The name refers to an ancient Buddhist legend, in which the Bodhisattva was a deer and offered his life to a king instead of the doe the king was planning to kill. The king was so moved that he created the park as a deer sanctuary. [13] The term for "deer park" is Mriga-dāva in Sanskrit, or Miga-dāya in the Pali language. [14]

The sculpture depicts the Buddha giving the famous "Sermon in the Deer Park" at Sarnath, where the Buddha initiated his teachings, which are recorded on the Pali Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta.

Deer Park [鹿野苑] ( Mrigadāva; Pali Migadāya; Rokuya-on): A park in Vārānasī in India, the site of present-day Sarnath. Deer Park was also known as Rishipatana ( ; Pali Isipatana), or Sage Ascetics-Gathering. Here Shakyamuni delivered his first sermon. The Sanskrit word mriga of Mrigadāva means deer, and dāva means forest.

The First Sermon at Deer Park . The Buddha said, “Then please listen, my friends. I have found the Great Way, and I will show it to you. You will be the first to hear my Teaching. This Dharma is not the result of thinking. It is the fruit of direct experience. …

Just 13 kilometres from Varanasi is Isipathana, now called Sarnath, the deer park where the Buddha first proclaimed the Dhamma to the world. He taught two discourses here, the Dhammacakkhapavathana Sutta and the profound Anattalakhana Sutta.

2023年5月18日 · Deer Park Sarnath is an important historical and religious site in India. It is believed that the Buddha gave his first sermon here, known as the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta or Turning of the Wheel of Dharma. The sermon was delivered to five ascetics, who later became the Buddha’s first disciples.

According to the Miscellaneous Agama Sutra, after his awakening under the bodhi tree, the Buddha went to Deer Park where he delivered his first sermon on the four noble truths and converted the five ascetics. Hsüan-tsang's Record of the Western Regions explains the origin of the name Deer Park.

Deer Park (Skt. mṛgadāya; P. migadāya; T. ri dwags kyi gnas རི་དྭགས་ཀྱི་གནས་; C. luyeyuan) is the site in Sarnath where the Buddha gave his first teaching. This teaching is recorded in The Discourse That Sets Turning the Wheel of Truth (Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta).

Deer Park (Skt. ṛṣipatana) is the place where the Buddha gave his first teaching, the 'First Turning of the Wheel of the Dharma' (see Three Turnings), at Sarnath near Varanasi. Today pilgrims can visit the place where relics of the Buddha are kept.

2007年11月1日 · ‘Deer Park’ is opened now via the internet to continue the mission of spreading the dharma, and in the example of our great teacher the Buddha, share his findings in the spiritual path with seekers still on the search.