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Buddha delivered his first sermon at Sarnath. What is this event called? What the literal meaning of the name of the event.

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Buddha delivered his first sermon at the Deer park in Sarnath near Varanasi in the presence of five ascetics.This event was known as Dharmachakraparivartan. The literal meaning of the name of the event is 'the turning of the wheel of sacred law'.

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