BDDHA

The fundamental doctrine of the Buddha’s teaching is found in his first sermon known as the "Dhammachakkappavattana Sutta" or the Sermon of the Turning Point of the Wheel of the Law. The Buddha is said to have preached this to his first five disciples at Saranarth. This contains the "Four Noble Truths" (Ariya-Sacca), thereby including the Eightfold Noble Path (Ariya-atthangikamagga), the "Three Characteristics of the fundamental nature of the universe (Tilakkhana) and the "Conditioned Genersis" or the "Universal Law of Dependent Origination (Patticca-samuppada). All these are accepted as basic categories by all the Buddhist Schools.