About Dharma Wheel

Dharma Wheel is a symbol that has represented dharma, the Buddha's teaching of the path to enlightenment, since the early period of Indian Buddhism.
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Turning the Dharma wheel and buddha nature with Thubten Chodron

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Feb
2024
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2023

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