Saṃsāra (Buddhism)
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Saṃsāra (Sanskrit: संसार, Pali: saṃsāra; also samsara) in Buddhism and Hinduism is the beginningless cycle of repeated birth, mundane existence and dying again.[1] Samsara is considered to be dukkha, suffering, and in general unsatisfactory and painful,[2] perpetuated by desire and avidya (ignorance), and the resulting karma.[3][4][5]
Translations of saṃsāra | |
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English | cycle of existence, endless rebirth, wheel of dharma, beginningless time |
Sanskrit | saṃsāra, sangsara (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, Lục đạo |
Glossary of Buddhism |
Rebirths occur in six realms of existence, namely three good realms (heavenly, demi-god, human) and three evil realms (animal, ghosts, hellish).[note 1] Samsara ends if a person attains nirvana,[note 2] the "blowing out" of the desires and the gaining of true insight into impermanence and non-self reality.[7][8][9]