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The First Discourse on Turning the Wheel
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"Monks, a wheel-turning monarch possessed of five factors turns the wheel by the Teaching alone;
that wheel cannot be turned back by any human being who is an adversary with hostile intent.
"Which five? Here, monks, a wheel-turning monarch knows the meaning, knows the Teaching, knows moderation, knows the proper time, and knows the assembly. Monks, a wheel-turning monarch possessed of these five factors sets in motion the wheel by the Teaching alone; that wheel cannot be turned back by any human being who is an adversary with hostile intent.
"So too, monks, the Truth-finder, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One, possessed of five qualities, sets in motion the unsurpassed wheel of the Teaching by the Teaching alone; that wheel cannot be turned back by any ascetic or brahmin or god or Māra or Brahmā or anyone in the world.
"Which five? Here, monks, the Truth-finder, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One, knows the meaning, knows the Teaching, knows moderation, knows the proper time, and knows the assembly. Monks, the Truth-finder, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One, possessed of these five qualities, sets in motion the unsurpassed wheel of the Teaching by the Teaching alone; that wheel of the Teaching cannot be turned back by any ascetic or brahmin or god or Māra or Brahmā or anyone in the world." The first.