ธัมมจักกัปปวัตตนสูตร(tam-má-jàk-gàp-bpà-wát-dtà-ná-sòot)

Meanings

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Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (the Buddha’s first sermon)

The discourse “Setting the Wheel of Dhamma in Motion,” traditionally regarded as the Buddha’s first sermon at Isipatana, expounding the Middle Way, the Noble Eightfold Path, and the Four Noble Truths (SN 56.11).

Examples

On Asalha Puja Day, Buddhists often chant the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta to commemorate the first sermon.