The Chinese Parallels to the Dhammacakkappavattana-sutta (1)

Abstract

In what follows I translate and study the Chinese canonical parallels to the Dhammacakkappavattana-sutta, the discourse that according to tradition was given by the Buddha to his first five disciples soon after his awakening,with the result that one of them attained stream-entry, whereby the “wheel of Dharma” was set in motion.