Buddha’s First Sermon

Date: 2022-02-03 Thursday

Welcome to the possibilities of awakening and freedom as we move into 2022. Things may get wild, even uncomfortable, but with our practice we can bring some equanimity, some kindness, even to the most irascible moments.

For the first session of February we’ll be exploring the Buddha’s very first dharma talk, the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, in which he set out the direction of all his future teachings.
We’ll explore the second of these talks during the second session.

These suttas are remarkable in their naked essence, in the way he so clearly stated his revolutionary awakening, and in the way this opened the mind-hearts of the people he’s speaking to.

Click here to listen to or download the talk on the Seattle Insight page.