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1 Overview Introduction After the Enlightenment which transformed Siddhartha Gotama into the Lord Buddha beneath the Bodhi tree on the banks of the River Nerañjāra, Bodhgavā on the full moon night of the month of Viśākha (May), the Buddha sat further to absorb the bliss of his Enlightenment and further to consider the Dhamma which he had learned, for a period of another seven days before finishing his meditation. The Buddha then moved to continue his consideration of the Dhamma under the Ajapālanigrodha Tree for another seven days. The Buddha then spent another seven days doing the same underneath a Jik Tree. From there he spent another seven days underneath a Ketaka Tree. Thus it was only twenty-eight days after his Enlightenment that he returned to sit beneath the Ajapālanigrodha Tree again. As the Lord Buddha was considering the Dhamma there the Brahmā Sahampati and a retinue of 10,000 bade the Buddha to have compassion and to teach what he had known for the benefit of the beings of the world. The Buddha surveyed the potential of the beings of the world to profit from what he had learned. 15