The Buddha's First Teaching

Accordingto author, Phrabhavanaviriyakhun (Luang Phaw Dattajeevo), the Buddha's First Teaching: " ....the Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta is so important because it acts like a master-plan for all the subsequent teachings on Buddhism given during the Buddha's... More

Accordingto author, Phrabhavanaviriyakhun (Luang Phaw Dattajeevo), the Buddha's First Teaching: " ....the Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta is so important because it acts like a master-plan for all the subsequent teachings on Buddhism given during the Buddha's lifetime. Even if the Lord Buddha were to teach the Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta and never to teach another word of Dhamma for the rest of his life, His duty in proclaiming the Dhamma to the world would have been fulfilled." This book is an annotated and fully-indexed edition of the 800 year-old Saratthasamuccaya commentary on the Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta - respecting the authenticity of the original while adopting a modernized perspective to help the present-day reader understand scriptural principles and ways to apply them to the practice of meditation. Less