<p>If you know the name of the sutta, and if it's a famous sutta, then I find you can easily find it using Google, for example:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.google.fr/search?q=Dhamma+chakka+pawaththana" rel="nofollow noreferrer">This search</a> (Google)</li>
</ul>

<p>Wikipedia too has many articles about Buddhism, and one of them describes this sutta: </p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhammacakkappavattana_Sutta" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta</a> (Wikipedia)</li>
</ul>

<p>At the end of the Wikipedia article are "External links" to translations and commentaries and so on:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhammacakkappavattana_Sutta#External_links" rel="nofollow noreferrer">External links</a> (from Wikipedia)</li>
</ul>

<p>This Buddhism.SE site's <a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/help">Help page</a> includes a list of "Useful resources", one section of which is "Buddhist Texts", which includes several anthologies of suttas.</p>

<p>Looking in each of the collections mentioned in our list of "Useful resources", I found the following (seven) links to the sutta you asked for:</p>

<ul>
<li><p><strong><a href="https://suttacentral.net/en/sn56.11" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Setting in Motion the Wheel of the Dhamma</a></strong> (SuttaCentral)</p></li>
<li><p>Four translations, on Access to Insight:</p>

<ul>
<li><strong><a href="http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn56/sn56.011.harv.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Translated by Peter Harvey</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn56/sn56.011.nymo.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Translated by Ñanamoli Thera</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn56/sn56.011.piya.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Translated by Piyadassi Thera</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn56/sn56.011.than.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu</a></strong></li>
</ul></li>
<li><p><strong><a href="http://www.buddha-vacana.org/sutta/samyutta/maha/sn56-011.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta</a></strong> (Buddha Vacana)</p></li>
<li><p><strong><a href="http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/1.1-Dhammacakka-Pavattana-S-s56.11-piya.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The Discourse on the Turning of the Wheel of Truth</a></strong> (Dharmafarer, PDF)</p></li>
</ul>

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<p>Can anybody provide a full translation of Lord Buddha's First teaching. I am referring to a Sutta called "Dhamma chakka pawaththana".</p>

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Why are you asking this question? There are several English translations of [Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta](http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn56/sn56.011.than.html) available at accesstoinsight.org.
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Apparently he was searching for the terms given in his question 'Dhamma chakka pawaththana' and couldn't locate anything. This has happened to me as well. Since these are long names I think google also struggles if you don't search the correct word.
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I get the link to Access to Insight on the first page when I google "Dhamma chakka pawaththana" (without quotes).
kami
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No need to be rude,it just came to mind and i thought a good friend would help!  : (  that's it and thanks for the link @michau  : )
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Thank you for being reasonable @dmsp , i did not searched for it just asked from this group.
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Lord Buddha's First teaching and its meaning?
# Lord Buddha's First teaching and its meaning?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-11-10)

Can anybody provide a full translation of Lord Buddha's First teaching. I am referring to a Sutta called "Dhamma chakka pawaththana".

**Tags:** theravada, pali-canon, suttas, four-noble-truths, middle-way

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Why are you asking this question? There are several English translations of [Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta](http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn56/sn56.011.than.html) available at accesstoinsight.org.  
> **username_2**: Apparently he was searching for the terms given in his question 'Dhamma chakka pawaththana' and couldn't locate anything. This has happened to me as well. Since these are long names I think google also struggles if you don't search the correct word.  
> **username_1**: I get the link to Access to Insight on the first page when I google "Dhamma chakka pawaththana" (without quotes).  
> **username_0**: No need to be rude,it just came to mind and i thought a good friend would help!  : (  that's it and thanks for the link @michau  : )  
> **username_0**: Thank you for being reasonable @username_2 , i did not searched for it just asked from this group.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2015-11-10. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

If you know the name of the sutta, and if it's a famous sutta, then I find you can easily find it using Google, for example:

* [This search](https://www.google.fr/search?q=Dhamma+chakka+pawaththana) (Google)

Wikipedia too has many articles about Buddhism, and one of them describes this sutta:

* [Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhammacakkappavattana_Sutta) (Wikipedia)

At the end of the Wikipedia article are "External links" to translations and commentaries and so on:

* [External links](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhammacakkappavattana_Sutta#External_links) (from Wikipedia)

This Buddhism.SE site's [Help page](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/help) includes a list of "Useful resources", one section of which is "Buddhist Texts", which includes several anthologies of suttas.

Looking in each of the collections mentioned in our list of "Useful resources", I found the following (seven) links to the sutta you asked for:

* **[Setting in Motion the Wheel of the Dhamma](https://suttacentral.net/en/sn56.11)** (SuttaCentral)
* Four translations, on Access to Insight:

  + **[Translated by Peter Harvey](http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn56/sn56.011.harv.html)**
  + **[Translated by Ñanamoli Thera](http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn56/sn56.011.nymo.html)**
  + **[Translated by Piyadassi Thera](http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn56/sn56.011.piya.html)**
  + **[Translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu](http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn56/sn56.011.than.html)**
* **[Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta](http://www.buddha-vacana.org/sutta/samyutta/maha/sn56-011.html)** (Buddha Vacana)
* **[The Discourse on the Turning of the Wheel of Truth](http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/1.1-Dhammacakka-Pavattana-S-s56.11-piya.pdf)** (Dharmafarer, PDF)


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