Turning of the Wheel of Dharma

E163753

Buddhist doctrinal concept Buddhist event religious sermon

Turning of the Wheel of Dharma refers to the Buddha’s first sermon at Sarnath, which inaugurated the formal teaching of Buddhism and set in motion the core doctrines of the Dharma.

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All labels observed (17)

Label	Occurrences
Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta	13
First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma	4
Turning of the Wheel of Dharma canonical	3
Dhamma Day	2
Buddha’s first sermon	1
Buddha’s first sermon to the five ascetics	1
Buddha’s sermon at Deer Park in Sarnath	1
Dhammacakkappavattana	1
Dharmacakrapravartana	1
Dharmachakra Pravartana (First Sermon)	1
First Sermon at Sarnath	1
First sermon of Gautama Buddha	1
First sermon of the Buddha	1
First turning of the Dharma Wheel	1
Setting in Motion the Wheel of Dharma	1
Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma	1
first sermon of the Buddha	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1431567 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Turning of the Wheel of Dharma
Context triple: [Sarnath, associatedWithConcept, Turning of the Wheel of Dharma]

A. The Wheel of Life
The Wheel of Life is a prominent bronze sculpture by Gustav Vigeland symbolizing the human life cycle, located in Oslo’s Vigeland Sculpture Park.
B. The Buddha and His Dhamma
The Buddha and His Dhamma is a seminal 1957 book by B. R. Ambedkar that presents a rationalist, socially engaged reinterpretation of Buddhism, especially focused on its relevance for the oppressed in modern India.
C. Tripitaka
Tripitaka is the traditional Buddhist canon, comprising three collections of teachings that form the foundational scriptures of the Buddhist religion.
D. Tattva Samkhyana
Tattva Samkhyana is a key philosophical treatise in the Dvaita Vedanta tradition that systematically outlines its dualistic metaphysics and theology.
E. Footsteps of the Master
Footsteps of the Master is a religious and devotional work by Harriet Beecher Stowe that reflects on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Turning of the Wheel of Dharma
Target entity description: Turning of the Wheel of Dharma refers to the Buddha’s first sermon at Sarnath, which inaugurated the formal teaching of Buddhism and set in motion the core doctrines of the Dharma.

A. The Wheel of Life
The Wheel of Life is a prominent bronze sculpture by Gustav Vigeland symbolizing the human life cycle, located in Oslo’s Vigeland Sculpture Park.
B. The Buddha and His Dhamma
The Buddha and His Dhamma is a seminal 1957 book by B. R. Ambedkar that presents a rationalist, socially engaged reinterpretation of Buddhism, especially focused on its relevance for the oppressed in modern India.
C. Tripitaka
Tripitaka is the traditional Buddhist canon, comprising three collections of teachings that form the foundational scriptures of the Buddhist religion.
D. Tattva Samkhyana
Tattva Samkhyana is a key philosophical treatise in the Dvaita Vedanta tradition that systematically outlines its dualistic metaphysics and theology.
E. Footsteps of the Master
Footsteps of the Master is a religious and devotional work by Harriet Beecher Stowe that reflects on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist doctrinal concept ⓘ Buddhist event ⓘ religious sermon ⓘ
associatedNumberOfSpokes	eight spokes symbolizing the Noble Eightfold Path ⓘ
associatedSymbol	Dharma wheel ⓘ linked to: Dharma Chakra
audience	five ascetics ⓘ
audienceMember	Ashvajit ⓘ Bhadrika ⓘ Kaundinya ⓘ Mahanama ⓘ Vashpa ⓘ
category	Buddhist sermon of the Buddha ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Buddhist festivals at Sarnath ⓘ
commemoratedOn	Asalha Puja in Theravada Buddhism ⓘ linked to: Asalha Puja
cosmologicalMeaning	beginning of the turning of the Dharma wheel in the world ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
doctrinalRole	foundation of early Buddhist doctrine ⓘ
givenBy	Gautama Buddha ⓘ linked to: Shakyamuni Buddha
hasAlternativeName	First Sermon ⓘ First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ linked to: Turning of the Wheel of Dharma Setting in Motion the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ linked to: Turning of the Wheel of Dharma
hasPaliName	Dhammacakkappavattana ⓘ linked to: Turning of the Wheel of Dharma
hasSanskritName	Dharmacakrapravartana ⓘ linked to: Turning of the Wheel of Dharma
languageOfOriginalTeaching	Magadhi Prakrit (traditionally assumed) ⓘ linked to: Magadhi Prakrit
location	Deer Park at Sarnath ⓘ Sarnath ⓘ
near	Varanasi ⓘ
relatedConcept	Second Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ linked to: Lankāvatāra Sutra Third Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ
religiousTradition	Buddhism ⓘ
result	conversion of the five ascetics to the Buddha’s teaching ⓘ establishment of the first Buddhist sangha ⓘ
scripturalCollection	Samyutta Nikaya ⓘ linked to: Sutta Pitaka Sutta Pitaka ⓘ
scripturalSource	Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta ⓘ linked to: Turning of the Wheel of Dharma
significance	inaugurated the formal teaching of Buddhism ⓘ set in motion the core doctrines of the Dharma ⓘ
speaker	Gautama Buddha ⓘ linked to: Shakyamuni Buddha
teachesDoctrine	Four Noble Truths ⓘ Middle Way ⓘ Noble Eightfold Path ⓘ linked to: Eightfold Path cessation of suffering ⓘ origin of suffering ⓘ path leading to the cessation of suffering ⓘ truth of suffering ⓘ
timeAfterEnlightenment	shortly after the Buddha’s enlightenment at Bodh Gaya ⓘ