Saṃsāra (Buddhism)
| Translations of saṃsāra |
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|---|---|
| English | cycle of existence, endless rebirth, wheel of suffering |
| Pali | saṃsāra |
| Sanskrit | saṃsāra, sangsara (Dev: संसार) |
| Bengali | সংসার (sôngsarô) |
| Burmese |
သံသရာ (IPA: [θàɴðajà]) |
| Chinese |
生死, , 流轉 (Pinyin: shēngsǐ, lúnhuí, liúzhuǎn) |
| Japanese |
(rōmaji: rinne) |
| Korean |
, (RR: Yunhoi, Saengsayujeon) |
| Mongolian |
ᠣᠷᠴᠢᠯᠠᠩ, орчлон (orchilang, orchlon) |
| Sinhala | (sansāra) |
| Tibetan |
འཁོར་བ་ (khor ba) |
| Thai | |
| Vietnamese | |
| Glossary of Buddhism | |
ᠣᠷᠴᠢᠯᠠᠩ, орчлон
Saṃsāra (Sanskrit, Pali; also samsara) in Buddhism is the beginning-less cycle of repeated birth, mundane existence and dying again. Samsara is considered to be dukkha, unsatisfactory and painful, perpetuated by desire and avidya (ignorance), and the resulting karma.
Rebirths occur in six realms of existence, namely three good realms (heavenly, demi-god, human) and three evil realms (animal, ghosts, hellish). Samsara ends if a person attains nirvana, the "blowing out" of the desires and the gaining of true insight into impermanence and non-self reality.
In Buddhism, saṃsāra is the "suffering-laden cycle of life, death, and rebirth, without beginning or end". It is the never ending repetitive cycle of birth and death, in six realms of reality (gati, domains of existence), wandering from one life to another life with no particular direction or purpose. Samsara is characterized by dukkha ("unsatisfactory," "painful"). Every rebirth is temporary and impermanent. In each rebirth one is born and dies, to be reborn elsewhere in accordance with one's own karma. It is perpetuated by one's avidya ("ignorance"), particularly about anicca and anatta, and from craving. Samsara continues until moksha is attained by means of insight and nirvana. the "blowing out" of the desires and the gaining of true insight into impermanence and non-self reality.
The Saṃsāra doctrine of Buddhism asserts that while beings undergo endless cycles of rebirth, there is no changeless soul that transmigrates from one lifetime to another - a view that distinguishes its Saṃsāra doctrine from that in Hinduism and Jainism. This no-soul (no-self) doctrine is called the Anatta or Anatman in Buddhist texts.
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