After the Buddha reached enlightenment under the Bodhi tree in BodhGaya, he contemplated not teaching what he had discovered. He did not believe that most people would be able to comprehend his insights. But the Brahma Sahampati asked him to please, that there were enough people with little dust in their eyes, that they would understand. How right he was - more than 2600 years later and his insights are still being discovered by new people each and every day. After he agreed he walked from BodhGaya to the Deer Park in Sarnath, over 260KM. There he ran into 5 mendicants, spiritual seekers like himself, whom he had spent many years practicing with before his awakening. They were his first students, and the first to become awakened by his teachings.