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Peace.
Within. Not without.

#Sarnath #Varanasi #India #monk #meditation #Isipatana #Deerpark #phonegraphy #streetphotography #Buddhist #Buddhism #Dhamma
December 18, 2024 at 2:01 PM
aryashubhrakirti.bsky.social
At Varaṇasi, in the Deer Park at Isipatana, this unsurpassed Wheel of the Dhamma has been set in motion by the Blessed One, which cannot be stopped by any ascetic or brahmin or deva or Mara or Brahma or by anyone in the world. ☸️

~ Dhammacakkappavattanasutta
May 30, 2026 at 1:34 AM
avery-p.bsky.social
i told you it was unfunny. anyway yeah i know why it happens (= repetition makes it easier to remember things which is important in a formerly exclusively oral tradition) but this pops into my head every time i'm reading a sutta and it opens like this. sutta is MN 141 transl. by thanissaro bhikkhu
the "racist in greggs" meme, edited so the conversation now reads as follows: "I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Bārāṇasī in the Deer Park at Isipatana." "tell us what happened lad" "“Yes, lord,” the monks responded to him." "ye but why" "There he addressed the monks: “Monks!”" "near Bārāṇasī in the Deer Park at Isipatana?" "yeah it was near Bārāṇasī in the Deer Park at Isipatana"
June 12, 2026 at 7:30 PM
occasionaldigest.bsky.social
Saturday 18 July First Sermon Of Lord Buddha in Bhutan

After achieving enlightenment, Buddha gave his first sermon in the Deer Park in Isipatana, India and founded the Buddhist sangha (monkhood) about 2,500 years ago.
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July 18, 2026 at 12:01 AM
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Happy Asaḷhā Pūjā!

"At Baraṇasi, in the Deer Park at Isipatana, this unsurpassed Wheel of the Dhamma has been set in motion by the Blessed One, which cannot be stopped by any ascetic or brahmin or deva or Mara or Brahma or by anyone in the world." #Buddhism
Sculpture depicting the Buddha preaching the first sermon at Sarnath, 11th century, India (Bihar, probably Nalanda), collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
July 29, 2026 at 5:52 PM
robindroxx.bsky.social
Happy Drukpa Tsheshi Everyone! It recognizes the profound moment when the Blessed One was staying at Varanasi in the Game Refuge at Isipatana. There he addressed the group of five monks after enlightenment, calling it the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta or Setting the Wheel of Dhamma in Motion Sutra🙏🧘☸️🪷
"There are these two extremes that are not to be indulged in by one who has gone forth. Which two? That which is devoted to sensual pleasure with reference to sensual objects: base, vulgar, common, ignoble, unprofitable; and that which is devoted to self-affliction: painful, ignoble, unprofitable. Avoiding both of these extremes, the middle way realized by the Tathagata — producing vision, producing knowledge — leads to calm, to direct knowledge, to self-awakening, to Unbinding...." "...And this, monks, is the noble truth of the origination of stress: the craving that makes for further becoming — accompanied by passion & delight, relishing now here & now there — i.e., craving for sensual pleasure, craving for becoming, craving for non-becoming. And this, monks, is the noble truth of the cessation of stress: the remainderless fading & cessation, renunciation, relinquishment, release, & letting go of that very craving. And this, monks, is the noble truth of the way of practice leading to the cessation of stress: precisely this Noble Eightfold Path — right view, right resolve, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration." ~ An Tiarna Sakyamuni Búda, Céad Seanmóir
July 18, 2026 at 2:08 PM
dpanikkar.bsky.social
Isipatana, an old name of Sarnath. Pali of Rishipattana. Sarnath from Sāranganātha. https://twitter.com/dpanikkar/status/698520053113696256
December 2, 2024 at 1:35 PM
dpanikkar.bsky.social
Visit India. Holy Isipatana. Dorothy Newsome. 1930s. Paul F. Walter collection.
December 1, 2024 at 1:41 PM