūtra of the Wheel of Dharma}}
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