Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta : The Sermon : The Dhammacakka : Transport to Nirvana

The word ‘cakka’ means a ‘wheel’ a wheel in just the same way as a cartwheel or a car wheel

The Four Noble Truths : 4. Explanation of the Noble Truth of the Path to the End of Suffering

The Lord Buddha’s explanation of the Path to the End of Suffering includes all four of the Path to the End of suffering’s implications in the light of the Four Noble Truths:

Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta: The Sermon

Something which you will find at the beginning of every sutta are Ananda’s words ‘Euam me sutam…’: i.e. ‘Thus have I heard (directly from the Lord Buddha)

The Four Noble Truths : 2. Explanation of the Noble Truth of the Origin of Suffering

explanation of the Origin of Suffering includes all four of the Origin of Suffering’s implications in the light of the Four Noble Truths:

First Disciple: the most seasoned in the Perfections

At the end of the Lord Buddha’s sermon, kondanna, the leader of the ‘Group of Five’, became a Stream-Enterer [sotapana]

The Four Noble Truths : 1. Explanation of the Noble Truth of Suffering

The Lord Buddha’s explanation of suffering includes all four of suffering’s implications in the light of the Four Noble Truths:

Overview : 1. The Path of Sensual Indulgence

The path of sensual pleasure [kamasukhallikanuyogal, is to seek for pleasures through the channels of the five outer senses: eyes, ears, nose, mouth and physical contact

Overview : 2. The Path of Self-Mortification

According to the Buddha, the practice of self-mortification [attakilamathanuyoga] is fruitless

Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta: The Sermon : The Components of the Noble Eightfold Path

The Lord Buddha explained that the Noble Eightfold Path comprises: 1. Right View [Samma Ditthi] 2. Right Intention [Samma Sankappa]

Overview : 3. The Middle Way

The Middle Way [majjhima patipada] is a path of practice that avoids the extremes of either sensual indulgence or self-mortification