The First Sermon was delivered at the Deer Park in Sarnath, where the Buddha found the five ascetics and spoke the words that established the sangha and set the dharma in motion.
Gautama Buddha delivered the First Sermon at Sarnath, setting forth the Four Noble Truths and the Middle Way to the five ascetics who had once abandoned him, turning the wheel of dharma for the first time.
Kondanna was the first of the five ascetics to grasp the Buddha's teaching during the First Sermon, attaining stream-entry and crying out in understanding, earning him the name Aññā Kondañña — 'Kondanna Who Has Understood.'
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