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  2. Bhavacakra - Wikipedia

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    Bhavachakra, "wheel of life," [a] consists of the words bhava and chakra. bhava (भव) means "being, worldly existence, becoming, birth, being, production, origin". [web 1] In Buddhism, bhava denotes the continuity of becoming (reincarnating) in one of the realms of existence, in the samsaric context of rebirth, life and the maturation ...

  3. Saṃsāra (Buddhism) - Wikipedia

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    Characteristics. In Buddhism, saṃsāra is the "suffering-laden, continuous cycle of life, death, and rebirth, without beginning or end". [2][10] In several suttas of the Samyutta Nikaya 's chapter XV in particular it's said "From an inconstruable beginning comes transmigration.

  4. Saṃsāra - Wikipedia

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    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" [1][2] as well as "world," wherein the term connotes "cyclic change" [3] or, less formally, "running around in circles." Saṃsāra is referred to with terms ...

  5. Dharmachakra - Wikipedia

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    e. The dharmachakra (Sanskrit: धर्मचक्र, Pali: dhammacakka) or wheel of dharma is a symbol used in the Indian religions. It has a widespread use in Buddhism. [1][2] In Hinduism, the symbol is particularly used in places that underwent religious transformation. [3][4][5][6] The symbol also finds its usage in modern India.

  6. Desire realm - Wikipedia

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    Buddhism portal. v. t. e. The desire realm (Sanskrit: कामधातु, kāmadhātu) is one of the trailokya or three realms (Sanskrit: धातु, dhātu, Tibetan: khams) in Buddhist cosmology into which a being caught in saṃsāra may be reborn. The other two are the Form Realm (Sanskrit: rūpadhātu) and the Formless Realm ...

  7. Three poisons - Wikipedia

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    Brief description. In the Buddhist teachings, the three poisons (of ignorance, attachment, and aversion) are the primary causes that keep sentient beings trapped in samsara. These three poisons are said to be the root of all of the other kleshas. [6][7] The three poisons are represented in the hub of the wheel of life as a pig, a bird, and a ...

  8. John Blofeld - Wikipedia

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    Blofeld was born in London in 1913. [1] In his youth, he happened to come across a small statue of Gautama Buddha and, without knowing what it was, he felt a great passion to possess it, and then privately offered it flowers and prostrated before it every night. Experiences like this led Blofeld to believe in reincarnation, and that he had been ...

  9. Metempsychosis (Yokoyama Taikan) - Wikipedia

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    Metempsychosis (生々流転, Seisei ruten), alternatively translated as The Wheel of Life, is a painting by Japanese Nihonga artist Yokoyama Taikan. First displayed at the tenth Inten exhibition in 1923, it forms part of the collection of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and has been designated an Important Cultural Property. [1] [2] [3]