The Buddha's First Teaching (Buddhism in Plain English)
Contributors: Phra Nicholas Thanissaro (Translator)
Publisher: Dhammakaya
Published: January 14, 2002
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9789749058732
Subjects: Buddhism
First sentence: After the Enlightenment which transformed Siddhattha Gotama into the Lord Buddha beneath the Bodhi tree on the banks of the River Neranjara, Bodhgaya on the full moon night of the month of Visakha (May), the Buddha sat further to absorb the bliss of his Enlightenment and further to consider the Dhamma which he had learned, for a period of another seven days before finishing his meditation.