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 and Pali) in Buddhism is the beginningless cycle of repeated birth, mundane existence and dying again. Samsara is considered to be suffering (Skt. duḥkha; P. dukkha), or generally unsatisfactory and painful. It is perpetuated by desire and ignorance (Skt. avidyā; P. avijjā), and the resulting karma and sensuousness.
Rebirths occur in six realms of existence, namely three good realms (heavenly, demi-god, human) and three evil realms (animal, ghosts, hell). 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.