SAKYAMUNI'S FIRST DOINGS AFTER BECOMING BUDDHA.

ISINBASSAGALA -MIGADAYA -ප්‍රථම දම්සක් පැවතුම් සුත්‍රය දේශනා  කල තැන .....

Fa-Hsien  returned (from Gijjakuta)towards Pataliputhra, keeping along  the course of the Ganges and descending in the direction of the west.After going ten yojanas he found a vihara,named 'the Wilderness',-a place where Buddha dwelt ,and where there are monks now.
               Pursuing the same course,and going still to the west,he arrived,after twelve yojanas ,at the city of Varanasi in the kingdom of Kasi. Rather more than ten le to the    north- east  of the city, he found the vihara in the park of 'The rishi's Deer-wild .'(Isipathanaaramaya- Migadaya )In this park  there formerly resided a pratyeka Buddha,with  whom  the deer were regularly in the habit of stopping for the night.When the World -Honored-One   was about to attain to perfect Wisdom, the devas sang in the sky.' The son of king Suddhodana,having quieted his family and studied the Path(of Wisdom),will now in seven days become Buddha. 'The Pratyeka Buddha heard their words,and immediately attained to nirvana;and hence this place was named'The Park of rishi's Deer-wild.'(fine wood) After the World-Honored-One had attained to perfect  Wisdom,men build the vihara in it.
    Buddha wished to convertKaunddainya  and his four companions;but they,(being aware of this intention),said to one another,'This Sramana Gotama  for six years continued in the practice of of painful austerities,eating daily(only)a single  hemp-seed,and one grain of rice,without attaining to the Path (of Wisdom); how much less will he do so now that he has entered (again) among men,and is giving the reins to (the indulgence of)his body,his speech,and his thoughts! What has he to do with  the path (of Wisdom)? To-day, when he comes to us,let us be on our guard not to speak with him.At the places where the  five men all rose  up,and respectfully saluted(Buddha),when he came to Them;where, sixty paces north from this,he sat with his face to the east,and first turned the wheel of the  Law,converting Kaunddainya and the four others;where,twenty paces further to the north,he delivered his prophecy concerning Maitreya;and  where,at a distance of fifty paces to the south,the naga Elapattra asked him ,'When shall I get free from this naga body?'-at all these places topes were reared and are still existing.In both of which there are monks residing.

          When you go north-west from the vihara of the Deer-wild park for thirteen yojanas, there is a kingdom named Kausambi. Its vihara is named Ghochiravana -a place where Buddha formerly resided.Now,as of old ,there is a company of monks there,most of whom are students  of the hinayana.

      East from this,when you have traveled eight yojanas,is the place   where Buddha converted (Alawaka)  the evil demon. There,and where,and where he walked (in meditation) and  sat at the place which was his regular abode,there have been topes erected.There is also a monastery,which may contain more than a hundred monks.