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S aṃsāra, a fundamental concept in all Indian religions, is linked to the karma theory and refers to the belief that all living beings cyclically go through births and rebirths.
Saṃsāra is the recurring cycle of rebirth throughout the six realms. Some non-Buddhist traditions believe that when one goes through the process of rebirth that there is a permanent self (i.e. a soul or atman) that is reborn.
Saṃsāra (Sanskrit: संसार, Pali: saṃsāra; also samsara) in Buddhism and Hinduism is the beginningless cycle of repeated birth, mundane existence and dying again. Samsara is considered to be dukkha, suffering, and in general unsatisfactory and painful, perpetuated by desire and avidya (ignorance), and the resulting karma.
Grounded in the belief that saṃsāra is a cycle of birth and death imposed upon the true self, most spiritual systems of India, such as Yoga and Vedānta, concern themselves with removing this imposition by various spiritual practices, such as meditation, study, and devotion.
Sep 13, 2010 · Buddhists conceive of the world as a suffering-laden cycle of life, death, and rebirth, without beginning or end, known as samsara. Beings are driven from life to life in this system by karma, which is activated by their good or ill actions committed in this life as well as previous lives.
Dec 27, 2018 · In Buddhism, samsara is often defined as the endless cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. Or, you may understand it as the world of suffering and dissatisfaction ( dukkha ), the opposite of nirvana, which is the condition of being free from suffering and the cycle of rebirth.
The Sanskrit term saṃskāra varies according to context. It literally means something that “causes aggregation” or “causes to be put together.”. In a general sense it refers to any phenomenon that comes into being on the basis of causes and conditions.
samsara, in Indian philosophy, the central conception of metempsychosis: the soul, finding itself awash in the “sea of samsara,” strives to find release ( moksha) from the bonds of its own past deeds ( karma ), which form part of the general web of which samsara is made.
Samsara is the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth that serves as the Buddhist framework for understanding the nature of suffering and how to escape it.
Saṃsāra (Sanskrit, Pali; also Samsara) is a Buddhist term that literally means "circle" or "wheel" and is commonly translated as "conditioned existence", "cyclic existence", "cycle of existence", etc.
