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sitting down, the Buddha told them: "Monks! I have realised
the truth of the end of suffering (nirvana), and the way to
end suffering. If you learn and practice it, you will soon
become enlightened. You must take responsibility for working
to understand these things." At first, the five monks
doubted his words and asked him many questions. But finally
they began to trust him and wanted to hear his teaching. And
so the Buddha gave his first teaching to the five monks at
Sarnath. |
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