The Tathāgata and the Cycle of Enlightenment
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And when the Buddha had set in motion the Wheel of the Dhamma, the earth deities cried out: “At
Benares, in the Deer Park of Isipatana, the Buddha has set in motion the supreme Wheel of the
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In this text, the Buddha addresses monks, emphasizing that he has fully completed the three cycles of truth, which affirms his status as a fully self-enlightened Buddha. He claims that this enlightenm