1. Delivered the first sermon at Sarnath

    · Deer Park, Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Delivered the first sermon at Sarnath
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    At the Deer Park near Varanasi, the Buddha taught his former companions, inaugurating his public teaching career and the first Buddhist community. Wikipedia dates the teaching circa 528 BC, but the broader chronology remains disputed. Coordinates represent the Sarnath archaeological zone.

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