The first lecture of the Buddha.

The first lecture was called Dhamma Conversion for the five initiates. Can be translated from an English language textbook.

One day, at the Deer Park, where there were five monks who were fellow practitioners of the Buddha who practiced asceticism. The Buddha met five fellow initiates and said,

I have found the Great Dao, I will teach you. You are the first monk in the world to hear the mysterious teachings I have found. This teaching is not the result of reasoning. This teaching is the fruit of realization. Take the pure awareness that strictly listen.

Five fellow initiates, sitting seriously, clasped their hands together. Kondanna said in awe.  "Gotama Gotama taught us all our mercy.

The Buddha said earnestly: - The monks, there are two extremes that the religious should avoid: one is plunging into the pleasure of humiliation, the second is the body to wear out. Both paths lead to bankruptcy of mind and body. The path I have found is that the middle way avoids these two extremes and can bring wisdom, liberation and peace.  

That way is the path of the Noble Eightfold Path: right perception, right thinking, true language, genuine action, true livelihood, genuine diligence, righteous thoughts and true righteousness. I have followed the right path and have achieved wisdom, liberation and peace.

Hey, why call the director? 
It is called the path because this path is not the path to escape suffering but the direct path of suffering to eliminate suffering. This path is the path of life awakening, so mindfulness is the beginning. Having mindfulness, there will be right concentration, that is, concentration will work to bring wisdom. Through righteous thoughts and determination, perception, thought, words, actions, livelihoods and diligence will also enter the path. The wisdom that arises liberates the practitioner from all suffering and gives rise to the true source of true peace.

You have four truths that one must recognize: the presence of the causes of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the path to the cessation of suffering. These four truths are the four mysterious truths, called the Four Noble Truths. 

Here is the truth, here is the first truth: suffering, birth, old age, illness and death are suffering; sadness, jealousy, anger, anxiety, fear and disappointment are miserable; Separation of loved ones is suffering, in common with those who hate is suffering, craving and trapped in the five aggregates is suffering.

Monks, this is the second truth: the cause of suffering. Since unhappiness, because of not seeing and not understand the truth about themselves and about life so people are caught by the flames of passion, anger, jealousy, sorrow, fear of fear and frustration night burn and abuse.

Monks, this is the third truth: the cessation of suffering. It is wisdom, knowledge, and awareness of the truth about oneself and about life. This wisdom, which sees the end of all sorrows and gives rise to peace.

O monks, this is the fourth truth: the way to end suffering. That is the Eightfold Path that I have presented. The nature of the Noble Eightfold Path is nourished by daily awakening, which is mindfulness. Mindfulness leads to Dhyana and Wisdom, capable of freeing people from all pain and bringing all joy. I will guide you step by step on this path.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.19/11/2017.