The Tathāgata and the Cycle of Enlightenment
…e bhummā deva sadda-
mannassa yE: “etam bhagavāṭa Bāraṇasiām Isipatane Migadāye
And when the Buddha had set in motion the Wheel of the Dhamma, the earth deities cried out: “At
Benares, in the Deer Par…
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