Buddhist+Regulations-Eight+Fold+Path

- The Deer Park Sermon: First Turning of the Wheel of the Dharma - When the Buddha decided to share his awakening with the world and teach the way to enlightenment, his first thought was to find his former teachers o Arada Kalama o Rudraka Ramaputra - He discovered, however, that they had died while he was undergoing his ascetic training; so, the Buddha decided to find the five ascetics and teach them instead. He found them at the Deer Park in Varanasi. - It was in the Deer Park at Sarnath that the Buddha gave his first significant sermons on the Middle Way, the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path to his five fellow seekers who became the first monks. - Buddha's Sermon addressed the bhikkhus. Bhikkhus: Fully ordained male Buddhist monastic (monk). - He talks about the two extremes and how life is to find the middle way in Deer Park.
 * Buddhism: Deer Park Sermon**

- Sarnath means Lord of the Deer. - Sarnath has also been called Mrigadava, meaning "deer park," and Isipatana, meaning the place where holy men (Pali: isi) fell to earth. The latter name is based in the legend that when the Buddha was born, devas came down to announce it to 500 holy men. The holy men all rose into the air and disappeared, and their relics fell to the ground. Setting - There are four geographically important places in the life of Buddha: Where he was born (Lumbini, Nepal), where he gained enlightenment (Bodh Gaya, India), where he gave his first sermon (Sarnath, India) and where he left his mortal body (Kushinager, India).
 * Sarnath**

Sermon on the Mount explains the Ten Commandments, a set of regulations that accompany the thought that if you are good, good things will to you. If you follow these regulations it is thought that you will be treated well when you die. In the Deer Park Sermon it talks about the eight fold path and how the right way to live is to ignore extremes and follow the middle way in which when this happens you will be treated well, through enlightenment, nirvana, or reincarnation.
 * Comparison: Text Comparison**

Gyatso, Tenzin. The World of Tibetan Buddhism. Boston, Massachusetts: Wisdom Publications, 1995.

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