Saṃsāra (Buddhism)
| Translations of saṃsāra (Buddhism) | |
|---|---|
| English | cycle of existence, endless rebirth, wheel of dharma, beginningless time |
| Sanskrit | saṃsāra (Dev: संसार) |
| Pali | saṃsāra (Dev: संसार) |
| Bengali | সংসার (sôngsar) |
| Burmese | သံသရာ (MLCTS: θàɰ̃ðajà) |
| Chinese | 生死, 輪迴, 流轉 (Pinyin: shēngsǐ, lúnhuí, liúzhuǎn) |
| Japanese | 輪廻 (Rōmaji: rinne) |
| Khmer | សង្សារ, វដ្ដសង្សារ (UNGEGN: sângsar, vôddâsângsar) |
| Korean | 윤회, 생사유전 Yunhoi, Saengsayujeon |
| Lao | ວັດຕະສົງສານ |
| Mongolian | ᠣᠷᠴᠢᠯᠠᠩ, орчлон (orchilang, orchlon) |
| Sinhala | සංසාරය (sansāra) |
| Tibetan | འཁོར་བ་ (khor ba) |
| Tagalog | Samsala |
| Thai | วัฏสงสาร |
| Vietnamese | Luân hồi |
| Glossary of Buddhism | |
Saṃsāra (in Sanskrit (संसार) and Pali) in Buddhism is the beginningless cycle of repeated birth, mundane existence and dying again.[1] Samsara is considered to be suffering (Skt. duḥkha; P. dukkha), or generally unsatisfactory and painful.[2] It is perpetuated by desire and ignorance (Skt. avidyā; P. avijjā), and the resulting karma and sensuousness.[3][4][5]
Rebirths occur in six realms of existence, namely three good realms (heavenly, demi-god, human) and three evil realms (animal, ghosts, hell).[note 1] Saṃsāra ends when a being attains nirvāṇa, which is the extinction of desire and acquisition of true insight into the nature of reality as impermanent and non-self.[7][8][9][note 2]
- ^ Wilson 2010.
- ^ Juergensmeyer & Roof 2011, p. 271-272.
- ^ McClelland 2010, p. 172, 240.
- ^ Williams, Tribe & Wynne 2012, p. 18–19, chapter 1.
- ^ Buswell 2004, p. 711-712.
- ^ Buswell & Gimello 1992, p. 7–8, 83–84.
- ^ Choong 1999, p. 28–29, Quote: "Seeing (passati) the nature of things as impermanent leads to the removal of the view of self, and so to the realisation of nirvana.".
- ^ Rahula 2014, p. 51-58.
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