The Buddha Turns the Wheel - The Sutta of the Turning of the Wheel is extremely important .VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.

Seven weeks after attaining enlightenment, the Buddha did not plan on giving the sermon. But the heavenly King Pham Thien and De Thich offered the Buddha to the Buddha to turn the wheel of dharma for the sake of sentient beings in Sa Ba.

With Buddha's eyes, the Buddha saw his former five fellow practitioners and decided they would be the first to hear his teachings. The Zhuan Falun  is the first sutta the Buddha preached to the five brothers, Kiều Trần Như.

Buddhism follows the path in the middle (Middle Way)

"Hey monks! There are two extremes (Sa. Antu, England. Extreme) that renunciants must avoid:

-First, immersed in sensual pleasures. It is a cowardly, mundane, and futile thing.

-Second is the harsh austerity. It is miserable and useless.

Please give up the two extremes. 

Tathagata (Buddha, often used by this word to identify himself) understood that the Road in the middle (Pa. Majjhima patipada, England. Middle way, Viet-Han. Middle Way) these two extremes, that is not inclined to any undue party that Tathagata has applied to the development of vision, clairvoyant understanding, towards peace (Pa. vupasamaya, England. peace) leading to wisdom (Pa. abhinnaya, England . knowlegde), enlightenment (Pa. sambodhaya, England. enlightenment / awaking) and Nirvana (Pa. nibbana, Sa. Nirvana) or the path to end suffering.

Beijing Zhuan Falun lecture diagram

What is the Noble Eightfold Path?

Hey monks! What is the practice of following the path in the middle that Tathagata is the cultivation of developing vision, knowledge, leading to peace, sublime wisdom, enlightenment and Nirvana?

- That is the Eightfold Path! 

The Eightfold Path  is a path with eight branches: 

1.-Right Understanding  (正見)

2.-Chánh Tư duy  (Zheng Si Wei)

3.-Chánh Ngữ  (Orthodox),

4.-Right Livelihood  (. 正 業),

5.-Chánh Mạng  (正命),

6.-Chánh Tinh Tấn  (positive diligence),

7.-Mindfulness  (正念),

8.-Chanh Dinh  (正定)

The Four Noble Truths are the four noble truths, the basic roots of Buddhism, which are the main content of the first sutta, the Zhuan Falun of Buddhism explained by the Buddha

What is the Four Noble Truths?

The Four Noble Truths  (四 妙諦), are the four noble / noble truths; also called the  Four Noble Truths  (四聖諦). This is the focus of this lecture.

1. Suffering Soles:  Hey monks! Now Tathagata now teaches the Noble Truth of Suffering: Being is the union of the Five Aggregates, suffering; Elder / old is suffering, sickness is suffering, death / death is the disintegration of the Five Aggregates, is suffering. Sadness, worry, failure, mental disorders is suffering. Living with someone you don't like is suffering, being away from loved ones is suffering, desires are not suffering. In other words, having the five khandhas is suffering, because the five khandhas are impermanent, constantly changing.

2. Tap De:  Hey monks! This is the Noble Truth of the cause of suffering: It is the desire to be reborn, to be immersed in sensual pleasure, that is, the desire to be immersed in the desire of desire, to desire all things to be forever , the desire in the mind that there is nothing left after death; That is the cause of suffering.

3. Kill the Emperor:  Monks! This is the Noble Truth of the cessation of suffering. That is the end of desire, without regret.

4. The Noble Truth:  Hey monks! This is the Noble Truth of the path to the cessation of suffering. That is the Noble Eightfold Path.

Bat Chanh Dao diagram

What does the Zhuan Falun and the Twelve Executive mean?

To help the five bhikkhus to understand the  Four Noble Truths , the Buddha performed the three  dharmas  for each of them. There are 4 Truths, so there are 12 onions, the Chinese called the Twelve Onions (3 converted x 4 Truth = 12 onions).

1. Here are the 3 turning of the Wheel of Suffering:

Thi Zhem:  Hey monks! Suffering [the truth about suffering: affliction, samsara, samsara ...] is the dharma that Tathagata had never heard or understood before.

Special transfer:  Hey monks! You should know this Noble Truth of Suffering.

Certification:  Hey monks! Tathagata has experienced this Suffering Truth. Should the eye, the knowledge, the understanding, the wisdom know, the knowledge and light have arisen to Tathagata. [The light here can be understood as "eradicating ignorance"]

2. Here are the 3 turning of the wheel of Dharma:

Transfer:  Hey monks! The Noble Truth of Suffering [the truth about the causes of suffering, sorrow, and samsara] is the dharma that has never been heard and understood before by the Tathagata.

Special transfer:  Hey monks! You should be aware of the causes of suffering: The Noble Truth of Suffering.

Certification:  Hey monks! Tathagata has experienced this Noble Truth of Suffering. Should the eye, the knowledge, the understanding, the wisdom know, the knowledge and light have arisen to Tathagata.

3. Here are the 3 turning of the Wheel of the Noble Truth :

Transfer:  Hey monks! The Noble Truth of Suffering [the truth about having to eradicate suffering in order to attain peace, tranquility, happiness, and enlightenment] is the dharma that Tathagata had never heard or understood before.

Special transfer:  Hey monks! The masters should realize the need to give up, destroy suffering: Suffering Truths.

Certification:  Hey monks! Tathagata experienced the decision to eradicate suffering: Suffering Deity. Should the vision, the knowledge, the understanding, the wisdom know, the knowing and shining have arisen to Tathagata.

4. Here are the 3 turning dharma of the Noble Truths of Destroying the Noble Truth (Eightfold Path) :

Transfer:  Hey monks! Destroying the Noble Truth of Suffering (= Eightfold Path) [8 paths with 8 branches leading to the eradication of suffering] is a dharma that had never been heard or understood before by the Tathagata.

Special transfer:  Hey monks! You should recognize the Noble Truth of Suffering to help lead to the elimination of suffering.

Certification:  Hey monks! Tathagata has experimented "Eightfold Path". When the Noble Truth of Suffering was realized and developed (to be developed), vision, understanding, knowing, wisdom knowing, truthfulness and light arisen to Tathagata.

Diagram of the Three Falun Turns - The Twelve Elements (Image: tanhkhong.org)

After the end of the  third turning of the wheel of Dharma - the Twelve Elements , Buddha Shakyamuni continued: Hey Bhikkhus! If  Tathagata had  not fully grasped the Four Noble Truths in three aspects and fully understood the twelve methods, then the Tathagata would not confirm this before this world, including the gods, demons, and Pham. celestial, Taoist, Brahmins-Brahmins, Humans and species beyond human beings that Tathagata has attained the  Chief Justice of Right Understanding .

In that moment, the resounding cheering shook strongly, just in the blink of an eye made all 10,000 worlds in the Brahma realm trembled. An infinitely more radiant than all the celestial auras shone on the world. Buddha immediately said: " Kondanna was enlightened indeed! Kondanna was enlightened! From there Kondanna was called Annata Kondanna, which means "Kondanna is the enlightened one" . Samyutta Nikaya (Samyutta Pali Samyutta), vol. V, page 420.

Mr. Kondanna (Kieu Tran Nhu) - the first disciple of the Buddha, enlightened the teaching of the Buddha Shakyamuni about the impermanence philosophy when Kondanna said: "What has been born must have ceased"

In the Vinaya Pitaka there is a saying that Kondanna requested the Buddha to make him a disciple of the Buddha, the Buddha agreed. Kondanna was the first monk, Sangha (Community of Monks & Nuns) has been established since then, followed by the other four Bhikkhus who joined the Sangha and they in turn witnessed the Arahant. Kondanna realized the teaching of Shakyamuni Buddha on the  impermanence philosophy  when Kondanna stated, " What has happened is there must be death ". END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.5/8/2020.