Samsara
Sign in to savethumb|According to the Rebirth (Buddhism)|rebirth doctrine of Buddhism, a sentient being can reincarnate into six realms of existence. The [[bhavachakra depicts this cycle of saṃsāra in a wheel. Yama, the god of death, is at the top of the outer rim. The outer rim shows the Twelve Nidānas doctrine.]]
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Samsara is the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth that Buddhism teaches all sentient beings experience across different realms of existence, as depicted in a wheel diagram called the bhavachakra. Understanding samsara is central to Buddhist philosophy because it explains the continuous cycle of existence that practitioners seek to escape through spiritual practice.
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- Etymology and Definition
- History
- Punarmrityu: redeath
- Evolution of ideas
- In Hinduism
- Differences within the Hindu traditions
- In Jainism
- In Buddhism
- In Sikhism
- See also
- References
- Citations
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- Further reading
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thumb|According to the Rebirth (Buddhism)|rebirth doctrine of Buddhism, a sentient being can reincarnate into six realms of existence. The [[bhavachakra depicts this cycle of saṃsāra in a wheel. Yama, the god of death, is at the top of the outer rim. The outer rim shows the Twelve Nidānas doctrine.]]
Saṃsāra (Devanagari: संसार) is a Sanskrit word that means "wandering" as well as "world," wherein the term connotes "cyclic change" or, less formally, "running around in circles." In the context of Indian religions and philosophies, saṃsāra is the concept of all beings experiencing an ongoing cycle of life, death, and rebirth. As a result, it can also be equated broadly with transmigration/reincarnation, the karmic cycle, the lesser-used term Punarjanman, or a "cycle of aimless drifting, wandering or mundane existence".